thanks for reply. i'll try new kernel or go for Devicescape 802.11 Stack.
On 11/1/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 00:55:07 +0200, Sinan Nalkaya wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i have updated Etch installed, Dell inspiron 1501 laptop, which has > broadcom > > wireless chip on it. i followed the every instruction step by step on > > http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ . since i have an supported chip (4311 rev1) > > according to the list on bcm43xx homepage, i installed the > > bcm43xx-fwcutter, run it and get the needed *.fw files under > > /lib/firmware, but udev couldnt create device file for my > > wireless ethernet. here is the commands i typed and results. > > > > sinan:/home/sinan# lspci -nn | grep 14e4 > > 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless > 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card [14e4:4311] (rev 01) > > 08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 > 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02) > > sinan:/home/sinan#modprobe bcm43xx > > dmesg; > > ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' > > ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13 > > ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation > > bcm43xx driver > > I think you would see more "bcm43xx" lines if the driver worked > properly. > > > lsmod; > > bcm43xx 408640 0 > > firmware_class 10048 1 bcm43xx > > ieee80211softmac 27456 1 bcm43xx > > ieee80211 30664 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac > > ieee80211_crypt 6272 1 ieee80211 > > > > udev-monitor; > > sinan:/sys/class/net# udevmonitor > > udevmonitor prints the received event from the kernel [UEVENT] > > and the event which udev sends out after rule processing [UDEV] > > > > UEVENT[1193788238.883126] add@/module/ieee80211_crypt > > UDEV [1193788238.884073] add@/module/ieee80211_crypt > > UEVENT[1193788238.886112] add@/module/ieee80211 > > UDEV [1193788238.887048] add@/module/ieee80211 > > UEVENT[1193788238.888978] add@/module/ieee80211softmac > > UDEV [1193788238.889910] add@/module/ieee80211softmac > > UEVENT[1193788238.891280] add@/module/firmware_class > > UEVENT[1193788238.894374] add@/module/bcm43xx > > UEVENT[1193788238.906811] add@/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xx > > UDEV [1193788238.907735] add@/module/firmware_class > > UDEV [1193788238.908371] add@/module/bcm43xx > > UDEV [1193788238.908935] add@/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xx > > > > kernel is 2.6.18-5-k7 > > > > what can i try from here,i dont want to use ndiwrapper. > > A backported 2.6.22 kernel for Etch is available from www.backports.org. > The git history of the kernel lists a "Fix for 4311" which was committed > on 2007-02-14 (2.6.18 was released on 2006-09-19): > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git;a=commit;h=740ac4fb08866d702be90f167665d03759bd27d0 > > Maybe you will have more success with the newer kernel. > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
