[Mageia-discuss] please please let mageia 3 have that driver

[imnotpc]

On 03/13/2013 01:09 PM, Juergen Harms wrote:
> On 03/13/2013 05:32 PM, imnotpc wrote:
>> On 03/13/2013 12:04 PM, Juergen Harms wrote:
>>> On 03/13/2013 12:57 PM, imnotpc wrote:
>>>> search for 'b43'. Install the 3 packages that are appropriate for your
>>>> hardware
>>> That does not help in the majority of cases.
>>
>> These packages have worked for the BCM4318 chip since at least the Mga2
>> beta releases. I don't have any other Broadcom chips to test it on.
>>
>> Jeff
>
> I just happened to do a fresh install of Beta3. To verify, I 
> terminated step by step along the sequence suggested (Broadcom 43228, 
> Dell Latitude E6530). Configuring the interface with drakconnect gets 
> quite a way - sees the SSID, at the end asks whether I want to connect 
> now - but finally fails to create the connection - see also 
> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7828
>
> I suggest to include the evidence from bugzilla 7828 when dealing with 
> bugzilla 6111
>
> Juergen

That's unfortunate. I'm afraid I have no more advice to offer and I have 
no problems to add to the bug reports. I'm certainly willing to test any 
new firmware/drivers against my working hardware if that would help anyone.

Jeff