[K12OSN] Re: HAS ANYWONE GOTTEN EDU 6.06 TO RUN ON HP PAV DV2000? (Peter Hawx

[Rob Owens]

David,

Do you find the connection speed to be satisfactory
using fwcutter?  It was extremely slow on my mother's
laptop with 
Ubuntu 6.10 and a bcm4311 chipset.  Did you do
anything special, or just a standard install?

-Rob

On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 02:50:10PM -0500, David Trask
wrote:
> I have gotten it working well on my HP ZV5000
(Pavilion) which has a
> Broadcom card.  Prior to Dapper I used to use
ndiswrapper, but now use
> fwcutter.  Both should work and how-to's are all in
the Ubuntu wiki and
> forums.  Any search for Broadcom should get you
there.  I've had the
> internal wireless card working on my HP laptop since
Hoary (never tried
> with Warty as I used a Belkin PCMCIA card).....it
can be done and works
> fine.
> 
> "Support list for open source software in schools."
<k12osn at redhat.com>
> writes:
> >I rather badly misread the original question;
sorry. I read it too
> >fast and responded too quickly, missing the point
entirely (as I see
> >now).
> >
> >The stuff I said is still worth knowing about and
I'm gld it's been
> >posted to this list, but it really has nothing to
do with getting
> >a broadcom WIRELESS card working.
> >
> >I've never even worked with a broadcom wireless
card, so I can't give
> >any advice about that. :\
> >
> >Good luck, though.
> >
> >--matt
> >
> >> > From: "Peter Hawxhurst"
<phawxhurst at hotmail.com>
> >> > Subject: [K12OSN] HAS ANYWONE GOTTEN EDU 6.06
TO RUN ON HP PAV DV2000?
> >> > i have installed both the i386 and amd64
versions of edu on my hp
> >pavilion 
> >> > dv2000 but it fails to identify the broadcom
wireless card??
> >> > any ideas? thanks. peace
> >> 
> >> Yes. The broadcom driver isn't included on the
installation disk. You
> >> can copy it in from any other Ubuntu system and
load it during
> >> install, or you should have it once you reboot.
> >> 
> >> If you don't have it even after you reboot, I
would recommend copying
> >> it in, insmodding it, and then installing
linux-image-generic right
> >> away, which is what you should do
anyway...details below.
> >> 
> >> *****************************************
> >> NOTE TO EVERY EDUBUNTU ADMIN: Immediately after
you install Edubuntu
> >> and reboot, install the 'linux-image-generic'
package, make sure it
> >> will boot by default (edit /boot/grub/menu.lst),
and then reboot
> >> again.  linux-image-generic will give you SMP
support. You will not
> >> have SMP support until you install another kernel
than the default,
> >> and linux-image-generic is the recommended
kernel.
> >> *****************************************
> >> 
> >> Details: copy
/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko
> >> off of another Ubuntu system (install
linux-image-2.6.17-10-386 if
> >> necessary to get it) onto a thumb drive, then
stick that thumb drive
> >> into your Edubuntu server. If you're currently
installing, ALT+F1
> >> (maybe ALT+F2) will give you a terminal, where
you can do something
> >> like this:
> >> 
> >> $ cat /proc/partitions
> >>   "Hmm... /dev/sdb looks like my USB stick. I'll
use that."
> >>   ...this could be /dev/sda, /dev/sda1,
/dev/sdb1, etc.
> >> $ mkdir /mnt/tmp
> >> $ mount /dev/sdb /mnt/tmp
> >> $ cp /mnt/bnx2.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/
> >> $ umount /mnt/tmp
> >> $ insmod
/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko
> >> 
> >> --matt
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Open Source Software Engineering Consultant
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> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Director
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcsvikings.org
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