On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 17:14 +0100, php4u wrote: > Well, Linuxant was not the answer (yet). I also tried ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net) with the same results. It appears I am having difficulty obtaining the correct driver for the card I have. > > lspci = > ----------------------- > [rbrown@mothership ~]$ sudo /sbin/lspci > Password: > 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M] > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] > 00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller > 00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) > 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6912 Cardbus Controller > 00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) > 00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) > 00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) > 00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) > 00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) > 00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] > 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M > [rbrown@mothership ~]$ > ------------------------- > I have tried looking for the correct driver for the Broadcom BCM4306, and found two, but when trying to install them, I get the same result; incorrect driver. ??? > > Any similar situations folks have encountered? All suggestions greatly appreciated! > > thanks again > Ralph > p.s. Happy Thanksgiving > > > > -- > This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org > Ralph, In reading the ndiswrapper wiki other people have had success using the Dell Broadcom driver with ndiswrapper on other brands of laptops. Give that a try. Best, Steve -- ------------------------- Steve Fink GPG Public Key 1024D/0FF85E51
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