On 2009/10/05 20:03 (GMT+0200) Stan Goodman composed:
It turns out that all this may be in vain at present. On the page of Linux Wireless [http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43] I learn that the number of my chip is essentially meaning less, and that one has to find the REAL number by running:
:~> lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
which yields a number (4315), which is in turn to be sought in a table. In my case, the relevant line of the table is
PCI-ID State Chip 14e4:4315 in progress BCM4312 802.11b/g - low power
This is the only PCI-ID chip that is "in progress"; others are either supportd or marked "?". But the upshot is, if I understand what is meant by the "State" of the driver, that my chip is not supported at present, but that may or may not change in the indeterminate future. By machine, which I bought for use in a WeFi environment, is useless for that purpose. I don't think I have any room for complaint as far as the sale is concerned.
Yes, I am pissed off. On the bright side, I'm sure glad I found this out now, and not after the frustration of doing everything right and still not being able to get wireless operation working.
It may be that the lack of support is a lack of appropriate hardware at the disposal of the wireless devs. Find out where they hang out, join up, and maybe you can help the process of supporting your PCI ID to quicker fruition. -- " A patriot without religion . . . is as great a paradox, as an honest man without the fear of God. . . . 2nd U.S. President, John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org