On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:31:13PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 11 Nov 2009, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > > >>(you need internet to get the packages, so first boot the kernel > > >>where wifi functions, do the first two commands, then reboot to the > > >>new and issue the next to commands) > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I seem to remember doing that in the past but the broadcom packages are > > >apparently not available at the moment. > > > > > >Anthony > > > > > > > > > > Oh, this must be related to the thread "2.6.31 kernels" about the > > broadcom packages disappearing from the repositories. Why the heck > > was that?? > > > > Correct, and the method given on the Debian Wiki didn't work here. I > first compiled the 32-bit version by mistake so the module didn't load; > the 65-bit version doesn't compile. guys I have taken a hybrid approach I have a couple of the broadcom-sta I did a m-a -t build, which failed, I then cd /usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64 (i think from memeory) then from tmp/modules (this is where I had grabbed the latest broadcom-sta source from broadcom) I copied over the directories amd64 to amd64 and i386 to i386. The next step was to m-a -O -t build braodcom-sta and done I have a deb package that I can install against .6.31 the tail versioning is out but hell it works and its a deb package :) ask me off list if people want the broadcom-sta package > > Anthony > >
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