dapper drake on ppc experience

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 19 May 2006 12:25:14 +0200
Tchize <tchize at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> 1) wifi: The wifi driver are provided for the airport wifi card. 
> However, those driver need firmware that are not provided. As a result, 
> your card 'appear' to be working (no error message anywhere) but is 
> unable to connect to network. The firmaware should be provided or 
> downloaded by install script.

Have a look at Ben Woosley's post here:

http://www.archivesat.com/Ubuntu_Linux_Developer_Discussion/thread592889.htm

and check out

http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/dists/dapper-cafuego/bcm43xx/

(Thank you cafuego!)

Haven't done it yet myself, but it simplfies the process, I think (not that
many people will have seen the post I guess... )

Peter

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