Fedora 12 Installation on Compaq Presario C300 (C301NR)

1. Download Fedora 12 LiveCD.
2. Burn LiveCD.
3. Boot LiveCD.
4. Double-click on "Install to Hard Drive" icon on desktop.
5. Follow on-screen instructions.
6. Reboot.
7. Open a Terminal window by clicking on Applications → System Tools → Terminal
   
8. Fix hissy sound problem using solution found here.

   su -c 'echo "options snd_hda_intel power_save=0" > /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf'

9. Install ndiswrapper.
   

   su -c 'yum install ndiswrapper'

10. Download windows drivers for broadcom wireless device (bcmwl5.tar.gz).
11. Extract the file bcmwl5.tar.gz.
12. Install the driver.

    su -c 'ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf'

13. Blacklist b43 and ssb kernel modules.

    su -c 'echo "blacklist b43" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf'
    su -c 'echo "blacklist ssb" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf'
    

14. Make ndiswrapper kernel module load at boot.

    su -c 'echo "modprobe ndiswrapper" > /etc/rc.local'

15. Reboot.
    


16. Disable the BONK! noise in the GDM login screen.

    su -c 'chcon -R -t  xdm_var_lib_t /var/lib/gdm/.gconf/'
    su -c 'chcon -R -u system_u /var/lib/gdm/.gconf/'