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["Fr David Ousley" <davidousley@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm installing 11.2 on a new Dell Inspirion laptop with a Broadcom 1397  
wireless minicard, which I cannot get to work.

Hardware list (in Yast) shows:

Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4315 "BCM4312 802.11b/g"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x000c "Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Memory Range: 0xf69fc000-0xf69fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004315sv00001028sd0000000Cbc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

iwconfig however shows "no wireless extensions", and Yast Network devices  
shows only the wired ethernet card.

I tried entering the card information manually in Yast, but this did not  
get it recognized or functioning. It seems like it is not being recognized  
enough to configure.

The "Tracking Down Wireless Problems" indicates the need for firmware for  
this card, and (according to instructions) I ran  
"/usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware", which said it did so successfully.   
After reboot, no change.

I made sure that the wireless care is turned on by the Bios.

This is a dual boot with Windows 7, and the card works in windows.

What should I try next?  (I'm an end-user and not a techie, though I've  
been running Suse for five years on my desktop, and Unix/Xenix before  
that, so I know enough to get into trouble!)  Thanks in advance.

Fr David Ousley
davidousley@xxxxxxxxxxx



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