Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo Laptop

[Jean-Jacques FABRE]

Hi,

I've never tried but maybe this can help you:

http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/

Jean-Jacques


On 12/8/05, John Jolet <john@×××××.net> wrote:
>
> On Dec 8, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
>
> > Hi folks:
> >
> > I think I have become a total Gentoo addict in just under a week:
> >
> > I am planning to begin a project to convert my laptop to a gentoo
> > linux
> > laptop.
> >
> > It's a gateway model M1675 laptop
> > It has fairly standard hardware, all of which works nicely under
> > Ubuntu
> > Breezy except the wireless card, which is an absolute requirement
> >
> > Currently (under Ubuntu) I have to run modprobe NDISWRAPPER every so
> > often to get the wireless card to be recognized, other times, it
> > recognizes right off the bat when I switch to it)
> >
> > The card that is in the box identifies under Ubuntu / gnome as a
> > broadcom bcm4306 802.11b/g wireless LAN
> >
> > The machine also has standard USB and 1394 ports on it, as well as a
> > floppy drive in one removable bay, and a CD-RW / DVR drive in the
> > other
> > -- all of which seem to work without complaints under Ubuntu
> > breezy, so
> > I am guessing that it will work again without complaints under gentoo,
> > but I need to make sure of this -- this is my primary work laptop,
> > and I
> > need to not be offline for super long with it, so I am trying to be
> > prepared for all the bugs I can in advance.  Any suggestions, hints/
> > tips
> > / gottchas that you know of, or have run into would be appreciated.
> >
> > If possible, I would love to build the broadcom support into the
> > kernel,
> > but Ive only built one kernel, and I will probably need some guidance
> > getting it done correctly.
> >
> I believe there is not linux drivers for broadcom wifi...you'll still
> need ndiswrapper.
>
> > I can supply any and all specs that are needed at your request, but I
> > don't know what someone might need to know to help me do this
> > correctly
> > yet.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help -- this has been a wonderful
> > project so
> > far, and I'm a much better linux admin already for having messed with
> > Gentoo
> >
> > TIM
> >
> >
> > Timothy A. Holmes
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