Re: [gentoo-amd64] Compaq Presario V6420US

[Beso]

4311 PCI-E Supported for kernel 2.6.20.6 and laterthis is from the official
bcm43xx supported devices.
so the steps that you have to do to make it work is:
1. download a kernel >= 2.6.20.6 (the 2.6.23 is the latest and i recommend
it since it's good on my laptop)
2. go to /usr/src/linux and do a make menuconfig
3. go to "Networking-> Wireless" and select as modules:
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack
(mac80211)                                                         │ │
  │ │                                     [*]   Enable LED
triggers
│ │
  │ │                                     [*]   Export mac80211 internals in
DebugFS                                                                  │ │
  │ │                                     [*]   Enable debugging
output
│ │
  │ │                                     [*]     Verbose debugging
output
│ │
  │ │                                     [*]     Debug frame
dumping
│ │
  │ │                                     [*]     TKIP
debugging
│ │
  │ │                                     [*]     Extra statistics for TX/RX
debugging                                                                │ │
  │ │                                     [*]     Support for IBSS
testing
│ │
  │ │                                     [*]     Verbose powersave mode
debugging
then
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking
Stack                                                                    │ │
  │ │                                     [*]   Enable full debugging
output
│ │
  │ │                                     ---   IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (
802.1x)                                                                   │
│
  │ │                                     <M>   IEEE 802.11i CCMP
support
│ │
  │ │                                     <M>   IEEE 802.11i TKIP
encryption
│ │
  │ │                                     <M>   Software MAC add-on to the
IEEE 802.11 networking stack                                               │
│
  │ │                                     [*]     Enable full debugging
output
the second is fundamental and also the MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 is.
then go up two times and go to "Device drivers->Network device
support->Wireless LAN" and select:
 [ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11)
│ │
  │ │                                     [*] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
and
<M> Broadcom BCM43xx wireless
support
│ │
  │ │                                     [*]   Broadcom BCM43xx debugging
(RECOMMENDED)                                                              │
│
  │ │                                           BCM43xx data transfer mode
(DMA + PIO)  --->
then, exit, save the new kernel config, and do a make && make
modules_install && make install && emerge ati-drivers (or nvidia-drivers)
truecrypt (and whatever modules you've compiled from portage. they need to
be reinstalled for the new kernel)
this will rebuild kernel, rebuild the modules compiled with portage. then
you have to download the firmware (wlapsta.o version 3
http://svit.epfl.ch/stuff/wl_apsta.o ) and then install the bcm43xx-fwcutter
(the package is in portage).
go to the directory where you've downloaded the wl_apsta.o and do a
bcm43xx-fwcutter wl_apsta.o and then mv *.fw /lib/firmware && chmod +r+x
/lib/firmware/*.fw
now all that is left to do is reboot and have the kernel load the bcm43xx
module and make the wireless work.
if you experience any problems let me know.

2007/11/4, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@×××××.com>:
>
> Getting the presario 6000 to work is a pain. ACPI is horrible, I've
> heard of issues with sound, and the wireless can be a pain. Right now
> I'm using ndiswrapper with whatever drivers are on that Ubuntu Forum
> page. There's a huge forum post on Ubuntu about getting this laptop
> working, you might want to check it out. I don't have time to look it
> up right now, but if you find it and you've been using Linux for a
> while you can probably figure most of it out. Just remember that if
> you you're ndiswrapper doesn't work at all, you need to do ndiswrapper
> -m && ndiswrapper -ma and a couple of other things I think. The other
> thing is that if you don't know if the driver is correct, do
> ndiswrapper -l and it should say "device present". One more thing, the
> driver you're looking for is called "bcmwl5.inf" and "bcmwl5.sys".
> There is another driver for this card called bcmwl6.inf, and I've had
> no luck with it. I'll try to give you the file if I get a chance.
>
> Cheers,
> -Peter
>
> On 11/4/07, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote:
> > what bmc board do you have? try a lspci and tell us what board you have.
> > some bcm boards do work fine with their native linux driver.
> >
> > 2007/11/4, Unknown < list-catcher@××××××××××.com>:
> > > I decided to join the laptop club and bought a Compaq Presario
> > > V6420US.
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147458
> > >
> > > Call me ancient but I´ve never had wireless ethernet before so it´s
> new
> > > to me.  I can´t seem to get it working.  Initially I tried using
> > > ndiswrapper but compaq.com gives me file not found for the XP drivers.
> > >
> > > Then I tried (as I did not know it existed before) using the Broadcom
> > > drivers in the linux kernel.  This fails too with no access points
> > > found.  dmesg reveals bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR.
> > >
> > > The laptop has a wired ethernet port which works without any
> harassment
> > > at all.  But it´s a laptop... I don´t want to be plugged into
> anything.
> > >
> > > Searching google reveals that some ubuntu user got it working so I
> know
> > > it´s possible.  I just don´t know what man page I need to read or what
> > > documentation I´m missing.  If anyone has a clue I´d be appreciative.
> > > --
> > > gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >  dott. ing. beso
>



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