Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Celejar wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:24:59 -0600
> Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
>
>   
> > Kent wrote:
> >  > westk@evoljasen:~$ sudo aptitude search modprobe
> >  > westk@evoljasen:~$
> >
> >
> > Celejar wrote:
> >  > $ dpkg -S modprobe
> >
> > I was pleased to find this trick, but now that I'm actually trying to 
> > use it, I find it only works on packages already installed on your 
> > system; it doesn't search your repositories, which is the trick I needed.
> >     
>
> For that you'll need apt-file, or use the web form at
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages 
>   

Ah, "apt-file"! That was the tool I vaguely remembered using in the past 
(but couldn't think of in the heat of actually needing the tool). Thanks!

--
Kent