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Hi ! > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:09 -0400 > From: carlf@panix.com > Subject: Setting up HP Pavilion DV 6458 > > I'm attempting to get Debian Testing up and running on my Pavilion DV6100 > (DV6458). The installation was pretty easy, but there are two things that > aren't working. i've a pavilion DV6270EU, i hope i can help you ;-) > One, I can't get the kernel to recognize my Broadcom BCM4328 WiFi chipset, > even though it's theoretically supported. Nor can I get ndiswrapper to work > with the Windows driver. i've linked on linuxonlaptop my installation [1] but it's in italian... i've tried to use the kernel module bcm43xx on my vanilla 2.6.24.4 kernel but it won't work... if "lspci" tells you about this hardware 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) you can use wifi with ndiswrapper and this [2] windows driver... you've to execute these commands, briefly: # m-a prepare # m-a a-i ndiswrapper # depmod -a # modprobe ndiswrapper # unzip -a /path/to/downloaded/R151517.EXE # cd /path/to/downloaded/ && cd to the created directory form extraction and in subdirectory DRIVER # ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf done! > Two, I use my RIM BlackBerry Curve as a tethered modem. I hear there's > support for this in Linux these days. This one, I confess, I haven't even > researched, but if anyone just happens to have a pointer to a HOWTO it would > be appreciated. for this problem i can't help you. > Thank you. of nothing. [1] http://www.freemodding.it/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=89058#forumpost89058 [2] http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R151517.EXE Windows Live Mobile Da oggi la posta di Hotmail la controlli anche dal tuo cellulare! |