Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with broadcom wireless

[Allan Gottlieb]

At Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:23:40 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:24:00 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
>
>> I have build b43 as both a kernel module and as a built-in component.
>> But neither eth1 nor wlan0 exist for either kernel configuration (eth0
>> is the hardwired ethernet)
>
> Are you sure this is a B43xx devices, the lspci output doesn't specify?
> Some Dells use a different Broadcom card that needs the
> net-wireless/broadcom-sta module to be emerged.

(I tried Mick's kernel settings, but with no effect).

Neil's suggestion to use broadcom-sta was the solution.  It took some
effort to get the module to build, but was possible.

thank you both.
allan gottlieb