From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OkEX3-00032M-3O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:04:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD218E0982 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:04:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00037E09A7 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:18:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb17 with SMTP id 17so2411234wwb.10 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:18:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=rFryqqMoJOh3gDctiseMI4FidLH7sEIM+m1WrMQ0zoY=; b=H8p4ViV5qbOTO/jYwlpr2ow5mojLW9yB6yY2BkPfPuKKXlKNuYBrFfYguNpEOTNxke wMGcqF+V9eYDMgr5BqgSyfkmPyvj3wBTbmZLPhoj415sKAcpe3XsGAczhPaGzzpCjuzD 6U1MS/flmomoBG5JeTiFHweAyAXC+X0t4s1mc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=b9fMPHi9nnczB8p35UU7EPAg477i9B+U6GJecf7/PDcjUdJMGyGK2iydmwh/EEHSPO 7abDVcBoie/XcXs5L2ve6SLRuynJFb4vge3SaPhIhEAaDBO9Oa/oYuEKZRQUjtNZoQFs zqEkCjb8JweAhsHcDh04SREgXwLokebnCl/ck= Received: by 10.216.177.205 with SMTP id d55mr480738wem.76.1281781120410; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:18:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e8sm2082535wej.46.2010.08.14.03.18.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:18:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] b43-legacy and newer linux kernels? Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:18:17 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.34-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <726837.95093.qm@web51904.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <947441.25291.qm@web51907.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4C658DC8.80506@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C658DC8.80506@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2325500.8ahEX94jQ8"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201008141118.38041.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: aceb2027-6bf6-4c70-825b-13ba79173797 X-Archives-Hash: 72115a93023a573c720be6a9caaa9c8a --nextPart2325500.8ahEX94jQ8 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 13 August 2010 19:24:08 Bill Longman wrote: > On 08/13/2010 10:58 AM, BRM wrote: > > ----- Original Message ---- > >=20 > >> On 13 August 2010 09:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:02 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: > >>>> but even so - they are saying this has to be done on every reboot, > >>>> and that's not much of a solution. > >>>=20 > >>> Put the commands in /etc/conf.d/local.start, or the start section > >>> of /etc/conf.d/local if using baselayout2. > >>=20 > >> Have you been through the guidance in this page to find out which > >> kernel driver you ought to use with your card? > >> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 > >=20 > > Yes. Unfortunately it's a 14e4:4320/ with BCM4306/2 Chip set (4306 Rev > > 2), so it requires the b43-legacy driver, and only firmware version FW10 > > supports the hardware from what I can tell. > >=20 > > It just seems to me that I went from a working wireless on 2.6.30 to a > > non-working wireless on 2.6.34. I'd really like to get back to a working > > wireless card, and be on the newer kernel. >=20 > I feel your pain, Ben. I remember about three years ago having my laptop > working great with all manner of 802.11 cards. I could do my work > anywhere in the house. And then it all just kind of melted. A new kernel > for one thing but somehow something else fell apart. I've pretty much > written off any wireless on Linux now. My time is worth more than the > hours of troubleshooting. Keep plugging, you just might get it. Well, there's always ndiswrapper and the MSWindows driver to consider, when= =20 all Linux solutions fail or don't work that well. I see on kernel v2.6.34-gentoo-r1 that CONFIG_B43LEGACY will now use V3=20 firmware, which must be installed separately using b43-fwcutter. Has the OP tried that? PS. The kernel help is also recommending that b43legacy is installed as a= =20 module. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2325500.8ahEX94jQ8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkxmbX4ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLa71ACgvsYFU7yRynFtRgR0DbSZIhFS f3gAn0yEyFYSOu2SN0a8aiQNwzRG1CwE =fFnu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2325500.8ahEX94jQ8--