[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers

Fri Dec 28 18:15:16 CET 2012

2012/12/28 Maurice Batey <maurice at bcs.org.uk>:
+> On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:34:31 -0700, Thomas Spuhler wrote:
+>
+>> I opened the Networkcenter again and the same message apeared:
+>> Unable to find network interface for selected device (using wl driver)
+>
+>   I've been through all that on a netbook with Broadcom BCM43225 and
+> running fully-updated Mageia-3-A2.
+>    I now have solid WiFi after starting to use NetworkManager, which I
+> installed with the following instructions:
+
+After reading messages from numerous users who are using Broadcom
+chips I get the impression that it does not depemd on the chip or the
+driver or using network manager or not or which kernel, it seems tp
+depemd on ALL of it. Until MGA2 my Broadcom only worked outside of
+gnome and after explicitely uninstalling network manager.
+Another user told his same chip pnly works with network manager, a
+third one a different story - and all are talking about the sa,e
+kernel amd the same MGA version and the same Broadcom 4312. It's not
+only Mageia, trying Debian, Ubuntu, openSuse, Mint and a few others
+including Mageia, only 2 of them were able to get it to run longer
+than from one boot to the next. I'll never ever buy that chip again
+but everywhere you ask peope keep telling you it's ok to buy this
+hardware for Linux - mine even came with SLED preinstalled.
+
+Ok, so much to let out steam after I woke up in a storm of feathers
+because some how I had torn my bed cover last night. 2 minutes after I
+started to clean up the  dust bowl in my sleeping room my hoover
+turned belly up (motor seems overheated) and spread all the feathers
+and dust all over the place. So pls forgive me the short rant about a
+hardware whith a problem.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+