* steef <debian.li...@home.nl> [2011-06-11 15:32:00 +0200]: > > hi list, > > bought my self a hp mini-netbook, included windoze7 and a very strong accu, > 10 > hours of life.
What's 'accu'? > i put sid on an usb-stick, included fluxbox and wicd(-curses). > > wifi = (lspci) brcm4313. (type 5.60.350.6) Can you paste the whole line from lspci? 'lspci | grep 4313' should do (without the quotes) > loaded/installed the according the debian broadcom- (broadcom 43xx wireless > drivers) -wiki convenient driver_firmware. the driver should be included in > the sid_kernel, so i understood. however: this wifi_driver does not work. See below link. > my questions: what did i do wrong if anything (1) ? My question, what *did* you do? Can you be a little more specific about the process you did follow? > and > > broadcom assued a so-called xxx-STA driver (by google) somebody with some > experience with this brcm4313 driver for linux (tar.gz) does this one work > for > my mini_netbook (2) ? Link? > if i find a working driver i can get rid of w7. http://wiki.debian.org/wl is what I used on my HP laptop. I've actually had Debian 6 (Squeeze) installed on there for several months now and I *JUST* got wireless working within the last few days, it was based on the above link that I got it working, it's fairly straight-forward and your 4313 is listed (mine is a 4312). One thing I do recommend, if you have a physical wifi switch, to toggle it after the new wl driver is loaded, that was the trick that got it working for me, once I did, it turned blue and I immediately connected to my Router -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? > http://xkcd.com/84/ > GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110611142714.ga28...@gmail.com