0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at f6cfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
The systems locates the hardware, but it does not show up on Yast. As mentioned, I’ve tried to switch-on the manual wireless toggle on the laptop chassis, but it is not lighting up on the keyboard display.[/size]
On 11/13/2009 03:56 PM, adreampuppet wrote:
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> Okay – was able to install the broadcom -wl package through the Packman
> repository.
>
> I’m getting the same readouts as above, however, indicating that the
> system does not recognize the wireless card.
Do the following:
lsmod | grep ssb
lsmod | grep wl
If the first command outputs anything, you need to blacklist ssb. If the second
does not produce output, then wl is not loading. Note: if ssb is loaded, it will
stop wl.
Thanks. Broadcom-wl now loads and the system recognizes the wireless card.
Now I’m engaged in an adventure with Network Manager – which, like ifup, does not want to connect with my router. Is there a preferred, full-proof way to configure the wireless connection?
while the wireless tab in knetwork manager is greyed out. I’ve tried adding ssb to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf but I can’t get suse 11.2 to stop ssb from loading. Is there somewhere else I need to blacklist?
On 11/14/2009 01:36 PM, killsforpie wrote:
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> Hey I’m having the exact same problem with BCM 4312.
> lsmod | grep ssb shows:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> ssb 53736 1 b44
> pcmcia 39568 1 ssb
> pcmcia_core 41268 2 ssb,pcmcia
> --------------------
>
>
> while the wireless tab in knetwork manager is greyed out. I’ve tried
> adding ssb to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and
> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf but I can’t
> get suse 11.2 to stop ssb from loading. Is there somewhere else I need
> to blacklist?
/etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf is enough for me. Did you add the line
‘blacklist ssb’ to that file? Check with ‘grep ssb
/etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf’.
Success! I think I may have had the wrong wireless-wl drivers (needed -desktop). Installed them, rebooted and wireless card was recognized. Then I couldn’t get the wireless connection to supersede the wired connection but I followed lwfinger’s advice BCM4311 - active connection - no internet - openSUSE Forums and rebooted again and all is great.
I’ve been impressed with Suse 11.2. It looks sleek, alsa drivers worked once I installed alsa-firmware, nvidia was a sinch, and no need for compiz with the glorious kde effects. Last thing on my list is to install a window theme with black title bars and fix some applications (firefox) getting different scroll bars than most of the others.
My situation is the same as killsforpie’s, except I use 11.3 64bit and my wireless driver still doesn’t work after I installed broadcom-wl desktop package.
To sum this up, ssb still gets loaded even though it’s blacklisted:
Wireless connections are simply not available in the network manager.
I got broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop packages installed. Also, I have a b43-fwcutter package installed - might this be causing conflicts?
If not, what can I do to get my wireless to work? I will do my best to answer any questions that might help You help me.
