{"id":1159,"date":"2009-12-02T18:33:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T22:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2010-04-10T23:56:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T03:56:09","slug":"linux-pt2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2009\/12\/02\/linux-pt2\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Adventure Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2009\/12\/01\/linux-pt1\/\">Linux Adventure Part 1<\/a> |\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"..\/2009\/12\/03\/linux-pt3\/\">Linux Adventure Part 3 [SOLVED]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So far into the story, I tried repairing Windows Vista which failed to actually give me a working entry into the operating system. The Linux Live CDs were non-committed forays into Knoppix, CentOS, and Ubuntu. All failed to turn on the wireless. An ethernet cord would have gotten me online.<\/p>\n<p>So I was stuck with pretty much a brick.<\/p>\n<p>My next step was to venture out to the store and buy a hard drive. The Ubuntu CD included an installer, so I used it to install a local copy. Continued research revealed my problem probably was the fact my computer came with a Broadcom 4312 card. (My brother said my problem was trying use wireless with Linux.)<\/p>\n<p>Without an ethernet connection, I ended up installing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadcom.com\/support\/802.11\/linux_sta.php\">Linux STA drivers from source<\/a> by downloading them and transferring them by FTP. \u00c2\u00a0No good. Multiple times. I never got it to recognize them. Other options called for installing a firmware update on the wireless card. The idea of a firmware update to the wireless card making me stuck on Linux worries me.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully I got home to where I have ethernet cords. By this point, I had so completely hosed things, so I reinstalled Ubuntu to start over fresh. Now seeing the Internet through the LAN, Ubuntu offered me &#8220;restricted&#8221; hardware drivers. The b43 set didn&#8217;t do anything. The STA set did enable the Wireless option. Even dhclient referenced eth2! However, the wifi status light doesn&#8217;t turn on when I enable wireless. Ugh. So the drivers work better but not enough to get it working.<\/p>\n<p>Also, (based on the time stamp of the file I was able to find in a backup of the problem laptop) I haven&#8217;t connected a computer to my home network since February, so I didn&#8217;t remember what was the password for the network. Finding which computer or external drive contained the information took a few hours. Yay for backups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2009\/12\/01\/linux-pt1\/\">Linux Adventure Part 1<\/a> |\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"..\/2009\/12\/03\/linux-pt3\/\">Linux Adventure Part 3 [SOLVED]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux Adventure Part 1 |\u00c2\u00a0Linux Adventure Part 3 [SOLVED] So far into the story, I tried repairing Windows Vista which failed to actually give me a working entry into the operating system. The Linux Live CDs were non-committed forays into Knoppix, CentOS, and Ubuntu. All failed to turn on the wireless. 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