[Mageia-dev] RFC: dropping prebuilt broadcom-wl drivers

[Wolfgang Bornath]

2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 22:17:
>
>> 2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
>>>
>>> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 19:54:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok, so now I am at the point where I try to configure wifi without any
>>>> additional media than the core repository-
>>>> The correct wifi is found but the system says that there are
>>>> additionaöl software and drivers needed (namely broadcom-wl) which I
>>>> may find in non-free or elsewhere. Just as expected.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Did it try to configure it anyway, or did it stop there ?
>>
>>
>> No, it ends there- you can close the ,essage and go back where you
>> have the already used option or the option to use a windows driver
>> with ndiswrapper. Or go back and leave the cinfiguration
>
>
> Hm, ok, so I guess it would need manual configuration to test,
> but it is easier to test the free drivers you can test with the
> "no-wl" test livecd....
>
>>>
>>>> Reboot.
>>>>
>>>> Now could I use the same installation to upgrade and use the same usb
>>>> stick, just activating the core plus non-free ? Or do I have to redo
>>>> the whole instatallotion?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just use the same install and install dkms-broadcom-wl
>>
>>
>> Ok. so all I have to do go online with cable bound network, set media
>> including non-free, and then install dkms-broadcom-wl plus the needed
>> things. then reboot and try a new attempt at configuring .
>>
>
>
> yep. it might still suggest to install some of the prebuilt drivers,
> but thats ok. the important part is the blacklist that comes with
> dkms-broadcom-wl
>

Ok, here I may have been too fast. I went online, set the media
including non-free and shot at 'urpmi dkms-broadcom-wl'- The system
installed 18 packages  but at the end it gave errors:

Error! Could not locate wl.ko.xz for module broadcom-wl in the DKMS
tree. Yoou must run a dkms build for kernel first-
warning: %post(dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-5.mga3.non-free.i586)
scriptlet failed, exit status 4

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wobo