Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with bcm43xx

2006-07-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:49:49 +0100 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:44:55 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T >> (rev 01) > > It seems that you are trying to use the wrong module. This is a 4400 > wi

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with bcm43xx

2006-07-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:44:55 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T > (rev 01) It seems that you are trying to use the wrong module. This is a 4400 wired card, not a 4300 wireless one that the BCM43xx driver is for. A quick Google indica

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with bcm43xx

2006-07-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:36:16 +0100 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:00:11 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> The guide recommended wl_apsta.o for firmware, but that failed the >> bcm43xx-fwcutter command so I then tried wl.o, which bcm43xx was happy >> with. > > It

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with bcm43xx

2006-07-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:00:11 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > The guide recommended wl_apsta.o for firmware, but that failed the > bcm43xx-fwcutter command so I then tried wl.o, which bcm43xx was happy > with. It seems that some cards can be fussy about firmware, so try some different ones. I have

[gentoo-user] trouble with bcm43xx

2006-07-25 Thread Allan Gottlieb
I followed the instructions from the forum (listed below) I built the driver and networking code as modules as specified. (I also tried building them into the kernel with essentially the same bad results). I would appreciate any help. Details follow. allan The guide recommended wl_apsta.o for fi