Broadcom WiFi Configuration – update IV

I wanted to try the native bcm43xx kernel mode driver rather then use NDISwrapper, So over the weekend I installed Fedora 6 again from scratch. made sure the Broadcom card was displayed in the network manager window. I downloaded a copy of the windows driver from HP support site. I used Wine to run the setup file in order to extract the driver files onto my desktop. I then followed the instructions here to setup WiFi. It went without a hitch and I am now posting this using the WiFi connection.

Note: make sure you have your router settings handy before you try this.  Please see my previous post for what settings you need to know before starting with the WiFi configuration.

Next on my agenda get ATI drivers and configure Beryl on my laptop 🙂 wish me luck …..

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Kiosk browsing – update

A couple of months ago I posted about trying to get a Kiosk up and running with XUL, Turns out that the method I suggested does not work too well. Here is what I did to get it working

1. Use customize to remove address bar.
2. Clear out the bookmarks.
3. Use the tutorial here to lock the homepage to the page you want.
4. If needed remove the navigation bar as well.
5. Install R-kiosk from here.
6. Setup your mac/windows to disable loading any other browser.
7. Setup Firefox to auto load on startup.
8. Additionally you can install Public fox for much greater control.

However be aware that a sufficiently savvy user can circumvent all this by calling the browser from the command line with the desired website as an argument.

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Broadcom WiFi woes – update III

I had some free time over the long weekend and decided to tackle the issue with my Linux box. I started with a fresh install and downloaded the Fedora Friend script to resolve the issue with the repository as well as install the Ndiswrapper front end. Everything went without a hitch, I installed the windows driver but WiFi still didn’t work I mucked about in the router configuration ( I have a Belkin router ) I found out that the channel used was 11 while the one in the WiFi config specified channel 1. I changed the channel to 11 and voila WiFi worked like a charm.

All was not well however as my keyboard now freezes after sometime, I am also trying to get the ATI drivers up and running on my laptop but haven’t found much success with it.

to conclude before you go ahead with your WiFi install,

1. Write down the WiFi config on your router.
2. Start with a fresh install of fedora 6.
3. Install kmod-ndis wrapper and nidswrapper using yum
4. Install windows driver using the .inf file
5. Go to network configuration and make sure the settings are right (refer to the channel setting, WPA settings and key from your router)
6. Activate interface
7. You are done 🙂

XHTML+CSS for N00bs

While stumbling thru the inter-webs I found this great site for learning XHTML and CSS. This site is great for the beginners or the expert alike as it is pretty interactive and allows you to learn, test and view XHTML tags.