* [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
@ 2005-09-27 12:40 W.Kenworthy
2005-09-27 17:33 ` A. Khattri
2005-09-28 3:20 ` Jonathan A. Kollasch
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From: W.Kenworthy @ 2005-09-27 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw
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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.
Does 2005.1 detect this chipset, or do any liveCD's work with it?
BillK
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* Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
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
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From: A. Khattri @ 2005-09-27 17:33 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, 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.
>
> Does 2005.1 detect this chipset, or do any liveCD's work with it?
What does "lspci" say?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
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
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From: Jonathan A. Kollasch @ 2005-09-28 3:20 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user; +Cc: W.Kenworthy
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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* Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
2005-09-28 3:20 ` Jonathan A. Kollasch
@ 2005-09-28 4:02 ` W.Kenworthy
2005-10-04 2:41 ` Steve Brenneis
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From: W.Kenworthy @ 2005-09-28 4:02 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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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* Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
2005-09-28 4:02 ` W.Kenworthy
@ 2005-10-04 2:41 ` Steve Brenneis
2005-10-04 13:12 ` William Kenworthy
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From: Steve Brenneis @ 2005-10-04 2:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] broadcom BCM4309 chipset and 2005.1 install
2005-10-04 2:41 ` Steve Brenneis
@ 2005-10-04 13:12 ` William Kenworthy
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From: William Kenworthy @ 2005-10-04 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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.
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