----- Original Message ----- | On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:11 +0200, Milos Blazevic wrote: | [...] | > Mike, | > | > from what I can see in one of your earlier e-mails, you appear to be | > dealing with BCM4311, which is in my experience one of least | > problematic | > - worked out of the box on CentOS 6, however, ymmv. Anyway, it would | > be | > useful if we could see the output of: | > | > lspci -nn | > | > just to confirm the exact Broadcom chip. | > | > Now, the manual at CentOS wiki used to be sufficent to make the WiFi | > work (as eth1 or wlan0, regardless - although I always configured it | > as | > eth1), sadly, this is not entirely true anymore. To be more precise, | > the | > latest driver from Broadcom site doesn't work at all on CentOS 5 | > (tested | > it not a month ago with BCM4311). So, in order to avoid paying to | > DriverGuide.com, I can either send you a older version of a driver, | > or | > you can download one from here: | > | > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/broadcom-sta/5.10.91.9.3-3 | > | > (I haven't tested the latter), and go through the installation | > manual | > step by step. I haven't read Gytis' manual, but it should work in | > pretty | > much the same was as the one on CentOS Broadcom Wiki - as he | > contributed | > to the Wiki :-) | > | > Hopefully, I'll perform some more testing soon and remedy obsoleted | > parts of the Wiki page as soon as the time permits. | > | > | > P.S: | > And yes, you should leave NetworkManger manage your network | > connections | > for start, and stop meddling with wpa_supplicant and manual wireless | > configuration - it'll save you time and nervs. So, just run: | > | > service network stop | > service NetworkManager start | > chkconfig network off | > chkconfig NetworkManager on | | Downloading from the location that you suggest (which is an Ubunto | location), I got: | broadcom-sta_5.10.91.9.3.orig.tar.gz | and running it: | | # pwd | /root/broadcom/driver/broadcom-sta/i386 | # make | KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` | make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.i686' | LD /root/broadcom/driver/broadcom-sta/i386/built-in.o | CC [M] /root/broadcom/driver/broadcom-sta/i386/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o | /root/broadcom/driver/broadcom-sta/i386/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In | function ‘wl_free’: | /root/broadcom/driver/broadcom-sta/i386/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:705: | error: | implicit declaration of function ‘schedule’ | make[2]: *** [/root/broadcom/driver/broadcom-sta/i386/src/wl/sys/ | wl_linux.o] Error 1 | make[1]: *** [_module_/root/broadcom/driver/broadcom-sta/i386] Error 2 | make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.i686' | make: *** [all] Error 2 | | So what is this ‘schedule’ thing? | | Thanks, | Mike. | | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS at centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos You can use the rpmforge version or compile it yourself. I've used this one with success using the details described earlier. http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php I did however have to patch it with http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/5_100_82_38.patch the driver built and installed fine. In fact, I'm using it on my laptop as we speak. -- James A. Peltier IT Services - Research Computing Group Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-6573 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : jpeltier at sfu.ca Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices http://blogs.sfu.ca/people/jpeltier I will do the best I can with the talent I have