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

Wolfgang Bornath molch.b at googlemail.com
Thu Dec 27 21:46:00 CET 2012


2012/12/27 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>:
> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 27.12.2012 22:39:
>
>> 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
>>
>
> Hm, do you have the -devel package matching the kernel you use installed ?

Damn! When you are too tired and still go on simple errors are creeping up!

I have to call it a day will go on tomorrow, if my brain is still
there where I left it. G'night.

-- 
wobo


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