SuSE Linux 11.1 and Broadcom BCM4312

[lwfinger]

william crowder wrote:
> Try opening consile, and running:
>
> # install_bcm43xx_firmware (login as root)
>
>
> This is all I had to do to get my card working.

That is what you need to do if the device is supported by b43. In the OP's case,
his device is not, and the above command is useless. It still installs the
firmware, but the driver still doesn't work.

[william_crowder]

Why did I not need a driver? I only needed FW?

[lwfinger]

william crowder wrote:
> Why did I not need a driver? I only needed FW?

Because the driver (b43) was produced through reverse engineering and is built
into Linux. The firmware is copyrighted by Broadcom and they do not permit any
distro to include it, which is why it must be extracted from one of Broadcom's
drivers.

BTW, there is a group in Italy that has developed open-source for some of the
BCM43XX devices. For users that have those cards, the next release of openSUSE
will work out of the box.

Larry

[flabbergasted]

I followed the instructions here Fix BCM4311/4312/4321/4322 Wireless in openSUSE 11.1 and earlier | SUSE & openSUSE and it worked. I did have to reboot before it would.

[marcoslai]

Sorry I gave wrong suggestion,we shouldn't drag in Debug kernel. Was told by an expert in forum to avoid Debug kernel,actually we don't need it to work the wifi.
So yr kernel is default,do this in terminal:
zypper in broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-default
This will install driver,& work yr wifi.

[rockamadeus]

Originally Posted by marcoslai

Sorry I gave wrong suggestion,we shouldn't drag in Debug kernel. Was told by an expert in forum to avoid Debug kernel,actually we don't need it to work the wifi.
So yr kernel is default,do this in terminal:
zypper in broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-default
This will install driver,& work yr wifi.

I tried this with the HP Mini 1000 and I can't get it to work. I have been following the guides in this thread and I had already installed those packages. I can only get wireless in debug... Any suggestions??? Maybe it's something really stupid but I could use some help!!!

RockAmadeus

[deltaflyer44]

if you could give us some info on your hardware, we might be able to help. tagging on another post will assume you have the same hardware & same problems ( which,although possible,probably isn't )If you provide the info provided by running the tests/commands in the stickies, we can endeavour to help

Andy

[Caleb_IX]

And the one-cklick installation?!

Fix BCM4311/4312/4321/4322 Wireless in openSUSE 11.1 and earlier | SUSE & openSUSE