As for my first post here i want to thank in advance all the replies.
So the thing is, i installed opensuse 12.3 beta1 (yes i can´t wait to the final release) and the only problem i found yet is the bcm43xx driver.
When i try to install, the system crashes and shows a kernel panic. The only way to recover is switching off the system.
Fwcutter is installed, and i tried bcm_Legacy driver. It installed ok but it does not trigger the wireless card. It has a hardware button but pressing it, nothing happens.
On 01/28/2013 01:46 PM, hcvv wrote:
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> hcvv;2522784 Wrote:
>> As long as 12.3 is not released, you are free to test it, but all your
>> reports, questions and problems should go in the Pre-Release/Beta forum.
>>
>> This thread is closed for the moment and will be moved.
>
> Moved and open again.
When you move a thread, please indicate the “from”. Those of us that read the
forum on NNTP do not always have access to the original.
On 01/28/2013 01:48 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 01/28/2013 01:46 PM, hcvv wrote:
>>
>> hcvv;2522784 Wrote:
>>> As long as 12.3 is not released, you are free to test it, but all your
>>> reports, questions and problems should go in the Pre-Release/Beta forum.
>>>
>>> This thread is closed for the moment and will be moved.
>>
>> Moved and open again.
>
> When you move a thread, please indicate the “from”. Those of us that read the
> forum on NNTP do not always have access to the original.
I found the original thread. That crash on unloading b43 when the firmware is
missing should have been fixed in the kernel in 12.3, but perhaps the fix is
still filtering through the system. In any case, the firmware is installed
before the crash occurs, thus it should be there. Check for files in
/lib/firmware/b43 and /lib/firmware/b43legacy.
I doubt that your device uses b43legacy as those are quite rare and very old,
but the only way to know is by looking at the output of
/sbin/lspci -nn | grep 14e4
Does /usr/sbin/iwconfig show a wlan0 device? If not, look at the output of dmesg
to see why.
Have you ever installed wl on this system? If so, it made changes that prevent
b43 from loading.
Sorry, I do not see a “from” field. Only something that says “leave a permanent link” and that is checked.
This is a recipe I follow now for sometime (more then a year?) in rather dumb clicking, clacking and setting alarm clocks and what not, it worked all the time (maybe not, I realy do not know), but that is it.
We normally write "being moved to … "., close the thread, move the thread after 10 minutes, reopen the thread. The stuff we’re doing in the moderating area doesn’t show up to the NNTP-ers. I don’t see what else we can do.
19.362636] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
19.377037] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 9
19.384338] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded Features: PMNLS ]
19.557996] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode13.fw” not found
19.557999] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43-open/ucode13.fw” not found
19.558023] b43-phy0 ERROR: Please open a terminal and enter the command “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” to download the correct firmware for this driver version. For an off-line installation, go to http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx and follow the instructions in the “Installing firmware from RPM packages” section.
I went to the link but the page is/was moved and installing the driver from the terminal it crashed.
19.362636] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
19.377037] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 9
19.384338] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded Features: PMNLS ]
19.557996] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode13.fw” not found
19.557999] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43-open/ucode13.fw” not found
19.558023] b43-phy0 ERROR: Please open a terminal and enter the command “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” to download the correct firmware for this driver version. For an off-line installation, go to http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx and follow the instructions in the “Installing firmware from RPM packages” section.
Even trying in terminal to install driver, it crashed in installation.
On 01/28/2013 02:26 PM, Knurpht wrote:
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> hcvv;2522798 Wrote:
>> Sorry, I do not see a “from” field. Only something that says “leave a
>> permanent link” and that is checked.
>> This is a recipe I follow now for sometime (more then a year?) in
>> rather dumb clicking, clacking and setting alarm clocks and what not, it
>> worked all the time (maybe not, I realy do not know), but that is it.
>
> We normally write "being moved to … "., close the thread, move the
> thread after 10 minutes, reopen the thread. The stuff we’re doing in the
> moderating area doesn’t show up to the NNTP-ers. I don’t see what else
> we can do.
Just say “Moved from bla-bla” rather than “Moved”.
On 01/28/2013 03:46 PM, hugosyt wrote:
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> hugosyt;2522829 Wrote:
>> /usr/sbin/iwconfig gave me this:
>> lo no wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>>
>> Yes, its not an old wcard, but i tried anyway to install legacy
>> drivers.
>
> dmesg:
>
> 19.362636] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
> 19.377037] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 9
> 19.384338] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded Features: PMNLS ]
> 19.557996] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode13.fw” not found
> 19.557999] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43-open/ucode13.fw” not
> found
> 19.558023] b43-phy0 ERROR: Please open a terminal and enter the
> command “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” to download the
> correct firmware for this driver version. For an off-line installation,
> go to http://tinyurl.com/9dy9d3 and follow the instructions in the
> “Installing firmware from RPM packages” section.
>
>
> Even trying in terminal to install driver, it crashed in installation.
As root, edit /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware, find the section that says
if -d /lib/firmware/b43 ] ; then
echo "b43 firmware successfully installed."
/sbin/modprobe -r b43
/sbin/modprobe b43
else
and remove the two lines with “modprobe”, then reboot.
I just did finish doing something that gave a different response other than crashing.
I copied the contents of “install_bcm43xx_firmware” to a new raw file in the desktop, gave 777 permissions to it as well as executable option too. removed the one in the /usr/sbin/ and copied the new one there. Then using “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” it staryed to download and install it but gave me this message:
On 01/28/2013 08:16 PM, hugosyt wrote:
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> I just did finish doing something that gave a different response other
> than crashing.
>
> I copied the contents of “install_bcm43xx_firmware” to a new raw file
> in the desktop, gave 777 permissions to it as well as executable option
> too. removed the one in the /usr/sbin/ and copied the new one there.
> Then using “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” it staryed to
> download and install it but gave me this message:
Of course, after you finished editing the file, you needed to run that script.
Just changing it did nothing by itself.
BTW, the driver is built into the kernel. You are not installing the driver,
which runs in your host CPU. You are making the firmware available. That is the
program that runs in the CPU on the wireless adapter.
According to the output prior to the missing “fi”, the firmware is now
available. Just reboot. That error message is because you deleted more than I
told you to.
Yes my wcard is finally working. In the final release is this fix going to be fully implemented? Got to say that i came to opensuse after using ubuntu for a very long time and the only beta release that worked so well was 10.04, and this one is amazing. Got to congratulate the community and the developers.
I just got another question, i could´t find any repo for nvidia drivers. the only one that shows to me is 270.41. Is there a way to install a newer one from repos or manually. For instance if i download from nvidia site what should i do to install?
NVIDIA repo will not appear until after the final. You can install the hard way (not so hard) but you will need to add the Kernel source packages/gcc complier/and maybe make. Then get the installer from the NVIDIA web site. There should be instruction there.