On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 13:49 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Jon Ciesla wrote: > > > There's a b43 open-source firmware in the default install now, so it > > *should* work. I'm using it right now, and it's good. > > > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i ask since i'd like to finally install f12 x86_64 beta on one > > > of my laptops this weekend, but i might have to do it where i > > > won't have access to wired networking, only wireless. so if > > > getting broadcom wireless needs a wired connection to download > > > anything after the install, i'm pretty much screwed. > > ok, i'll take a chance this weekend. what i'm really interested in > is ATI radeon support, particularly for my xpress 200m. if anyone can > report on how well that's working for them, i definitely want to know. you might want to take a copy of the Broadcom firmware with you just in case - the instructions for extracting it from the Windows driver with b43-fwcutter are easy to find, and it's just a set of files that go in /lib/firmware , so you could do the dump (you can do it on any system) and stick the files on a USB key to take with you just in case the open firmware doesn't work. We did have some bad Xpress 200M bugs: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522129 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521512 but I think the worst is fixed now, so X generally works in default kernel modesetting config. This bug appears to still be present, though: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531383 actually it'd be good if you could confirm/deny whether yours has that problem. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
