Dapper PPC on Mac - wireless problem

Matthew Nicholson sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com
Tue May 30 17:27:54 UTC 2006


there is a script to download and install the firmware. its
in /user/share somewhere, i forget. however, goto wiki.ubuntu.com and
search for "broadcom" its in there.
On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 09:39 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I am trying to install the Dapper RC on a Mac Mini which uses a  
> Broadcom chip in its Airport wireless card.  Dapper recognized the  
> driver and installed the module (a big step forward), but I was  
> unsucessful in configuring the network (I entered the ssid and WEP  
> key but still no networking).  I tried this with both the Live CD and  
> the alternate (text-based installation) version.
> 
> The Broadcom driver web site <http://bcm43xx.berlios.de> mentions the  
> need for a fwcutter tool but the Dapper installation process doesn't  
> appear to address that.  Did I miss something?
> 
> 
> 
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Matthew Nicholson <sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com>
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