>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Danenberg <pcd@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Peter> Quoth Colin Paul Adams on Boomtime, the 55th of The
Peter> Aftermath:
>> This is not supported by the b43 device driver, so Linux on
>> this machine is not on.
Peter> That doesn't necessarily follow: I got wireless working on
Peter> the first-gen air with ndiswrapper; ndiswrapper is
Peter> sub-optimal, but it works in a pinch. I haven't been as
Peter> lucky with the second-gen air, though.
Well, I thought "Peter, you're a star!", and set off on this route. Of
course, the docs all talk about doing yum install. That won't work for
me (no internet connection!). So i did some digging, and eventually
found my way through to the non-free section of RpmFusion.
Transferring files one-by-one via USB stick, i was having problems
with dependencies. So I googled further. It turns out there is a
broadcom-wl in RPM Fusion, and you don't need ndiswrapper - you do
need kmod-wl, and just to confuse issues, there are two packages named
this, and you need both (!) - the one named kmod-wl-2.6.31.... and the
one named kmod-wl.5.....
Anyway, now I have a fully working Mackbook Air with fedora 12 (only)
installed on it, and airport networking.
Maybe this will work with your second generation air.
--
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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