On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 09:01, Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote: > Dne sobota 11 april 2009 ob 21:26:49 je Kelly Clowers napisal(a): >> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:03, Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote: >> > Howdie! >> > >> > Anyone tried to make an ATI 1200 and a BCM4328 work on a Lenny laptop? I >> > am trying to finalize my Lenny installation on a HP Compaq 6715b and have >> > a few questions: >> > Should I just leave the graphics as it is, or is it advisable to install >> > the proprietary ATI Catalyst drivers (and WHICH ones and HOW)? >> >> An x1200 should just work, with 3d acceleration, with the "radeon" driver. >> >> > Is the Broadcom hybrid driver still the best option for making the >> > BCM4328 wireless chip work? Is the patch needed? How do you go about >> > compiling, installing the driver, and making the driver permanent (i.e. >> > load at every boot)? In short, what is your experience, what would be my >> > best bet for the above graphics chip and wireless chip in Debian Lenny? >> >> It looks like b43 does not support the 4328, so ndiswrapper is probably >> the best bet. This might be a place to start: >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff > > Thanx for answering. Anyway, I'm prejudiced against ndiswrapper (used to be a > Windows user for many years, so now I shiver at every gates/windows I see). So > I've tried to compile the original broadcom ("hybrid" or "wl") driver from the > Broadcom website and it does work. No need to install the patch either > (although there are some indications that ssh won't work). Only nuisance: you > have to recompile it every time the kernel gets updated :(. > > Best instructions I've managed to find: > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=30648&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=2782df86cc404fde6d75b631594c3053 > > P.S. Of course, the driver is every bit as tainted as ndiswrapper. But at > least it's not M$-tainted... ;)
Ah, I was not aware of that driver. I'll keep it in mind for the next time someone asks about Broadcom. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
