MEPIS 6.0 loses winmodem
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Since I turned to MEPIS a couple of years ago b/c it handled wireless modem without problem, I was extremely disappointed when I installed MEPIS 6 B2 last night and found out that the modem no longer works OOTB.
My laptop is a Dell 700m with a Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card Rev 4.5 using the chipset BCM4306/BCM 2050. Since it has a dual boot with XP, I know the modem and the network work fine--and it worked without problem in MEPIS 3.4.3.
Unless somebody has a bright idea of a quick solution, I guess I have to reinstall MEPIS 3.4.3 and hope the final release corrects this problem. This for me is a major step backwards.
Thanks for any advice--or sympathy!
intel 536ep modem
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when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout
i am using 6rc1 and i bought a pci modem with 536ep chipset. mepis 6 picked it up and kppp used it with no problem. the driver is already in mepis. got the modem at newegg for $8 and $4 shipping. 10 minute replacement for 537ep in my dell 3000. very happy with it in mepis. strange thing though, i lit up a live cd of ubuntu 6.0.6 and it recognized modem but did not have driver available. hope this helps. marku
MEPIS 6.0 loses winmodem
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6.0b2 is old news now 6.0 final is out there now but it may be a little early for anyone to make a call on that modem . I cant gurantee it will work for you but i would download 6.0 final and give it a try. In the meantime maybe someone will come by that has an idea or fix. Warren has worked very hard to make it a keeper , I havent had time personally to spin it up but reports so far look very promising. Good luck!
jim
possible solution
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Don't have a broadcom myself, but I read about some issues here on the forum. I believe the solution was to blacklist the broadcom driver and use Ndiswrapper instead. If you do a search here or on mepislovers you will surely find more info.
Newbie or not Newbie, there's always a question
Thanks for the info. I was
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Thanks for the info. I was going to d/l 6.0 however, I'm also running the same Broadcom chipset in my laptop. I think Ill wait until the problemm is resolved. I'll stick with 3.4.3 everything works.
Thanks,
John