On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > W dniu 22 grudnia 2011 09:45 użytkownik lina <lina.lastname@xxxxxxxxx> napisał: >> 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. > > wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-015.tar.bz2 > tar xjf b43-fwcutter-015.tar.bz2 > cd b43-fwcutter-015 > make > sudo make install > cd .. > > export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware" > wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 > tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 > sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o > Thanks and ? > -- > 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
