[sf-lug] wifi on dell: system stats

[jim]

   that's a good tip. 

   is all we have to do is find the firmware file (ha!) 
and copy it into 
/lib/firmware/ or /lib/firmware/2.6.28-15-generic/ 
or ...? 

   (on this box, /lib/firmware/ shows a lot of 
ipw* and iwlwifi* files.) 




On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 11:55 -0700, John Lowry wrote:
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
> 
> The Broadcom card in the laptop has support in the kernel, it just needs
> the binary firmware to be loaded. It has been a while since I have had
> to deal with these cards, I avoid them like the plague, but they do work
> with Linux.
> 
> jim wrote:
> >    still no luck trying to get wifi working on a 
> > dell inspiron 1545 running ubuntu 9.04 
> >    current fallback plan is to reinstall ubuntu 
> > 9.10 and hope and see. 
> > 
> > 
> > Dell Inspiron 1545 Model PP41L
> > RAM 2.9GB 
> > Storage 156.8GB 
> > 
> > dmesg output shows 
> > intel CPU T4200 2GHz dual core 
> > agpgart-intel intel mobile intel GM45 ExpressChipset 
> > Broadcom BCM4315 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9 
> > 
> > uname -a output shows 
> > kernel 2.6.28-15 
> > #52-Ubuntu SMP 9.04 
> > 
> > lsmod output shows nothing for networking 
> > 
> > lspci output shows 
> > Ethernet controller: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast rev 13 
> > Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g rev 01 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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