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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-December/020988.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-December/020988.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f462b751e --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-December/020988.html @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20RFC%3A%20dropping%20prebuilt%20broadcom-wl%20drivers&In-Reply-To=%3CCA%2Bh4nj78Dv6ju%3D8fDDje5ecMErc2v-zrd5JB%2BRpHF%2B7%3DqxT8ag%40mail.gmail.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="020986.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="020989.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers</H1> + <B>Wolfgang Bornath</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20RFC%3A%20dropping%20prebuilt%20broadcom-wl%20drivers&In-Reply-To=%3CCA%2Bh4nj78Dv6ju%3D8fDDje5ecMErc2v-zrd5JB%2BRpHF%2B7%3DqxT8ag%40mail.gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers">molch.b at googlemail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Thu Dec 27 21:39:23 CET 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="020986.html">[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020989.html">[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20988">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20988">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20988">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20988">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tmb at mageia.org</A>>: +><i> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 22:17: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> 2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tmb at mageia.org</A>>: +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 19:54: +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Ok, so now I am at the point where I try to configure wifi without any +</I>>>>><i> additional media than the core repository- +</I>>>>><i> The correct wifi is found but the system says that there are +</I>>>>><i> additionaöl software and drivers needed (namely broadcom-wl) which I +</I>>>>><i> may find in non-free or elsewhere. Just as expected. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Did it try to configure it anyway, or did it stop there ? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> No, it ends there- you can close the ,essage and go back where you +</I>>><i> have the already used option or the option to use a windows driver +</I>>><i> with ndiswrapper. Or go back and leave the cinfiguration +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Hm, ok, so I guess it would need manual configuration to test, +</I>><i> but it is easier to test the free drivers you can test with the +</I>><i> "no-wl" test livecd.... +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Reboot. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Now could I use the same installation to upgrade and use the same usb +</I>>>>><i> stick, just activating the core plus non-free ? Or do I have to redo +</I>>>>><i> the whole instatallotion? +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Just use the same install and install dkms-broadcom-wl +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Ok. so all I have to do go online with cable bound network, set media +</I>>><i> including non-free, and then install dkms-broadcom-wl plus the needed +</I>>><i> things. then reboot and try a new attempt at configuring . +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> yep. it might still suggest to install some of the prebuilt drivers, +</I>><i> but thats ok. the important part is the blacklist that comes with +</I>><i> dkms-broadcom-wl +</I>><i> +</I> +Ok, here I may have been too fast. I went online, set the media +including non-free and shot at 'urpmi dkms-broadcom-wl'- The system +installed 18 packages but at the end it gave errors: + +Error! Could not locate wl.ko.xz for module broadcom-wl in the DKMS +tree. Yoou must run a dkms build for kernel first- +warning: %post(dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-5.mga3.non-free.i586) +scriptlet failed, exit status 4 + +-- +wobo +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="020986.html">[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020989.html">[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20988">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20988">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20988">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20988">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |