Re: Unable to get Broadcom 4311 working with SliTaz

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Right, you need to either upgrade your computer again or use the linux
pkg from my directory. For broadcom-wl to work, ssb module should not
be loaded in memory. Make sure "ssb" is also not there in
LOAD_MODULES.

Rohit


On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Jon Cargille <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SliTaz is really slick!  Thanks to those who have labored to put it
> together.
>
> I'm having one problem that I'm totally unable to resolve, though--I've
> tried everything I could find on the net.
>
> The laptop I'm running on has a Broadcom 4311 wireless chipset in it.   I've
> tried using both the b43 driver, as well as the wl one released by
> Broadcom.  No luck with either one.
>
> The "wl" module loads fine, but it never identifies the device, so no
> wireless devices show up under iwconfig or ifconfig.  The "b43" module will
> not load; it says "Unknown symbol ssb_bus_pcmciabus_register" (that's from
> memory, but I'm pretty sure that is it).  I couldn't find any way to resolve
> that.
>
> For the wl driver, I was using the tazpkg that jozee shared in his packages
> directory. For the b43 driver, I was using the one that came with SliTaz.
> The SliTaz distrib I'm using is the Live CD of cooking-20091124.
>
> Any tips much appreciated!
>
> Jon
>

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