Need help with wireless in Debian Lenny[Broadcom 4318]
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Need help with wireless in Debian Lenny[Broadcom 4318]
Ok so I have the .sys and .inf drivers downloaded but thats as far as I've gotten. I can't seem to get ndiswrapper installed. When I go to the folder and type "make" I get command not found. Help would be greatly appreciated.
In Debian, you can (and probably should) use module-assistant to compile the ndiswrapper from source if a compiled version is not available. You should download the ndiswrapper source package using apt-get install. When you run module-assistant (m-a), it will bring up a text-based graphical interface that will walk you through the process. It will even download the necessary packages for compiling modules if not already on your system. And when the process is completed, everything is properly tracked in the APT package manager. Try it, you'll like it. It's the "Debian way". 8-)
In Debian, you can (and probably should) use module-assistant to compile the ndiswrapper from source if a compiled version is not available. You should download the ndiswrapper source package using apt-get install. When you run module-assistant (m-a), it will bring up a text-based graphical interface that will walk you through the process. It will even download the necessary packages for compiling modules if not already on your system. And when the process is completed, everything is properly tracked in the APT package manager. Try it, you'll like it. It's the "Debian way". 8-)
If I had a wired connection then why would I be trying to install ndiswrapper for wireless? :P
EDIT: Ok, I went ahead and lugged the thing down to my router.
Code:
If the running kernel has been shipped with the Debian ▮
│ distribution, please install the package ▒
│ linux-headers-2.6.24-1-686. If your kernel source tree (or ▒
│ headers) is located in some non-usual location, please set the ▒
│ KERNELDIRS environment variable to the path of this directory, or ▒
│ (alternatively) specify the source directory we build for with ▒
│ the --kernel-dir option in module-assistant calls. ▒
│ 1
I'm just going to go ahead and downgrade to Etch because I was able to get my wireless working last time with it.
I'm just going to go ahead and downgrade to Etch because I was able to get my wireless working last time with it.
Me three... let's resurrect an old post...
Have been fighting off-and-on with a bc 4318 for a couple of weeks now. Does not seem to work under Lenny, so it's back to Etch for this Acer 3000 laptop.
Irritating when I have to work on other folks' unsupported (<-- note emphasis) hardware, but it needs to be said that nothing I tried (multiple X) worked with the Broadcom card, and I'm not new to Debian or Linux in general.
Who'd have thunk it? I should point out though, that even though lsmod showed the b43 modules loaded, it took a reboot for everything to work.
In my case, it all boiled down to stabbing at this problem repeatedly until I found a solution. Anyhow, the Debian Wiki instructions worked for me, and apart from needing that reboot afterward, it turns out to be a simple and straight-forward install/config.
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