[Klug-general] Linux installation on laptop

[James Morris]

On 24 June 2012 20:35, Antonio Mendoza Mendoza <agmendozam at yahoo.es> wrote:
> Hi
> I just installed LinuxMint13 in my laptop (Dell Latitude D400).
> When booting from CD (prior to installation) it worked well with the volume
> buttons, but they don't work anymore after installing... any idea how can I
> fix it?
> Also doesn't detect my Broadcom BCM4324 wireless card (didn't either prior
> installation)
> lspci -nn reports it as [14e4:4324]
> I tried with ndiswrapper wich installed el oem file but still doesn't work.
> Could you please help me?

for the broadcom you could try installing the following packages:
b43-fwcutter
firmware-b43-installer
but i'm not sure if these support that version chipset or not.

see this page for more info: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
(seems to indicate those packages should work)

James.

> I am quite a newbee in Linux trying to jump to the "bright side" :)
> Many thanks in advance
> Antonio
>
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