Broadcom drivers

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Oct 29 23:54:49 UTC 2008


Keith Clark wrote:

> Frans wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:01:41 -0400, Keith Clark wrote:
>>
>>> I've just installed Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit using Wubi and I seem to have a
>>> problem getting my Broadcom wireless card to work on my laptop.  Any
>>> suggestions?
>>
>> Have you installed the firmware for your card?
>>
>> This applies to Ubuntu 8.04:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2008-October/163578.html
>>   
> No such firmware/driver in synaptic.

I haven't tried it, but I'm not believing that.  The broadcoms apparently
have a new driver in Intrepid, but the _firmware_ is absolutely required,
so I can't believe you can't get it.
-- 
derek





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