2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2011/12/22 lina <lina.lastname@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> I am still a bit confused. (First thanks for the links all of you >>> provided, but I have visited those web before). >>> >>> Here is the thing: >>> BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n fit for >>> BCM4331 b/g HT (r1) >>> >>> What does the 802.11a for? >> >> Well, your card can operate in 5GHz band (frequencies). But I'm not >> really sure why you ask about this at all. >> >> If you want to try experimental BCM4331 support you have to: >> 1) Install kernel 3.2-rc3 or newer > I have the 3.2.0-rc6 >> or >> 2) Install compat wireless >> >> After that you've do install firmware (check for wiki howto for kernel >> 3.2 and newer). > > after installation of the compat-wireless, > > from > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmware > > # aptitude install firmware-b43-installer > > > Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:015-9) ... > Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:015-9) ... > No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation > Unsupported device(s) found: PCI id 14e4:4331 > Aborting. > > I don't know which part is wrong here. Your tool is too old (support for BCM4331 is really recent). Just do as I said and use howto for kernel 3.2, not distro-specific howto. You nede to install b43-fwcutter and manually download file for firmware extraction. -- Rafał -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
