Again, On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:26:19 +0100 wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I was running CentOS 6.4 system on my Dell Latitude E6530 flawlessly, > until I upgraded to CentOS 6.5. > > Now the wifi doesn't show up (it's a Broadcom Wifi BT4313, 14e4:4727), I > tried to follow the steps from http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom > but when attempting to compile the Broadcom driver module, the make > command fails in a way that is not described on this web page. Anyway, > the page deals w/ CentOS5 without being specific. > > I tried w/ both hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_112.tar.gz (the one > which *I think* was formerly installed) and the latest available: > hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz; same compilation > errors (see below). > > I simply could not remember how I had the Broadcom Wifi chip working > since CentOS 6.x, but I clearly remember that I had to install > the driver (I presume from the sources since I've found them in my > setup archives, but not sure). I have the following RPM's installed: > b43-openfwwf-5.2-4.el6.noarch > b43-fwcutter-012-2.2.el6.x86_64 > > I wonder if the kernel update breaks it.. Does any one have experience > with this driver and CentOS 6.5? More data: it seems that I had formerly followed steps from http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod, as I could find kmod-wl-5_100_82_112-9.el6.el6.local.x86_64.rpm installed locally, and RPM assembly stuff in ~/rpmbuild/. No better idea why it doesn't work since CentOS 6.5, unfortunately! Regards, -- wwp
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