From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IohSE-0003OL-0F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:32:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id lA4FQkWM003107; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:26:46 GMT Received: from mail.pcsrvc.com (webmail.pcsrvc.com [24.225.5.124]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lA4FQj3b003071 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:26:45 GMT Received: from localhost (adsl-065-005-204-050.sip.gnv.bellsouth.net [65.5.204.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.pcsrvc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E9AFD25E7; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 09:26:47 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:24:57 -0500 From: Unknown To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Cc: givemesugarr@gmail.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Compaq Presario V6420US Message-ID: <20071104102457.54b86f6f@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: <20071104085341.7b16d010@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4b052c6a-c02c-4f1f-946e-1923b7ad5bdc X-Archives-Hash: 9f63439306a375c43d54528d5177681e On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:27:48 +0100 Beso wrote: > what bmc board do you have? try a lspci and tell us what board you > have. some bcm boards do work fine with their native linux driver. On the back of the chip: BCM4311KFBG lspci -nn: 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4311 [14e4:4311] (rev 02) > 2007/11/4, Unknown : > > > > I decided to join the laptop club and bought a Compaq Presario > > V6420US. > > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16834147458 > > > > Call me ancient but I=C2=B4ve never had wireless ethernet before so it= =C2=B4s > > new to me. I can=C2=B4t seem to get it working. Initially I tried usi= ng > > ndiswrapper but compaq.com gives me file not found for the XP > > drivers. > > > > Then I tried (as I did not know it existed before) using the > > Broadcom drivers in the linux kernel. This fails too with no > > access points found. dmesg reveals bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: > > BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR. > > > > The laptop has a wired ethernet port which works without any > > harassment at all. But it=C2=B4s a laptop... I don=C2=B4t want to be p= lugged > > into anything. > > > > Searching google reveals that some ubuntu user got it working so I > > know it=C2=B4s possible. I just don=C2=B4t know what man page I need t= o read > > or what documentation I=C2=B4m missing. If anyone has a clue I=C2=B4d = be > > appreciative. -- > > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > >=20 >=20 -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list