On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:24:54 -0700 Jason Self <jason.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Steve Woodruff wrote: > > > I am hoping to find a bit of guidance on an issue I've been having. > > I just installed gNewSense 2.3, and went through the process of > > setting up my wireless adapter (Broadcom 4311 rev. 01) - I used the > > guide that Leo Rockway wrote here: > > http://leorockway.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/0c00-0-network-controller-broadcom-corporation-bcm4311-802-11bg-wlan-rev-01-take-two/ > > > > I have used this method in the past with no ill-effects. It has > > worked for me in Debian, Ubuntu, and gNewSense before. However, this > > time it's giving me a continuous output of error messages. I have > > attached a portion of dmesg as a file. This section of dmesg just > > keeps repeating over, and over again. I'm really at a loss, but > > would like to get this working as quickly as possible. Thank you all > > for your time and effort! > > This has traditionally relied upon non-free software for its > operation, so b43 has probably been removed from the kernel. > > The OpenFWWF site claims that that their goal is to provide an open > source firmware for Broadcom/AirForce chipset based devices, but their > site goes on to say that to make the firmware work properly you need > at least 2 more files that must be extracted from original Broadcom > drivers: b0g0bsinitvals5.fw and b0g0initvals5.fw. > > This makes me wonder if it truly is free software. May I suggest > replacing your WiFi card with one that is better supported by free > software?
And that is just old info, now days it is free. http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/Wireless#toc4 http://www.mail-archive.com/gnewsense-users%40nongnu.org/msg05374.html -- Patrik Lembke www: http://blambi.chebab.com/ jabber: bla...@lysator.liu.se GnuPG-key: http://gpg.chebab.com/8FA11A15.asc
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