Yes, this is the way it is supposed to be. Not supplying those drivers on the installation media is to avoid. You can get any other drivers (webcam, proprietary graphic drivers) later but having a working network connection by initial installation is a must-have, with the same importance as the necessary drivers for harddisk controllers.DShelbyD wrote:...running it without a wire, I just wanted to see what the desktop looked like. To my great surprise, Network Manager saw my network when I scanned for it, AND it connected once I supplied the WPA2 password.
wobo wrote:...With Alpha2 I had to plug in a wire, get the driver tarball, do a configur/make to get the module. Haven't tested with Beta1 yet.
DShelbyD wrote:...and it complains that there is no firmware present.
DShelbyD wrote:It still is missing in Beta 2, so with no features to be added until after release, it seems Broadcom wireless not be part of the magic of Mageia 1.
DShelbyD wrote:Been there, done that -- no joy. Fedora 15 Beta sees the Broadcom, and configuration can be completed without downloading anything on a wire. So can Pardus 2011. So can aptosid.
Krille wrote:Really sad, so i think there will be no chance for Mageia to be my operating system
ferri wrote:Is it so big problem for you to download needed packages manually from repos?
I have similar problem with knetworkmanager.
I have mobile internet via huawei modem which does not work with standard network center.
It took me 2 hours to download 17 rpm files and resolve all dependencies about knetworkmanager.
But this is not reason for misusing Mageia.
su -
urpmi b43-fwcutter
wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
tar xf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
su
b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o
modprobe b43
jeffreybruton wrote:DShelbyD:
Have you entered a bug re: this issue...as I agree its a very serious omission.
Thanks
Jeffrey Bruton
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