On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:35:48 -0400 "Jason A. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> It's item #6 in the gentoo forum topic (the very first post). > > You load the firmware once with the bcm43xx-fwcutter utility (which you > will have to install). I have been using the wl_apsta.o file > recommended in the gentoo list with good results A few days ago I decided to upgrade Ubuntu Breeezy-64 to Dapper-64 on my R3240. But before doing so I installed a fresh Dapper-64 in a new 8 GB partition in unused space on my hard disk as a test installation. I played with it for a bit, but left wifi for last. I was so pleased that I was able to get Firefox-64 1.5 with RealPlayer and Flash, and Adobe Reader 7.0 all running without needing the 32-bit chroot that I had to use with Breezy, that I went ahead and did the upgrade. Unfortunately, the upgrade hopelessly borked my Breezy. Can't get X to start now. Tried everything. So now I'm going to wipe it out, reformat, and install a fresh Dapper-64. Before doing so I decided to get the wifi working in this new Dapper-64 test installation. The default installation recognized the Broadcom 4306 and listed it in System > Administration > Networking. I even got it listed as Active, but when I clicked on Properties it hung the whole computer. The only thing that still worked was the power button. After hours spent googling and trying things that others suggested, I found the solution: sudo rmmod ndiswrapper For some reason ndiswrapper was also installed. I don't remember doing that, but perhaps I did. I do know that the new Dapper-64 test installation (on hda3) automounts the old Breezy hda2 partition, and I copied the entire /home folder from it to the new Dapper-64 test installation. Perhaps there was something in there that caused ndiswrapper to be loaded. In any event, all is well now, and once you know how to do it, getting the Broadcom 4306 working under Dapper is a snap. No more ndiswrapper, finding the Windows 64-bit driver, compiling, etc. Now I'm off to do the real installation on hda2. I'm going to leave this one here to use as a rescue installation. _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
