I just did a fresh install of 12.1 and i installed the wl and wl default for broadcom and i cant get a connection. It detects the network and tries to connect but eventually just says connection failed. the b43 driver has been removed. i don’t know what to try next
Have you done as suggested here b43 - Linux Wireless
Have you managed or configured your settings with your desktop applet?
I looked at the link. I tried to re install b43 and black list it as it said but no luck still. I want to keep using wl because that’s what i have been using on 11.4 and it worked very well for me. So i guess i ill remove b43 again and keep waiting for a solution.
Here is an extra bit of info… When it tries to connect it says waiting fr authorization and just hangs there. The password is still stored in the network i’m trying to connect to when i look at it…I just don’t get it…
Please post result of
/sbin/lspci -nnk
uname -a
rpm -qa | grep kernel
rpm -qa | grep broadcom
ron@linux-15sn:~> /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: wl
ron@linux-15sn:~> uname -a
Linux linux-15sn.site 3.1.0-1.2-default #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 14:45:45 UTC 2011 (187dde0) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
ron@linux-15sn:~>
ron@linux-15sn:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-desktop-3.1.0-1.2.1.i586
kernel-default-3.1.0-1.2.1.i586
kernel-firmware-20111025git-1.7.1.noarch
ron@linux-15sn:~>
ron@linux-15sn:~> rpm -qa | grep broadcom
broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop-5.100.82.112_k3.1.0_1.2-9.2.i586
broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.100.82.112_k3.1.0_1.2-9.2.i586
broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-9.2.i586
ron@linux-15sn:~>
OK
So you have two kernels installed
Please install ‘rfkill’ if you didn’t already
su -
zypper in rfkill
Then in user terminal, post result of
/usr/sbin/rfkill list
Well i did have two…I was in the middle of removing wl default and trying wl desktop but i’m not having any luck with wl desktop either…should i still run the code you just posted? or go back to wl default and do it?
Yes, let me see the rfkill
You can have 2 kernels, so long as everything matches up, and it does
linux-15sn:~ # /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
OK
Are you using KDE or Gnome
KDE … Do you have an idea of what is wrong?
I can tell you I have the same device
In the network manager delete all connections you have created
Tell me you already setup to use kwallet?!
And wait while I check, and maybe get an image
No i wasn’t using wallet…do i need to? Going to delete all the connections now…
Absolutely must use kwallet
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/SUSE%20Misc/kde-wireless-new.png
FYI: This device works with b43 also
I enaqbled wallet and tried t do what you said but when i checked for system connection it said some remote thing did not respond then unchecked itself…i deleted the connection again and disabled wallet and renabled it again ad got the same thing…ugh!
Watch out for a Policy Kit pop up that remains hidden (though you should see it in the panel)
Try again
okay i removed all wallets and all connections and tried again and still got the same thing…i give up…i’m getting severely irritated LOL
it said some remote thing did not respond then unchecked itself.
Show me a PrtSc or be more specific than some remote thing
i think maybe it was talking about packagekit or something…and it’s not doing it now anyway…i just don’t know what is going on…wallet wanted a password and then pl wanted root password and it still hung when trying to connect at waiting for authentication
I feel you are just missing something.
It’s a bit messy the first time you make a new connection, but after that, it’s easy.
I would say, try a new user login. Think about what I have said and try and see if you can set a new user up.