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<H1>[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers</H1>
<B>Thomas Spuhler</B>
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<I>Thu Dec 27 15:26:02 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Thursday, December 27, 2012 07:21:40 AM Thomas Backlund wrote:
><i> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 16:04:
</I>><i> > 2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tmb at mageia.org</A>>:
</I>><i> >> can you provide either "lspcidrake -v" or "lspci -vnn" for that device
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > # lspcidrake -v |grep Broadcom
</I>><i> > wl : Broadcom Corporation | BCN4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [NETWORK_OTHER]
</I>><i> > (vendor:14e4 device:4315 subv:14e4 subd:04b5) (rev 1)
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</I>><i> > That's it
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</I>><i> Thanks. that shows the subvendor/device ids.
</I>><i> The 4312 ones are problematic iirc...
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</I>><i> Now for some tests...
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</I>><i> 1. uninstall any *broadcom-wl* package on the system.
</I>><i> 2. disable nonfree medias (to prevent drakx access to them)
</I>><i> 3. reboot.
</I>><i> 4. try to reconfigure your wireless connection and see if it works.
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</I>><i> 5. if it does not work, enable nonfree media again
</I>><i> 6. install dkms-broadcom-wl
</I>><i> 7. reboot
</I>><i> 8. try to reconfigure wireless again and see if it works now.
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</I>><i> --
</I>><i> Thomas
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OK, I'll do that tonight on an older laptop that has the 4311 device
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Best regards
Thomas Spuhler
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