On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Claude Jones wrote: > On Wednesday August 1 2007 1:59:58 pm Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > before i do that, i'm just trying to verify what i *have* on > > this system. on a gateway laptop running f7, i can see in > > /var/log/dmesgl the lines: > > > > bmc43xx_mac80211: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found. > > ... > > followed by a few more lines about that device i can reproduce > > if necessary. so that looks like a good sign. > > Here's a page devoted specifically to the the bcm43xx driver for > Fedora, which I used to set up my HP laptop's Broadcom Wireless > NIC - maybe it will help you > > http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras/ awesome, i'll follow that as soon as the system is loaded. but let me make a couple suggestions about that page -- the same sort of thing i *always* whine about when it comes to tutorials and HOWTOs: 1) why the need to do a general "yum update"? i realize that there may be *some* packages that need updating, but it doesn't impart any information if you don't tell the reader *precisely* what packages are necessary for updating. is it really just the kernel that needs updating or perhaps other stuff? it's always nice to know that, even if you advise the reader to just play it safe and update it all. 2) actually, maybe that's my only whine. for now. :-) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ========================================================================
