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Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:39:46 +0200 From: steef <debian.li...@home.nl> To: Chris Brennan <xa...@xaerolimit.net> Subject: Re: broadcom: SOLVED Chris Brennan schreef: > * 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 > > hi chris, thanks for your help. with the [broadcom-sta] wl-module from the wl debian wiki you advised me i was able to install wl.ko in the kernel-modules. now all works fine. thank you again, steef groningen netherlands (with the wooden shoes) ----- End forwarded message ----- Steef, your very welcome. I am glad that wiki page helped you. I was amazed at how easily it worked for me. My laptop has been up for 3 days now with the information from that WIKI page and it is still reported 100% signal strength and it hasn't dropped (Windows used to drop all the time, annoyed the hell out of me.) -- > 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/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ > 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/20110612194305.ga14...@gmail.com