On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Neal Hogan <nealho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello again . . . > > I'm curious what your particular card you have. I've recently got my > broadcom card working and it was rather painless. I'll get the details > in the meantime and try to get back to you soon. While you > "desperately" await my "ingenious" response, perhaps you can post your > dmesg and version of debian you're using. > > FYI -- one thing that I have learned since recently getting involved > in the *nix world is that there is a lot of documentation and blogs > and mailing lists and . . . from which to research before asking > questions. I'm not saying that your questions are dumb, but that htey > may have been addressed in a very accessible place. > > here's my card: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver (rev 02). i received a link to get the new driver and compile it in another post. i have installed the necessary programs to compile, but to be honest, it scares me. but i guess i need the experience, so i may end up having to do this. i am interested in getting the wireless working, i am not desparate, but i guess i'll assume that was said with a grin. it did bring a smile to my face. i checked out the documentation on the debian web site, although i did not google the query. i am very much a noobie to linux, although i have played around with opensuse and ubuntu. i was thinking about sabayon, but then i saw a reference to debian on the ubuntu list and thought this was the way to go. so far so good. i have started to save emails and bookmarking references that concern me. i appreciate your fyi. you are absolutely correct about researching first, but sometimes i don't know where to look and in another post i asked for links as well as a bit of hand holding to help me learn what i need to know about debian. i look forward to your reply regarding my wifi issue. cheers, dwain -- "Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God. " - Kahlil Gibran
