[Solved] Fedora 15 Wifi Problem

It seems that wifi adapter driver is missing in fedora 15 even in the DVD and the repository.
It can be installed from source. I learned compiling the source and realize that Compiling isn't Rocket Science.
Just follow the steps for

First you need to download Broadcom's IEEE 802.11 Driver from here

Go to folder - FileFactory.com

Check your architecture and download appropriate one.
Also download the patch file.

copy the downloaded files to home or any location u like.

Now comes compilation..

Open your favourite terminal and run the following commands

mkdir wifi
cd wifi
tar zxf ../hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_38.tar.gz
patch -p0 <../5_100_82_38.patch
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a
su -c 'echo "modprobe wl" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local'
sudo reboot

On any security issue, run all the above removing sudo after

su


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Do every thing in the Geek way.

Mint KDE 10 wifi problem

I just installed linux mint kde on my toshi but there is a problem while trying to install the wifi driver using the synaptic. the installation fails and ask me to refer the jokey.log

i tried the hard ware driver installer also




but after some googling i foud some thing use full

there it says the problem can be fixed by making the audio louder




do as follows




sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-maverick-generic

sudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf



add this line to the bottom of the file




options snd-hda-intel model=basic




sudo reboot







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