Hi,
New to porteus and attracted here as it seems wifi with Broadcom works. If it does, that will be a first in 2 weeks of trying distros.
But can't get 3.2 rc3 or rc4 wifi working. Have followed the hints (on [HOWTO] Broadcom wifi under Porteus) re the 'blacklist wl' with both, yet lspci -knn never sees a driver loaded. Wifi is toast.
This is booting from USB with the broadcom_blacklist.conf file inserted into the indicated place on the stick - is that gonna work? Do I need to edit the live fs and then restart a service? If so, how??
Hardware is a slightly troubled (but still works under XP) Delll Inspiron 2200 laptop hailing from 2005. Chipset is Broadcom BCM4318 AirForce One. Actually, a nice pc to use - good screen, really good keyboard and loath to trash it.
brodders
Help with Broadcom BCM4318
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Re: Help with Broadcom BCM4318
Welcome to Porteus. Have already seen quite a few posts re. BCM4318.
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Re: Help with Broadcom BCM4318
Prendre son temps, profiter de celui qui passe.
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Re: Help with Broadcom BCM4318
@ francois
brodders wrote: Have followed the hints (on [HOWTO] Broadcom wifi under Porteus) re the 'blacklist wl' with both, yet lspci -knn never sees a driver loaded. Wifi is toast.
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Re: Help with Broadcom BCM4318
Reading too much in diagonal. Sorry.
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