Hello, In my attempts at replacing Windows on my Dell M6400 laptop with -14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso, I have gotten as far as being able to create a live usb stick. My next step is to get on the internet via the Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card and my "WPA" network. Broadcom offers sources and a library at: http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_38.tar.gz (via http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php ). I did make on a machine with Linux 2.6.28-18-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 04:26:47 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux: ~/tmp/broadcom$ make KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic' LD /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/built-in.o CC [M] /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/src/shared/linux_osl.o CC [M] /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o CC [M] /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o LD [M] /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/wl.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/wl.o see include/linux/module.h for more information CC /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/wl.mod.o LD [M] /h/sgovinda/tmp/broadcom/wl.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic' ~/tmp/broadcom$ The action for "make install" is: install -D -m 755 wl.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko which, I _guess_, is just copying wl.ko and doing a "chmod 755 /<path>/wl.ko". Key requirement: The wireless card works with Win XP and I do _not_ want any firmware changes to happen to it! Questions: 1) Will copying wl.ko to the corresponding directory on the Live USB be OK (since the build happened on Ubuntu 2.6.28-18-generic)? 2) If copying is OK and if copying and use with or without rebooting will _not_ make any changes to the wireless card's firmware, what do I do next to get on the WPA network and then to the internet? Thanks, --Suresh -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
