[opensuse] problem with Broadcom wireless device
I have tried many different approaches to getting my wireless device working. It is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 as the system shows below: lspci -vnn -d 14e4: 0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at fe8fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb, wl The error messages shown in dmesg are: b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/pcm5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/b0g0initvals5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/b0g0initvals5.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found But if I look in the directory /lib/firmware I find 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43//pcm5.fw 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw 24K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43-open/ucode5.fw My quick look at Google indicates error -2 is: /* No such file or directory */ Noe the suse distribution did not provide the directory b43-open, so I added a symbolic link to the directyory where the ucode5.fw was loaded. b43-open -> b43legacy/ I do not know what to do next. The error message all start with b43, and I assume the correct preface is /lib/firmware. If that is correct I cannot see what is wrong. Any ideas? I am probably making some dumb simple error, but I cannot see it. Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
don fisher <hdf3@comcast.net> writes:
Any ideas? I am probably making some dumb simple error, but I cannot see it. Don
This is caused by a bug and there is a patch. I think I found it by searching back in this list. It's to do with dracut and systemd. -- ~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/18/2017 03:34 PM, don fisher wrote:
I have tried many different approaches to getting my wireless device working. It is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 as the system shows below:
lspci -vnn -d 14e4: 0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at fe8fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb, wl
The error messages shown in dmesg are: b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/pcm5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/b0g0initvals5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/b0g0initvals5.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
But if I look in the directory /lib/firmware I find 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43//pcm5.fw 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw 24K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43-open/ucode5.fw
My quick look at Google indicates error -2 is: /* No such file or directory */
Noe the suse distribution did not provide the directory b43-open, so I added a symbolic link to the directyory where the ucode5.fw was loaded. b43-open -> b43legacy/
I do not know what to do next. The error message all start with b43, and I assume the correct preface is /lib/firmware. If that is correct I cannot see what is wrong.
Any ideas? I am probably making some dumb simple error, but I cannot see it. Don
I've had that chip running forever in an older Dell.
jsa@poulsbo:~> /sbin/lspci 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
Pertinent modules
jsa@poulsbo:~> lsmod Module Size Used by b43 442368 0 bcma 57344 1 b43 mac80211 786432 1 b43 cfg80211 614400 2 b43,mac80211
There is a package in 42.2: pullin-bcm43xx-firmware - download broadcom firmware files Description: automatically download broadcom firmware files needed for bcm43xx WLAN chips pullin-bcm43xx-firmware - download broadcom firmware files /usr/lib/systemd/system/pullin-bcm43xx-firmware.service /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware_wrapper I also have a package: b43-fwcutter - Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers b43-fwcutter can be used to extract firmware from Windows WLAN drivers for Broadcom bcm43xx devices. The firmware is necessary to run such a card under Linux using the b43 or b43legacy driver. Which has a boat load of firmware files: /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0initvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals14.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals15.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0absinitvals11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0bsinitvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0initvals11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0initvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/pcm5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn0initvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn1bsinitvals20.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn1initvals20.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2bsinitvals17.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2bsinitvals19.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2initvals17.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2initvals19.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn4bsinitvals22.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn4initvals22.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode14.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode15.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_lp.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_mimo.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_sslpn.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_sslpn_nobt.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode17.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode19.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode20.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode22_sslpn.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode9.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0initvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g1initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/pcm4.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/pcm5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode11.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode4.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode5.fw /usr/bin/b43-fwcutter /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter/README Note that I have never interacted with b43-fwcutter in 42.2 version of opensuse, it appears to have been automated such that users don't have to use it, or it is un-necessary due to the fetching service provide in the first mentioned package. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/18/2017 04:14 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 08/18/2017 03:34 PM, don fisher wrote:
I have tried many different approaches to getting my wireless device working. It is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 as the system shows below:
lspci -vnn -d 14e4: 0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at fe8fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb, wl
The error messages shown in dmesg are: b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/pcm5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/b0g0initvals5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/b0g0initvals5.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
But if I look in the directory /lib/firmware I find 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43//pcm5.fw 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw 24K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43-open/ucode5.fw
My quick look at Google indicates error -2 is: /* No such file or directory */
Noe the suse distribution did not provide the directory b43-open, so I added a symbolic link to the directyory where the ucode5.fw was loaded. b43-open -> b43legacy/
I do not know what to do next. The error message all start with b43, and I assume the correct preface is /lib/firmware. If that is correct I cannot see what is wrong.
Any ideas? I am probably making some dumb simple error, but I cannot see it. Don
I've had that chip running forever in an older Dell.
jsa@poulsbo:~> /sbin/lspci 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
Pertinent modules
jsa@poulsbo:~> lsmod Module Size Used by b43 442368 0 bcma 57344 1 b43 mac80211 786432 1 b43 cfg80211 614400 2 b43,mac80211
There is a package in 42.2:
pullin-bcm43xx-firmware - download broadcom firmware files
Description: automatically download broadcom firmware files needed for bcm43xx WLAN chips
pullin-bcm43xx-firmware - download broadcom firmware files /usr/lib/systemd/system/pullin-bcm43xx-firmware.service /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware_wrapper
I also have a package:
b43-fwcutter - Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers
b43-fwcutter can be used to extract firmware from Windows WLAN drivers for Broadcom bcm43xx devices. The firmware is necessary to run such a card under Linux using the b43 or b43legacy driver. Which has a boat load of firmware files: /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g0initvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals9.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals14.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals15.fw /lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0absinitvals11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0bsinitvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0initvals11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/n0initvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/pcm5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn0initvals16.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn1bsinitvals20.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn1initvals20.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2bsinitvals17.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2bsinitvals19.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2initvals17.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn2initvals19.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn4bsinitvals22.fw /lib/firmware/b43/sslpn4initvals22.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode11.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode14.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode15.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_lp.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_mimo.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_sslpn.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_sslpn_nobt.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode17.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode19.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode20.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode22_sslpn.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode5.fw /lib/firmware/b43/ucode9.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0initvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/a0g1initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/pcm4.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/pcm5.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode11.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode2.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode4.fw /lib/firmware/b43legacy/ucode5.fw /usr/bin/b43-fwcutter /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter/README
Note that I have never interacted with b43-fwcutter in 42.2 version of opensuse, it appears to have been automated such that users don't have to use it, or it is un-necessary due to the fetching service provide in the first mentioned package.
I am installing on an older dell also. As far as I can tell, my files are identical to the list you presented. I am concerned about the kernel message indicates it is looking in directory /lib/firmware/b43-open for the file ucode5.fw. Do you have a b43-open directory? I pointed b43-open to b43 rather than b43legacy with no change in results. Can you send a copy of the lines form dmesg where the firmware is loaded? Thanks Don Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/18/2017 04:49 PM, don fisher wrote:
. Do you have a b43-open directory? I pointed b43-open to b43 rather than b43legacy with no change in results. Can you send a copy of the lines form dmesg where the firmware is loaded?
Not on 42.2, I do not have b43-open.
[ 5.484454] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10 [ 5.509946] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [ 5.509956] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset [ 5.509957] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) [ 5.509958] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509961] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz, 92000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509962] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509964] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509966] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) [ 5.509967] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) [ 5.509969] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509970] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.529190] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10) [ 5.564027] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 8 [ 5.564050] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2050, Revision 2, Version 0 [ 5.576190] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNLS ] [
I thinhttps://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1037344#c27k you should start reading the bug report mentioned by Richmond - at about reply 35 https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1037344#c35 Also try this to pin down if it is the same issue:
You can try to unload b43 once, and load again: modprobe -r b43 modprobe b43
If your wifi works after that, then this is certainly the problem and hopefully opensuse will push a fix. Maybe not, since its not a security issue. (Stupid Policy). Maybe you can try the solution in message 42 of same thread. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/18/2017 11:16 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 08/18/2017 04:49 PM, don fisher wrote:
. Do you have a b43-open directory? I pointed b43-open to b43 rather than b43legacy with no change in results. Can you send a copy of the lines form dmesg where the firmware is loaded?
Not on 42.2, I do not have b43-open.
[ 5.484454] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10 [ 5.509946] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [ 5.509956] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset [ 5.509957] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) [ 5.509958] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509961] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz, 92000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509962] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509964] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509966] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) [ 5.509967] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) [ 5.509969] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.509970] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A) [ 5.529190] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10) [ 5.564027] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 8 [ 5.564050] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2050, Revision 2, Version 0 [ 5.576190] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNLS ] [
I thinhttps://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1037344#c27k you should start reading the bug report mentioned by Richmond - at about reply 35
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1037344#c35
Also try this to pin down if it is the same issue:
You can try to unload b43 once, and load again: modprobe -r b43 modprobe b43
If your wifi works after that, then this is certainly the problem and hopefully opensuse will push a fix. Maybe not, since its not a security issue. (Stupid Policy).
Maybe you can try the solution in message 42 of same thread.
First I did a zypper up to see if anything had been done. Did not work. I then tried to install the patch: "https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Admolkentin%3Adracut%3Adevel%3Agit&package=dracut" Not sure what happened, but the first attempt (using the one click install option) said it was installing for ever. I waited 30 minutes, then killed the browser and tried again. Second time was a success. lsmod still showed no b43 modules. I did a sudo modprobe b43 and the modules were installed. I went to yast and the device ssb appeared under Module name, as expected. Data xfers worked. Is there a place where I can insert the modprobe b43 command so that the system comes up with wlan enabled? Thanks for all of your help:-) Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
don fisher <hdf3@comcast.net> writes:
Any ideas? I am probably making some dumb simple error, but I cannot see it. Don
I think it is this bug and there is a patch toward the end which yast2 will install. https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1037344 -- ~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/18/2017 05:34 PM, don fisher wrote:
I have tried many different approaches to getting my wireless device working. It is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 as the system shows below:
lspci -vnn -d 14e4: 0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at fe8fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb, wl
The error messages shown in dmesg are: b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/pcm5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/b0g0initvals5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/b0g0initvals5.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
But if I look in the directory /lib/firmware I find 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43//pcm5.fw 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw 24K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22K Aug 18 14:39 /lib/firmware/b43-open/ucode5.fw
My quick look at Google indicates error -2 is: /* No such file or directory */
Noe the suse distribution did not provide the directory b43-open, so I added a symbolic link to the directyory where the ucode5.fw was loaded. b43-open -> b43legacy/
I do not know what to do next. The error message all start with b43, and I assume the correct preface is /lib/firmware. If that is correct I cannot see what is wrong.
Any ideas? I am probably making some dumb simple error, but I cannot see it. Don
It's a bitch to get Broadcom devices to work in Linux, but I have discovered that if you install Mint 17 LTS, it will work out of the box! --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> writes:
It's a bitch to get Broadcom devices to work in Linux, but I have discovered that if you install Mint 17 LTS, it will work out of the box!
It has always worked out of the box on opensuse, until 42.3. But with Mint, it works until the powersaving kicks in, and then it stops working. -- ~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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