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 4.50) id 1EMmh3-0004sO-ML for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:18:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j94D9g95017093; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:09:43 GMT Received: from ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.196]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j94D5vPe010905 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:05:59 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; 04 Oct 2005 21:12:55 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="3.97,172,1125849600"; d="scan'208"; a="133205206:sNHT16579396" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923C214F2AD for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:12:54 +0800 (WST) Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01583-15 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:12:34 +0800 (WST) Received: from rattus (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4702C14F2A3 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2005 21:12:32 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4341EBBE.6090100@surry.net> References: <1127824801.18143.3.camel@bunyip> <200509272220.55426.jakllsch@kollasch.net> <1127880166.17121.3.camel@localhost> <4341EBBE.6090100@surry.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:12:31 +0800 Message-Id: <1128431551.16504.25.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail 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: 93c4b196-d332-45f1-96ee-c4224877d3fc X-Archives-Hash: 72e98d1f2282eb50e3267c15fbd9f1b5 I gave up on the wireless install (couldnt get ndiswrapper to work on knoppix - probably my lack of familiarity with it) and ended up using a network cable to copy across an existing (complete and running) P3 desktop system. Other than the fact I got out of sync and issued a rm -rfv / in the wrong place and didnt quite restore everything after this, its now running fine on ndiswrapper. I did find the stable wpa_supplicant would not connect using ndiswrapper, whilst my other atheros based laptop worked fine. Fixed by using the ~x86 wpa_supplicant, now both laptops are happy. What should have been a <60 minute start to end install has spun out to a few days now! - but at least I am almost there now. BillK On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 22:41 -0400, Steve Brenneis wrote: > WKenworthy wrote: > > >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 > >> > >> > Actually, you can just 'emerge ndiswrapper' Be sure to read all the > warnings at the end. You can ignore the warning about the 4K kernel > stacks. The bcmwl5a driver works fine for me with the 2.6 kernel (so > far). I use a scratch-built kernel (gentoo-source) and not genkernel. If > the PCI address of your wlan card is 1404:4320, it should be able to use > that driver. It is in the driver package: bcdriver/AR/bcmwl5a.inf > > Good luck. -- William Kenworthy Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list