Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3622 mails)

[Adam Jimerson <vendion@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 21 June 2008 08:18:03 pm Ed Harrison wrote:
> Adam Jimerson wrote:
> > On Saturday 21 June 2008 05:30:59 pm Ed Harrison wrote:
> > > I have a bcm4318 built into my hp laptop and ssb did not work until I
> > > installed the firmware with /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware.
> > >
> > > Now it works with a reboot.  To make sure it is always loaded, I put
> > > this in /etc/init.d/boot.local:
> > >
> > > ifdown-dhcp eth1 (I have never found out why it is not wlan0)
> > > iwconfig eth1 essid XXXXXXXX key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > ifup-dhcp eth1 -o debug,auto
> > >
> > > If you continue to use ndiswrapper, you can use "modprobe ndiswrapper"
> > > in the line above "ifdown".
> > >
> > > Ed
> >
> > I just tried that and still no wireless, looking at the "BCM4311wireless
> > broken in 11.0" thread, the guy has the same card as me, maybe I can use
> > the b43 driver and cut out my firmware.  I'm giving that a try now.
>
> The correct b43 or b43legacy are loaded when you modprobe ssb.
>
> Ed

I got it working with b43 driver some how, out of a fit of 
frustration/tiredness... I hate it when this happens.

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