Just updated two Dell laptops from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15. The Dell 820
has the Broadcom BCM4312 based wireless mini_PCI...fails. The
Dell D630 has the IntelPRO card...no problem. Not thrilled with the
Gnome 3.0 change. The D820 has to run crippled with an external
Ethernet to 802.11b/g gaming adapter until I can fix the wireless drivers.
Annoying.
The switch to the 3.0 kernel numbering will impact folks who carefully
script installs against kernel version. Another time burner for no net
gain in features.
“Just updated two Dell laptops from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15. The Dell 820 has the Broadcom BCM4312 based wireless mini_PCI...fails. The Dell D630 has the IntelPRO card...no problem. Not thrilled with the Gnome 3.0 change. The D820 has to run crippled with an external Ethernet to 802.11b/g gaming adapter until I can fix the wireless drivers.Annoying.
The switch to the 3.0 kernel numbering will impact folks who carefully script installs against kernel version. Another time burner for no net gain in features.”
I just turned on my Dell w/Windows 7 and it worked. No time burned ;-).
Yeah, broadcom wireless sucks. You'll probably have to use the bcm wadcutter tool. It's a pain. I no longer buy any hardware that's not fully supported. I don't giving money to folks who don't support Linux.