2011/12/22 Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> > > 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 > Works for me! Again, this is the first time my wireless has worked! I nominate this for inclusion on the wiki under heading "Bleeding-edge kernel quickstart". Thanks! -buck -- 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
