BCM4328 On OpenSUSE 11.2 Not working

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#1

Folks,

I have a macbook pro here that I have loaded OPensuse 11.2 onto.

The main problem is that it wont recognise my wireless adaptor.

I have installed the packman repository and installed the broadcom-wl driver.

Does anyone have any idea how to get this working.

Thanks in advance.

#2

I’m on this.

Update everything first and then, set it up in the knetworkmanager. (Never tried Gnome though).

#3

Hi syampillai,

The problem there is when i open knetworkmanager, the wireless tab is greyed out.

I see from your signature that you also have 11.2 installed on your macbook pro. Did you install using the packman repository

Cheers

#4

Getting Your Wireless to Work - openSUSE Forums

(script mentioned in 3rd post.)

#5

Hi,

I ran that script “collectNWData.sh” - all this did was tell me exactly what i already knew - the wireless device was not installed.

Did i miss something ?

Any help welcome on this.

Cheers

#6

On 04/07/2010 11:06 AM, rgalvin wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I ran that script “collectNWData.sh” - all this did was tell me exactly
> what i already knew - the wireless device was not installed.
>
> Did i miss something ?
>
> Any help welcome on this.

Yes, but the script shows a lot of other things that you may not be able
to interpret. For example, is wl loaded?

#7

Maybe this here?

--- Go to http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND#English to get more detailed instructions 
--- about the error/warning messages and how to fix the problems on your own.

--- If you are unsuccessful then place the contents of file collectNWData.txt in the net
--- (see http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND_UPL#English for links) 
--- and then paste the nopaste link on your favorite Linux forum.
#8

Initially, I had compiled it myself and later, I found that it is available in Packman. So, I have updated from there.

I think I also blacklisted ssb driver. (Insert it in /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf).


...
...
# By Syam - I don't want this driver for the Wireless card
blacklist ssb
...
...
#9

Lads,

Thanks for the suggestions.
I will get back to you soon with my results.

Thanks

#10

Folks,

I have successfully gotten the wireless working (Thanks). The steps i needed to follow where:

1.)Update the kernal to match that of the wl driver (2.6.31.12)
2.) Add the Packman Repository
3.) Then i had to install Broadcom-wl, broadcom-wl-kmp-debug, broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop
4.) I had to blacklist ssb

It seems to be working fine, the only grievances/questions i have are

1.) after I installed the above packages - I now have 5 startup options as opposed to the 2.) I had before i installed the above packages. Is their a way of getting rid of these entries.

2.) If I disconnect from one wireless network and try connect to another it wont, in turn i cannot reconnect to the original wlan - unless I do a reboot.
I have tried “/etc/init.d/network restart <interface>” however when i do this and try and open network management it says network management disabled - (Even though in the terminal screen it says it has started) unless I plug in a network cable which seems to bring it back to life.

Any ideas Guys,

Cheers and thanks for the help.

#11

On 04/08/2010 09:16 AM, rgalvin wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I have successfully gotten the wireless working (Thanks). The steps i
> needed to follow where:
>
> 1.)Update the kernal to match that of the wl driver (2.6.31.12)
> 2.) Add the Packman Repository
> 3.) Then i had to install
> 4.) I had to blacklist ssb
>
>
> It seems to be working fine, the only grievances/questions i have are
>
> 1.) after I installed the above packages - I now have 5 startup options
> as opposed to the 2 i had before i installed the above packages. Is
> their a way of getting rif of these entries.

Investigate YaST => System => Boot Loader.
>
> 2.) If I disconnect from one wireless network and try connect to
> another it wont, in turn i cannot reconnect to the original wlan -
> unless I do a reboot.
> I have tried “/etc/init.d/network restart <interface>” however when i
> do this and try and open network management it says network management
> disabled - (Even though in the terminal screen it says it has started)
> unless I plug in a network cable which seems to bring it back to life.

You should be able to do the following two commands:

sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv wl
sudo /sbin/modprobe -v wl

That will unload and reload wl, which should be as good as a reboot.

Keep in mind that wl is CLOSED-source. We have no idea what it is doing
and we have no way to fix it. The open-source driver for the BCM4328 is
nearing completion. I’m hoping that kernel 2.6.36 will support the
Broadcom 802.11n devices with a driver whose code we can fix if it has a
problem.