On 08/18/2017 04:14 PM, John Andersen wrote:

On 08/18/2017 03:34 PM, don fisher wrote:

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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.

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jsa@poulsbo:~> /sbin/lspci 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

Pertinent modules

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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 11:16 PM, John Andersen wrote:

On 08/18/2017 04:49 PM, don fisher wrote:

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. 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.

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[ 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:

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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