[opensuse] Wireless Problem
Hi, I have installed 11.1 32bit OS using kde3.5 on my Hp Pavilion dv2000 laptop. I had a successful installation but I am having a problem getting the wireless to work. The wireless card information is as follows: Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Contro ller I installed ndiswrapper, ndisgtk, and ndiswrapper pae kernel module with yast. Using ndisgtk, I installed the same .inf windows driver that I used previously with success in 10.2 and 10.3. when I do the following I get this normal result: #ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5 : driver installed device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb) When I try to configure the wireless card in yast, I tried to use the ifup method. The light on the wireless switch is blue. When I use the scan network button on the Yast/Wireless Network Card Configuration/Wireless Device Settings Page to find networks, it shows the four networks that I can pick up here at my house that I and my neighbors have, so I know that the wireless radio is working. Yet after I finish using the wizard to configure the card I can't connect to the internet using wireless. If I select "User Controlled with Networkmanager" instead of "Traditional Method with ifup" and then activate knetworkmanager I still can't connect. The knetworkmanager icon in the kickerpanel is grayed out, and if I right click on the icon it says "Networkmanager is not running". Would someone kindly help me out and advise me what I need to do to get this working? Thanks, Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mark Misulich wrote:
Hi, I have installed 11.1 32bit OS using kde3.5 on my Hp Pavilion dv2000 laptop. I had a successful installation but I am having a problem getting the wireless to work. The wireless card information is as follows:
Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Contro ller
I installed ndiswrapper, ndisgtk, and ndiswrapper pae kernel module with yast. Using ndisgtk, I installed the same .inf windows driver that I used previously with success in 10.2 and 10.3. when I do the following I get this normal result:
#ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5 : driver installed device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb)
When I try to configure the wireless card in yast, I tried to use the ifup method. The light on the wireless switch is blue. When I use the scan network button on the Yast/Wireless Network Card Configuration/Wireless Device Settings Page to find networks, it shows the four networks that I can pick up here at my house that I and my neighbors have, so I know that the wireless radio is working. Yet after I finish using the wizard to configure the card I can't connect to the internet using wireless.
If I select "User Controlled with Networkmanager" instead of "Traditional Method with ifup" and then activate knetworkmanager I still can't connect. The knetworkmanager icon in the kickerpanel is grayed out, and if I right click on the icon it says "Networkmanager is not running".
Would someone kindly help me out and advise me what I need to do to get this working?
Thanks, Mark
I am fairly sure that you need the broadcom firmware, even for ndiswrapper. Install b43-fwcutter, then run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware. With this done, the card should work with module ssb or b43. YMMV Ed ** ** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Try this.....in Yast, delete the config. Go out of Yast, come back into
it and define the card again using KNetworkmanager.
Fred
I am fairly sure that you need the broadcom firmware, even for ndiswrapper. Install b43-fwcutter, then run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware. With this done, the card should work with module ssb or b43.
YMMV
Ed
Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains.
Mark
Try 1-click install from Packman. http://packman.links2linux.org/package/broadcom-wl hope that helps regards, medwinz -- Katharine Hepburn - "Life is hard. After all, it kills you." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:27 AM, medwinz <medwinz@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains.
Mark
Try 1-click install from Packman. http://packman.links2linux.org/package/broadcom-wl
hope that helps
regards, medwinz
I think you recommended that to me during my issues. It is indeed what I used, but it is not the first choice so you may not want to recommend it quite so fast. If you look at the wiki article I just posted(1), you see: a) Use the pure native driver that is in the distro if your chipset is supported. b) Use the STA driver from Broadcomm if native fails to work (ie. the one-click you point at) c) ndiswrapper (1)http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains.
Mark
You may have to remove ndiswrapper and co and restart or modprobe b43 + run 'service network restart'. You'll know the card is working by all the broadcom/b43 firmware entries that'll appear under dmesg. If your card has a switch, toggle it and dmesg will display a message about the card being enabled or disabled. My laptop's wireless card is the same as yours and I've been using it with the opensource driver for about 3 years now. I know the card works very well and takes all of two seconds to set up with the install_bcm43xx_firmware script. Nkoli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 13:03 -0500, Nkoli wrote:
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately neither of these suggestions worked, the problem remains.
Mark
You may have to remove ndiswrapper and co and restart or modprobe b43 + run 'service network restart'. You'll know the card is working by all the broadcom/b43 firmware entries that'll appear under dmesg. If your card has a switch, toggle it and dmesg will display a message about the card being enabled or disabled.
My laptop's wireless card is the same as yours and I've been using it with the opensource driver for about 3 years now. I know the card works very well and takes all of two seconds to set up with the install_bcm43xx_firmware script.
Nkoli
Hi All, thanks for your replies to this thread. I had to go on a business trip for a few days and didn't have access to the stuff I needed to work on this in depth, hence the delay in replying. I tried the suggestion given above, and it didn't work to get the wireless working. What I suspected was that since I was using the same home partition on the hard drive for 10.3 as I was attempting to use for the 11.1 installation, that it was causing the problem somehow. It seemed like the card was working, but somehow the configuration software was messing up and the card wouldn't communicate properly with the Operating system. I had previously tried to install 11.1 64 bit system using the 10.3 home partition for home for 11.1 and had a similar problem with the wireless. I reduced Vista's size on the hard drive this morning and created some free space. I then enlarged the extended partition housing Suse enough to create two more logical partitions, to be used for 11.1 root and home. I installed the 11.1 32 bit system, and installed the wireless b43 driver. The wireless began to work as soon as I configured the card in yast. I don't know why this is causing the problem, but doing all this has allowed the wireless to work. Does anyone know if the b43 wireless method using the opensource driver works for 64 bit too? Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I have installed 11.1 32bit OS using kde3.5 on my Hp Pavilion dv2000 laptop. I had a successful installation but I am having a problem getting the wireless to work. The wireless card information is as follows:
Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
Did you read the wiki article: http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx I spent a lot of time getting a BCM 4312 to work last month. Reading that would have saved me a ton of time. FYI: I found some confusing areas and updated those small portions of that page. If you find inaccurate / unclear instruction you can do the same. ie. Its a wike and we're all responsible for keeping it up to date. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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