Monday, July 28, 2008

When Linux HowTos are WRONG

http://forumubuntusoftware.info/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1047

This answered a question I'd been trying to figure out ALL DAMN DAY. Broadcom b43xx "Air Force One" WiFi card on Fedora Linux 9. The bulk of the instructions out there point to this page at Linux Wireless...

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

The important things on that page aren't there as of July 29, 2008. The links to the actual Broadcom drivers don't exist, but yet everybody points to the document. IT'S WRONG!

Follow The Joker's howto at the Ubuntu Software forum. All you need are the parts about downloading the driver and installing the firmware if you have Fedora 9, as the requisite firmware loader, b43-fwcutter is part of the standard packages.

A vic'try for all mankind, goddammit.

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