[opensuse] BCM4311wireless broken in 11.0
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I've gamely loaded 11.0 onto a few machines, a couple of desktops and a laptop. My laptop is a compaq V6000 with bcm4311 wireless. For the most part things are OK other than an odd boot sector problem that has needed repair on 2 of the 3 systems. The main issue at this point is wireless, which worked fine in 10.3 after I installed thethe bcm43xx driver and fwcutter packages, but it will not come up in 11.0. I have the bcm43xx package from packman, and the b43-fwcutter package installed. There is no bcm43xx driver, and the system doesn't seem to know which driver to use. If I boot ubuntu 804 on the same laptop, the wireless comes right up, using a native driver called b43. Here's what lspci says: 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01) Any ideas? Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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I've gamely loaded 11.0 onto a few machines, a couple of desktops and a laptop. My laptop is a compaq V6000 with bcm4311 wireless. For the most part things are OK other than an odd boot sector problem that has needed repair on 2 of the 3 systems.
The main issue at this point is wireless, which worked fine in 10.3 after I installed thethe bcm43xx driver and fwcutter packages, but it will not come up in 11.0.
I have the bcm43xx package from packman, and the b43-fwcutter package installed. There is no bcm43xx driver, and the system doesn't seem to know which driver to use.
If I boot ubuntu 804 on the same laptop, the wireless comes right up, using a native driver called b43.
Here's what lspci says:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)
Any ideas?
Joe -- You need to use the b43 driver and have the firmware in /lib/firmware/b43. I have the same chip on an hp6772 and it works fine. Do not use the bcm43xx driver.
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clarkt@cnsp.com wrote:
You need to use the b43 driver and have the firmware in /lib/firmware/b43. I have the same chip on an hp6772 and it works fine. Do not use the bcm43xx driver.
Well, that was the right advice. I had to manually run the install_bcm43xx_firmware command, but after that, wireless started working. Maybe the suse guys should talk to the ubuntu guys and find out how they made it all just automagically work in hardy heron... I'll be comparing the 2 distros on the laptop - but my initial impression is that if you want a solid kde experience, it's best to go with suse. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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