--- In [email protected], Scott <scot...@...> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 01:44:12PM -0000, Loyal Barber wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "MuskokaCowboy" > > <muskokacowboy@> wrote: > > > > > > My wireless card is a Broadcom 1390 wlan. I did a > > > quick google but didn't find whether this card is supported out of the > > > box by Mint. Does anyone know or have a link to a Howto to get this > > > card working? My wireless router is a Linksys with dd-wrt v24 > > > firmware. I will let you know how I am making out. > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > Dave > > > > > > > I have good news Dave. My Dell has a Broadcom 1390 also. When I > > installed Mint 6 it automatically recognized it. I think after the > > first boot it presented a button on the task bar regarding proprietary > > drivers for both my video (nvidia) and the broadcom. > > > Ah, that should be good for Dave then. Do you know if they're using the > fw-cutter or ndiswrapper? Yes, I was very impressed with the way they > handled NVidia, painless. Though you don't even have to reboot--they > lied. :) > > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > Angel: I'm weak. I've never been anything else. I wanted to lose > myself in you. I know it will cost me my soul, and part of me > didn't care. It's not the demon in me that needs killing, Buffy, > it's the man. >
I believe they are using the cutter as I thought I saw it during the "details" portion of the software install. Does not matter too much to me as it simply works and works well. I would guess that most newbies just want stuff to work and can get to "the best way" at some time when they have a bunch of extra time. Loyal ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
