Ralph Ellis wrote:
On Tuesday 04 July 2006 22:20, Basil Chupin wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Soon, SUSE SHOULD have a NEW kernel for update! There are some nice things in it, like performance improvements. But, for laptop users, for the first time, and FINALLY, there is some Broadcom wi-fi support.
Fred
Any progress on this that you are aware of Fred?
Cheers.
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Desiderius Erasmus
The latest that I know about is 2.6.16.20-2 I have been running it for about a week without problems. It seems to be a bit faster. I tried it on my laptop as well but I use a lan connection there so I can't let you know if the wi-fi support works also. The kernel in its various forms in available at:
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse /
Happy tinkering Ralph Ellis
Many thanks, Ralph. I have now installed this latest kernel.
It seems to me that it now works a bit faster than the earlier versions - but I may be wrong.
Cheers.
-- "It is well known that among the blind, the one-eyed man is king".
Desiderius Erasmus I have found that most of the updates from the factory area have both increased speed and stability. However, installing from there is a gamble. I am fortunate that I have disk imaging software so if I do mess things up, I just blow away the installation with the last saved disk image. I do find
On Friday 07 July 2006 01:44, Basil Chupin wrote: that anything to do with the kernel or xorg requires a re install of the video drivers but other than that everything is working well. Ralph Elllis -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com