https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464385 Vojtech Zeisek changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found By|--- |Customer OS/Version|Other |openSUSE 11.1 Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High Platform|Other |i686 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464385 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464385#c2 Andres Cimmarusti changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW CC| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com Info Provider|vojta.sc@seznam.cz | Severity|Normal |Major --- Comment #2 from Andres Cimmarusti 2009-01-26 22:47:29 MST --- I agree with Vojtech. But the problem is deeper. I recently installed a fresh copy of OpenSuSe 11.1 32-bits on my laptop HP Pavilion dv5035nr equipped with a broadcom 4318 chipset. Since I have no wired internet connection I could NOT do this: sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware So I followed the instructions outlined here: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware I downloaded the 'broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2' source package from another computer and did the following: tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/ sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" wl_apsta_mimo.o After rebooting, the device started working. I was able to connect to my wireless network and to surf the net (slow speed), but only briefly. The connection was lost and it wouldn't connect back or simply I could get no transmission at all. Its behavior was extremely erratic. Naturally I was NOT able to get updates using yast. Because I had some experience using Ubuntu with the older firmware version (broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0) I decided to download this source package and install it by using b43-fwcutter. The result was fabulous. I am now able to connect to distinct wireless connections with ease. The transmission is stable and does not get lost. This is what I did: tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 cd broadcom-wl-4.4.80.53.0/kmod/ sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" wl_apsta.o then reboot For the record, this problem with bcm4318 is present in several distros. As far as I know the problem exists in Ubuntu 8.10, OpenSuSe 11.1 and Fedora 10 (from what I've gathered from their forums and bug reports). it remains to be seen if the newer driver is flawed or is conflicting in some way. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464385 User vojta.sc@seznam.cz added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464385#c4 --- Comment #4 from Vojtech Zeisek 2009-01-27 01:53:53 MST --- I was successful with install_bcm43xx_firmware and it works fine. But, driver from Packman's repository is broken (I know this is not Packman's bugzilla, but, might be here are people from Packman:-) and it is difficult for beginners to search for information in system log (it appears there when you try to use it), where they can find direct link to linuxwireless.org. It could ask user if he would like to install it (like in Ubuntu). It would be much more comfortable. And also, why YaST Network Module tries to use kernel module ssb as a driver? It was default setting. Not working at all :-) So I would not close it for now. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464385 Greg Kroah-Hartman changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|kernel-maintainers@forge.pr |jbenc@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.