On Dec 8, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
Hi folks:
I think I have become a total Gentoo addict in just under a week:
I am planning to begin a project to convert my laptop to a gentoo
linux
laptop.
It's a gateway model M1675 laptop
It has fairly standard hardware, all of which works nicely under
Ubuntu
Breezy except the wireless card, which is an absolute requirement
Currently (under Ubuntu) I have to run modprobe NDISWRAPPER every so
often to get the wireless card to be recognized, other times, it
recognizes right off the bat when I switch to it)
The card that is in the box identifies under Ubuntu / gnome as a
broadcom bcm4306 802.11b/g wireless LAN
The machine also has standard USB and 1394 ports on it, as well as a
floppy drive in one removable bay, and a CD-RW / DVR drive in the
other
-- all of which seem to work without complaints under Ubuntu
breezy, so
I am guessing that it will work again without complaints under gentoo,
but I need to make sure of this -- this is my primary work laptop,
and I
need to not be offline for super long with it, so I am trying to be
prepared for all the bugs I can in advance. Any suggestions, hints/
tips
/ gottchas that you know of, or have run into would be appreciated.
If possible, I would love to build the broadcom support into the
kernel,
but Ive only built one kernel, and I will probably need some guidance
getting it done correctly.
I believe there is not linux drivers for broadcom wifi...you'll still
need ndiswrapper.
I can supply any and all specs that are needed at your request, but I
don't know what someone might need to know to help me do this
correctly
yet.
Thanks in advance for your help -- this has been a wonderful
project so
far, and I'm a much better linux admin already for having messed with
Gentoo
TIM
Timothy A. Holmes
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
Medina Christian Academy
A Higher Standard...
Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah 29:11
Esther 4:14
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