Broadcom 43xx Firmware Error

Hello,

I am trying to set my PPC to connect to the internet. after I downloaded and installed the firmware (wl_apsta.o) I typed "modprobe bcm43xx" and get: "FATAL: Module bcm43xx not found". What shoudl I do?

Randy

Try this thread;

http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=29072

Hi, thanks for the link. I have already followed the instructions listed there--installing fwcutter, etc. After I do it all and get to the place where I am supposed to type "modprobe bcm43xx" I get the fatal "Module bcm43xx not found" error message I listed before.

Thanks for your help!

Randy

What's the result of this command? Did you try using wl_apsta.o with fwcutter?
modprobe -ls | grep wl_apsta.o

Thanks, and sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. Have been out of town. I had to remove suse from my mac for the time being, as my primary drive failed and I had to install OS X on the drive I had devoted to suse. As soon as I get the problem fixed, I'll re-install suse and we can work on the firmware install.

Thanks for your help!

Randy

Hello all,

First, I'm not a complete linux noob, but I only have a little experience and understanding of the system. I've successfully installed Ubuntu (edgy, feisty and gutsy) on an intel macbook pro (triple boot OS X, XP and Edgy) and two dell laptops (single boot).

I also have a 17" Imac G5 without Isight (one of the first models with PPC architecture), but since upgrading to OS X Leopard the system keeps crashing on me. For that I wanted to try Linux and see how that works. I've been able to install several distro's (Fedora 8, Yellow Dog 6.0 and recently OpenSuse 10.3) Fedora and OpenSuse both work fine, but I keep stumbling on the same annoyances, namely some minor graphical issues and no WiFi connection. I've tried a lot of things in Fedora to get the Wifi working without succes, so installed OpenSuse 10.3 hoping to have more succes, but I still don't get it to work. I hope someone in here can help me out with this issue.

As I said before the machine is a 17" Imac G5 without Isight with only OpenSuse 10.3 installed. The Wifi network card is an apple airport extreme card with a broadcom chipset: BCM4306.

I've installed the bcm43xx driver that was included in the distro and then followed this guide (http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Broadcom_(BCM4306)_WLAN_Installation_under_SUS E, option 1 - Original Driver Procedure) which is the last version of the thread mentioned above. It seems to go fine until I type "modprobe bcm43xx" and get the error which is also mentioned above: "FATAL: Module bcm43xx not found"

Any ideas? Please let me know which additional information you need and I will post it asap.

With kind regards and thanks a lot allready.


PS: I understood that the ndiswrapper procedure is not on option for PPC, it works only on intel architectures. Is that correct?

PPS: I've also learned that the bcm43xx driver is deprecated and that I should use b43 or b43legacy. I've tried this guide:http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...devicefirmware
However, I get several errors in that procedure and I don't even know which driver to use (b43 legacy I guess?). I will post the errors when I'm back home.

Hello all,

First, I'm not a complete linux noob, but I only have a little experience and understanding of the system. I've successfully installed Ubuntu (edgy, feisty and gutsy) on an intel macbook pro (triple boot OS X, XP and Edgy) and two dell laptops (single boot).

I also have a 17" Imac G5 without Isight (one of the first models with PPC architecture), but since upgrading to OS X Leopard the system keeps crashing on me. For that I wanted to try Linux and see how that works. I've been able to install several distro's (Fedora 8, Yellow Dog 6.0 and recently OpenSuse 10.3) Fedora and OpenSuse both work fine, but I keep stumbling on the same annoyances, namely some minor graphical issues and no WiFi connection. I've tried a lot of things in Fedora to get the Wifi working without succes, so installed OpenSuse 10.3 hoping to have more succes, but I still don't get it to work. I hope someone in here can help me out with this issue.

As I said before the machine is a 17" Imac G5 without Isight with only OpenSuse 10.3 installed. The Wifi network card is an apple airport extreme card with a broadcom chipset: BCM4306.

I've installed the bcm43xx driver that was included in the distro and then followed this guide (http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Broadcom_(BCM4306)_WLAN_Installation_under_SUS E, option 1 - Original Driver Procedure) which is the last version of the thread mentioned above. It seems to go fine until I type "modprobe bcm43xx" and get the error which is also mentioned above: "FATAL: Module bcm43xx not found"

Any ideas? Please let me know which additional information you need and I will post it asap.

With kind regards and thanks a lot allready.
PS: I understood that the ndiswrapper procedure is not on option for PPC, it works only on intel architectures. Is that correct?

PPS: I've also learned that the bcm43xx driver is deprecated and that I should use b43 or b43legacy. I've tried this guide:http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...devicefirmware
However, I get several errors in that procedure and I don't even know which driver to use (b43 legacy I guess?). I will post the errors when I'm back home.
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1. Yes, ndiswrapper is x86 and x86_64 only.
2. You should use b43, however, in order to do so on openSUSE 10.3, you need to recompile your kernel. I recommend recompiling with a vanilla 2.6.25.

Compiling A Custom Linux Kernel

~~ Andrew D.

1. Yes, ndiswrapper is x86 and x86_64 only.
2. You should use b43, however, in order to do so on openSUSE 10.3, you need to recompile your kernel. I recommend recompiling with a vanilla 2.6.25.

Compiling A Custom Linux Kernel

~~ Andrew D.
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Compiling a kernel sounds like brain surgery to me, but I've done a quick scan of your guide and I think I should be able to pull it of. I'll give it a try tonight and see what happens. At least, it will be a good lesson in understanding a little more of linux.

Thanks for your answer.

One more question: After recompiling the kernel I should follow this guide for installing the wireless driver etc.. I presume (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...devicefirmware)?

compiling a kernel sounds ominous, and "like brain surgery", as you say, but it's really not. Also, with grub, it's quite safe since you can keep your old kernel around and only boot the new one as an option.

I think almost everyone who uses linux should go through the exercise of a kernel compile. Very educational. I guess I can understand why most people don't want to be bothered with it, though.

One more question: After recompiling the kernel I should follow this guide for installing the wireless driver etc.. I presume (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...devicefirmware)?[/b]

Yep! Good luck!

~~ Andrew D.