I also changed the position of it, loading first wl module, then ssb. I tried using the ssb module and without it as well. I got the x86_64 from the broadcom website link, cause my OS and kernel installed is Debian 2.6.26-1-amd64. Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm Power Managementmode:All packets received Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Debian doesn't since many Debian users never need or want to build any software that way (they can use all precompiled binaries provided by Debian in. Many HOWTOs assume that people have those things, since many distros include them in a default installation. Once you installed the headers and build-essential, you were good to go.
Finally, your problem was that you didn't have the kernel headers and you didn't have the compiler tools necessary to build software. In any case, many Flash-heavy websites will likely still crash for you. Flash support is awful, and it's Adobe's fault. Second, although I love Debian with all my heart and soul, it is unlikely to fix your problems with Flash and Firefox (or Iceweasel). I would recommend only up through the multimedia section. First, in the post you quote, I wasn't so much recommending all those repos as telling a poster how he might clean up a list of sources he already had. It looks like you have things sorted out fairly well, but just three quick notes. I don't know which one fixed my problem, but here is candidate #1. Must not matter that much because the repositories didn't mess anything up as far as I can tell, but I still could not 'make' the wireless driver.įinally I found somewhere that gave me something I could use. No idea where to even check or if that even makes since. I have heard the names "Etch or Sarge or Lenny" thrown around.
This also may be wrong, because I have no idea how to tell which version of Debian I am running. I still don't know if this was nessicary or not, and I don't really know what I did. # Debian Multimedia - will the real Mplayer please stand up?# Code: Select all # My Etch sources list - 25 July 2008 #ĭeb-src etch/updates main contrib non-freeĭeb etch-backports main contrib non-free