Broadcom 440x and BCM RH 9 linux drivers?

Question

Inspiron 5100 with RedHat 9, dual boots (XP Pro) fine.

Doesn't recognize the Broadcom 440x Integrated controller. The controller is not in the drop-down hardware list when I try to activate it.

Anyone else run into this and fix it? Modem as well?

undanceable · Answer

You can get the driver directly from www.broadcom.com, and compile it.

robertoberhoff · Answer

i went to broadcom.com and drivers and it pulled a list of drivers .how do u find the right driver for Red Hat Linux 9 personal editon? and how do u compile it ?and what does it mean? im new to Linux and open source. i feel like so way advanced user .

undanceable · Answer

If you download the driver (version 3.0.7 for Linux) from this URL:

http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/driver-sla.php?driver=4401-Linux

you will get a Zip file in which there is a README.TXT.

According to the README.TXT, you can either install the source RPM package, or build the driver. For either of these two options, the steps are pretty clearly laid out. If the first method doesn't work, try the second method. My experience is that it should work for Red Hat 9, but not Fedora Core 2.

Good luck!

dacap · Answer

You can do as the previous posters said and download the driver, but RH 9 is both obsolete and a dead end. You ought to think about switching.

I ran RH9 on my Inspiron 5100 for a short time but replaced it with Mandrake. Mandrake has the broadcom driver built-in and it just works upon install. Give Mandrake a try. It is every bit as easy as Red Hat to install and use, and their font technology makes for a prettier screen, IMO.

BTW, so far as I know no distribution includes drivers for the 5100's built-in Connexant WinModem. However, I bought a driver from LinuxAnt and it works like a champ! Best $15.00 I ever spent.

I have yet to install any distribution that handles ACPI on a Dell laptop. I went to the trouble of learning how ACPI can be modified, downloaded a plain vanilla kernel from www.kernel.org, modified it with the DSDT table needed to make the battery and temp stuff work, and now run that with Mandrake 9.1 on my 5100. As soon as I get a lull in my life, I'm going to redo it with Mandrake 10, assuming Linuxant has 2.6 compatible drivers now. I checked when the community version came out and they weren't ready yet.

Regards,

DaCAP

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