[conspire] ubuntu and b43 problems

[Ruben Safir]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 07:52:17AM -0800, Ehud Kaldor wrote:
> regarding the modem itself - you're preaching to the choir. this is a
> work-issued laptop, and i cannot control or change what goes into it.
> 
> E
> 

there is always the possibility of using an USB modem if need be
> 
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Don Marti <dmarti at zgp.org> wrote:
> 
> > begin Rick Moen quotation of Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 01:17:12AM -0800:
> >
> > > Going all the way back to the winmodem misadventure, I can't help
> > > noticing that a lot of Linux users misdefine the necessary and logical
> > > question as 'How do I make Linux support all the components currently in
> > > my machine?', when a better question is 'What's the best tradeoff of
> > > time versus money that makes me able to get desired functionality?'
> >
> > Since Broadcom is finally getting off the proprietary
> > drivers and high on _life_ instead, one option might
> > be to find out if your distribution has a repository
> > of current upstream kernels, and try to install
> > and boot one of them.  You could also do something
> > like this:
> >
> >
> > http://www.toddsmith.org/wordpress/server-technology/howto-compile-an-upstream-kernel-the-debian-ubuntu-way/
> >
> > (I agree with Rick that unless you want to make a job
> > or serious hobby out of device driver development,
> > careful shopping is usually the best way to get a
> > working Linux system.)
> >
> > --
> > Don Marti
> > http://zgp.org/~dmarti/ <http://zgp.org/%7Edmarti/>
> > dmarti at zgp.org
> >
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