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ybotspawn

Member

From: Oz

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 140

Hi

Hi everyone.... no newbie problem here, just saying Hi.  My friend and I just finished configuring Archlinux on my system... after a pretty hectic install of BCM4310 wifi drivers.  Just wanted to post up and say hi. 

Ybot

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tigrmesh

IRC Op

From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: Hi

Welcome to Arch! 

xaw

Member

From: Chapel Hill

Registered: 2007-08-09

Posts: 177

Re: Hi

Welcome to Arch!

P.S. - Indeed, those broadcom drivers can be a real pain - so we hear ya!

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ybotspawn

Member

From: Oz

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 140

Re: Hi

Hehe, Thanks for the welcome:)  Yes those broadcom drivers were not what i call fun at all!  But the worst is over

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bgc1954

Member

From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: Hi

Welcome to arch

ybotspawn wrote:

Hehe, Thanks for the welcome:)  Yes those broadcom drivers were not what i call fun at all!  But the worst is over

I don't know why people always say that!  I've used both b43mxx and b43 and they've both worked fine with a broadcom 4306--maybe older is better.  Just look at the forums and see how many people have so much fun with wireless.  It must be hard.

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ybotspawn

Member

From: Oz

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 140

Re: Hi

It's not difficult as much as it was annoying... thought process below

ok drivers didnt load right... try installing module...failed
ok we need ndiswrapper...ohh its already installed...
go get drivers... crud they are in a windows exe....
go boot up windows computer
cringe as comptuer takes forever and a day to boot
download drivers through ie..deal with stupid ie warnings and slugishness
extract drivers
dig through files and copy .inf files to a flash drive
copy files to /root/bcml5 folder
run nidswrapper commands
reboot
find module didnt load
configure module to load @ boot
reboot
woohoo network
ohh yeah still have to configure the rest of the system..

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CoolGenie

Member

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 56

Re: Hi

Hello, I'm an Archlinux newbie too!
Never got those broadcom drivers to work, although I've tried everything. Fixed the problem when I bought an Edimax USB card. This one works very nice.

finferflu

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2007-06-21

Posts: 1,899

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Re: Hi

Welcome home

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Mr.Elendig

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From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,092

Re: Hi

There is already are a thread for these types of posts:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=32421

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2008-04-07 18:37:37)

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