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wattOS R8 / Re: No wireless on Dell Mini
« on: September 21, 2014, 09:24:51 PM »
Thanks teejay, your first link did the trick. I had been searching for Debian, WattOS and Broadcom but didn't look for anything specific to the Dell Mini! wl worked for me in Ubuntu and I had assumed it was the best one to pursue.
I have a question, though for you, Biff or anyone else.
I followed the instructions in the link and it loaded the B43 driver and worked first time. So, I decided to do a clean install in case my previous efforts had messed anything up. This time, it didn't work first time but, after a reboot, I did a modprobe, which worked, and so far it has worked automatically ever since. HOWEVER, when I installed the B43 driver, I had the same experience as before. It insisted on loading the 3.2.0 kernel as a dependency. I let it do this but never booted into it and didn't seem to need it. Do you think it would be safe to remove this spurious kernel now that the driver has loaded or is that asking for trouble?
I'm glad I'm up and running because I think WattOS could be ideal for the Dell Mini.
I have a question, though for you, Biff or anyone else.
I followed the instructions in the link and it loaded the B43 driver and worked first time. So, I decided to do a clean install in case my previous efforts had messed anything up. This time, it didn't work first time but, after a reboot, I did a modprobe, which worked, and so far it has worked automatically ever since. HOWEVER, when I installed the B43 driver, I had the same experience as before. It insisted on loading the 3.2.0 kernel as a dependency. I let it do this but never booted into it and didn't seem to need it. Do you think it would be safe to remove this spurious kernel now that the driver has loaded or is that asking for trouble?
I'm glad I'm up and running because I think WattOS could be ideal for the Dell Mini.