Re: Wireless driver for Gateway Laptop?

Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
From	Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca>
Subject	Re: Wireless driver for Gateway Laptop?
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Date	2011-04-03 22:14 +0100
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On comp.os.linux.misc, A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Douglas Mayne wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:21:26 -0700, A Watcher wrote:
>>
>>> I've been using linux Mint on my desktop PC and decided
>>> to install the latest version of Mint on an older Gateway
>>> laptop. Perhaps I should have saved the Windows drivers, but
>>> I didn't do that. It installed fine but the wireless doesn't
>>> work. When I first started it up I got a message volunteering
>>> to download a Broadcom driver. I did that, but the wireless
>>> still doesn't function. When I click on the Network Icon the
>>> wireless portion says that it is not functional because it
>>> is missing firmware. Is there any way to get it to work? The
>>> laptop model is M350WVN. It came with Vista on it, but of
>>> course it did not come with a disc.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Caveat: I am not running Linux Mint (or any Debian
>> derivative).
>>
>> This page details how to get the firmware for some Broadcom
>> chipsets. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
>>
>> Unfortunately, some chipsets are not supported. Check with
>> lspci (as explained on above webpage).
>
>
> I was wondering how to figure out just which Broadcom version
> is in my PC.
>
> Thanks

Probably  

# lspci -v | less

G to the end of the file; g to the beginning. arrow keys
otherwise; q to quit.

Good luck. I'm following this thread with interest.

Sid

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Wireless driver for Gateway Laptop? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-03 12:21 -0700
  Re: Wireless driver for Gateway Laptop? Douglas Mayne <none@invalid.com> - 2011-04-03 19:25 +0000
    Re: Wireless driver for Gateway Laptop? A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-03 12:31 -0700
      Re: Wireless driver for Gateway Laptop? Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-04-03 22:14 +0100
        I got it working A Watcher <stocksami@earthlink.net> - 2011-04-03 19:35 -0700
          Re: I got it working Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-04-04 05:24 +0100

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