On 3/6/2011 8:27 AM, younger.matthew wrote:
>
> Hey, I finally got linux installed to my Dv4 Laptop. It works great!
> Just one problem.... my Broadcam Wireless card does not work. it just
> says device not ready firmware missing. What firmware? it works fine
> on windows! This is frustrating! I have no idea how to fix this! what
> can I do? I know that the wireless card is a "Broadcam 802.11/b" I
> also have a stick type wireless thing that I can use if the Broadcam
> cannot be used. the stick is a usb "linksys compact wirless-g network
> adapter with speed booster" Serial # MOG00J204209
>
> Neither the built-in adapter or the USB one will work! I already like
> linux better than windows but I do not like the fact that I have no
> internet!
>
>
it wold help to know what linux distro you are running. Broadcom and
some other drivers are third party. Which basically means linux
developers are at the mercy of the manufacturer to distribute drivers
for linux, so they are not part of the default distribution. I ran into
this on my netbook I'm using Ubuntu 10.10. I plugged in an ethernet
cable to my LAN port to download the drivers. Select
System>Administration>Additional Drivers click activate.
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