From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKTKt-000872-SY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:14:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8S45q8n023576; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:05:52 GMT Received: from ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au (mail-iinet.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.196] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8S3xaNh019777 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:59:38 GMT Received: from 203-59-88-73.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.88.73]) by ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 28 Sep 2005 12:02:54 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8795BF5CF5 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:02:51 +0800 (WST) Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17146-16 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:02:47 +0800 (WST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A40F5CEA for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:02:47 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@iinet.net.au> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200509272220.55426.jakllsch@kollasch.net> References: <1127824801.18143.3.camel@bunyip> <200509272220.55426.jakllsch@kollasch.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:02:46 +0800 Message-Id: <1127880166.17121.3.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain X-Archives-Salt: 93bae25a-358d-4cd9-872a-4828a892c784 X-Archives-Hash: b680615ce7fb451f03bb254ff916b304 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list