Brtoadcom wireless problem

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Brtoadcom wireless problem

Postby melloe » Jun 8th, '11, 06:15

T tried it ( mageia final )on 3 different machines and it didn't see a single NIC nor WiFi device.
Tested on

Dell Latitude D630 w/ Broadcom 57xx series gigabit and broadcom 4311 wireless.
Dell Latitude D430 w/ Broadcom 57xx series gigabit
Dell Latitude E5500 w/ Broadcom 5761 gigabit
Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Brtoadcom wireless problem

Postby Germ » Jun 8th, '11, 13:49

Do you have the tainted and nonfree repo?
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Re: Brtoadcom wireless problem

Postby golf4fun » Jun 8th, '11, 15:36

You also will need a wired connection to set up Wireless as the DVD does not contain needed support files.
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Re: Brtoadcom wireless problem

Postby melloe » Jun 10th, '11, 19:54

Thanks, I'll pass it on
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