On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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). sorry, here you mean, which tool? > > 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 I can't tell the difference. (I really need detailed instructions, thanks for your patience ahead) I tried to follow what you said before, with the kernel 3.2-rc6 install the compate-wireless, but have problem in the following install the firmware-installer. > 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
