From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@iinet.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:02:46 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1127880166.17121.3.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509272220.55426.jakllsch@kollasch.net>
Ive found that the latest knoppix has ndiswrapper so I have grabbed the
windoze binary and will give that a go tonight - 2005.1 doesnt appear to
have ndiswrapper. If all else failed I'll carry the thing into the
study and run a cable from the switch until I get everything copied
across :(
BillK
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 22:20 -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 September 2005 07:40 am, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> > I am just about to install gentoo on my wifes dell9200 with the broadcom
> > BCM4309 chipset. However, no wlan0 is created and the chipset is not
> > detected.
>
> Um, Broadcom + IEEE 802.11 + Free Unix = no support (unless you're running a
> Linux 2.4 kernel on the MIPS32-el architecture, and then it's a proprietary
> binary).
>
> Jonathan Kollasch
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-27 12:40 [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install W.Kenworthy
2005-09-27 17:33 ` A. Khattri
2005-09-28 3:20 ` Jonathan A. Kollasch
2005-09-28 4:02 ` W.Kenworthy [this message]
2005-10-04 2:41 ` Steve Brenneis
2005-10-04 13:12 ` William Kenworthy
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