tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19149945.post4944166162740716706..comments2023-07-04T03:14:07.334-06:00Comments on BlogFranz: Netbook Broadcom (43xx) Cards with Debian LennyMatt Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973881935128108475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19149945.post-84871320308162767042010-01-01T19:45:09.790-06:002010-01-01T19:45:09.790-06:00I've got a Broadcom bcm4311, and getting it to...I've got a Broadcom bcm4311, and getting it to work with Debian Lenny was much simpler than the procedure presented here. I used the following steps:<br /><br />1. Make sure you've got the appropriate kernel headers installed.<br /><b>apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`</b><br />will install headers for the kernel that is currently running. This is most likely what you want.<br /><br />2. Download and extract the broadcom source as indicated above.<br /><br />3. cd to the directory containing the makefile, and issue the following command:<br /><b>make && make install</b><br />(you may have to run this command as root in order to install the module)<br /><br />4. finally, run<br /><b>depmod -a</b><br />(again, you may need to run as root)<br /><br />5. Restart your computer.<br /><br />At this point, if your card is supported by the driver, it should "just work"; "depmod -a" should have resolved any module dependencies (ieee80211), so there is no need to mess around with /etc/modules or rc.local.<br /><br />Note that if you update your kernel, you'll have to repeat the process to recompile the module against the new kernel headers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19149945.post-73926242607718604222009-11-01T13:35:29.365-06:002009-11-01T13:35:29.365-06:00Thank you for your post. It worked like a charm on...Thank you for your post. It worked like a charm on Vostro 1520 with debian-503-amd64-netinst.isoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19149945.post-40173730755037130972009-06-13T05:38:31.456-06:002009-06-13T05:38:31.456-06:00Debian Squeeze contains two (non-free) packages:br...Debian Squeeze contains two (non-free) packages:broad-sta-common and broadcom-sta-source. These might work with Lenny as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com