but doesn’t work with tumbleweed, (just downloaded).
Why?
I have trolled the web looking for a solution, various drivers, firmware
The card shows in hardware info (yast2) but when I run iwconfig, it’s a no show
I cannot start network manager, (disabled by vendor)
The part that makes me mad and want to toss the opensuse disc is when i boot the ubcd, network manager is running, i plug in my password and i am connected
Have you tried the “broadcom-wl” driver from the packman repo?
I just did with the following error
YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2015-12-18 18:32:40
nothing provides broadcom-wl needed by broadcom-wl-kmp-default-6.30.223.248_k4.3.0_2-6.51.x86_64
] do not install broadcom-wl-kmp-default-6.30.223.248_k4.3.0_2-6.51.x86_64
] break broadcom-wl-kmp-default-6.30.223.248_k4.3.0_2-6.51.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies
YaST2 conflicts list END
Depending on the particular broadcom chipset, you may need to use the proprietary braodcom driver.
However, the 14e4:4321 chipset should be supported by the open source (b43) driver as long s the necessary firmware is installed, (which probably explains why the UBCD has the necessary support out of the box.)
This will tell you if there is a driver currently associated with your network hardware.
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --netcard
Just examine the output pertaining to the wireless device.
If using the open souce driver, the required firmware package is ‘b43-fwcutter’, and provided you have a wired network connection available you can install the firmware with
install_bcm43xx_firmware
Is there a way to post a screen shot in this forum? I am dual booting between win7 and tumbleweed and that’s a pain. i don’t have a wired connection at the moment (need a 50ft cable)
Driver listed is “b43-pci-bridge”
driver module “ssb”
I have a screen shot of the command you said to use
or is there a way to copy term contents to a txt file?
Can you show us your configured repos?
zypper lr -d
For reference, I have the packman repo configured as
3 | packman | packman | Yes | ( p) Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/
and a search for the broadcom-wl packages reurns
# zypper se broadcom-wl
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Summary | Type
--+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------
| broadcom-wl | Wireless driver for Broadcom 43xx series of chips | package
| broadcom-wl | Wireless driver for Broadcom 43xx series of chips | srcpackage
| broadcom-wl-debugsource | Debug sources for package broadcom-wl | package
| broadcom-wl-kmp-default | Wireless driver for Broadcom 43xx series of chips | package
| broadcom-wl-kmp-default-debuginfo | Debug information for package broadcom-wl-kmp-default | package
| broadcom-wl-kmp-pv | Wireless driver for Broadcom 43xx series of chips | package
| broadcom-wl-kmp-pv-debuginfo | Debug information for package broadcom-wl-kmp-pv | package
| broadcom-wl-kmp-xen | Wireless driver for Broadcom 43xx series of chips | package
| broadcom-wl-kmp-xen-debuginfo | Debug information for package broadcom-wl-kmp-xen | package
You could copy/paste output to a text file, maybe save to a memory stick, then post the contents via windows.
Offline method for installing firmware
I give up for now, dual boot is pmo.
I should have a cable in the next day or 3, can’t leave it hooked up because of the paths it will cross (i.e. tripper)
the only repo i have us the install disc
i can dl to my win7 hdd and get files over to suse disc
I still don’t understand why my card works with ubcd but not suse
Easy enough to check. Open a terminal in UBCD and check the driver loaded
/sbin/lspci -nnk|grep net -A3
As I explained previously, it is likely that the broadcom firmware is already included with UBCD, (while openSUSE can’t do that for legal reasons).