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Re: [opensuse] Broadcom Wireless Chip
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:16:51 -0500
- Message-id: <20080205131651.51b8bf8e@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:05:15 +0000
Sudhir <linux_sle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
for business reasons my HP laptop is now running Ubuntu, but here is
what I did was to use bcm43xx-fwcutter to extract the firmware from a
windows version of the .sys file. bcm43xx-fwcutter has an install
option. I also had this running on SuSE 10.2 before I had to change to
ubuntu. The firmware is installed in /lib/firmware (or in a modules
subdirectory).
you can use dmesg to see the error messages when the driver tries to
load the firmware. (dmesg -c clears the message queue).
Additionally, the bcm43xx driver essentially prevents ndiswrapper from
working.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
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Sudhir <linux_sle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a HP laptop, model dv5000. I cannot get the wireless chip, which
is manufactured by HP, to work using ndiswrapper or the opensource
drivers.
Has anyone got any practical advice on how make this chip work under
SuSE 10.3?
for business reasons my HP laptop is now running Ubuntu, but here is
what I did was to use bcm43xx-fwcutter to extract the firmware from a
windows version of the .sys file. bcm43xx-fwcutter has an install
option. I also had this running on SuSE 10.2 before I had to change to
ubuntu. The firmware is installed in /lib/firmware (or in a modules
subdirectory).
you can use dmesg to see the error messages when the driver tries to
load the firmware. (dmesg -c clears the message queue).
Additionally, the bcm43xx driver essentially prevents ndiswrapper from
working.
--
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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