Dear All, thanks for the reactions!
Looks like I somehow fuzzled up when compiling the driver, because with Ljubomir 's driver, I can now see available networks. I woun't be able to test if I can actualy connect until later today or tomorrow. Ljubomir, so far looks like you solved this! greetings, James Op 08-11-11 22:35, Milos Blazevic schreef: > Ned Slider wrote: >> I _think_ when one of the elrepo folks tried the latest Broadcom driver >> source a week or two ago, the driver stopped working for him. No idea if >> this was el5 or el6, but not a good sign. Apparently it's not that uncommon. >> >> My recommendation is that if you can find a driver version that works >> for you, hang on to it! >> >> I have no idea if Broadcom keep older version sources available or not. >> If they would relax their draconian redistribution policies we could do >> a half way decent job of supporting their drivers, but currently that's >> not the case. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > Actually, that was me testing the driver (over and over again for the > past 6 months)... Sadly, ever since Broadcom released version > 5.100.82.38 of the driver (December 2010), no solid evidence has been > provided to prove this driver working on RHEL/CentOS 5 to this day - not > even after the latest release (Oct 25th, 2011). > > The whole issue with the driver can be tracked at the ELRepo bug tracker: > http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=193 > > As for the original poster is concerned, the only advice I can give, is > to download an older driver version from: > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta_5.60.48.36.orig.tar.gz > or > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta_5.10.91.9.3.orig.tar.gz > > and attempt compiling it using the Wiki manual > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom, since ELRepo > .src.rpm for rebuilding the kernel independent ABI driver has been > provided just a couple of months ago, for a driver which arguably never > worked (for me and quite a few other people out there). > So, following the manual step by step should get you there, Johan. Also, > make sure you use NetworkManager instead of network service with your > WiFi - if the driver turns out to be working, this will save you some > time and nervs. > > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
