Broadcom Wireless

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#1

Hi! When I installed openSuse 11.4 it doesn’t see my wireless card Broadcom. How can I install Broadcom wireless driver ?

#2

On 06/14/2011 08:06 AM, crazzzz wrote:
>
> Hi! When I installed openSuse 11.4 it doesn’t see my wireless card
> Broadcom. How can I install Broadcom wireless driver ?
>
>
there are three “stickies” at the top of this forum, one (or more) will
guide you to a smile…but, if you can’t figure out how, one of those
will give the list of information you should include with your next
post, so the wireless gurus don’t have to ask…

–
dd
http://is.gd/bpoMD

#3

Install Broadcom Drivers from Packman

But it might be worth posting the terminal output of this first:

/sbin/lspci -nnk
#4

mecwwww@linux-hq39:~> /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Realtek ALC268 audio codec [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011c]
Kernel driver in use: tg3
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e003]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
0f:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
0f:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
0f:06.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: tifm_7xx1
0f:06.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
mecwwww@linux-hq39:~>

#5

Follow the guide I posted for that device.
Follow it carefully, so to be sure you get the right package to match your kernel

#6

Thanx, I will.

#7

Well,I followed instructions but still no wireless active. BCM shows but inactive. How can I activate wireless?

#8

Please post the result of the following

rpm -qa | grep kernel

rpm -qa | grep broadcom

uname -a

/sbin/lspci -nnk
#9

mecwwww@linux-hq39:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586
mecheta@linux-hq39:~> rpm -qa | grep broadcom
broadcom-wl-5.100.82.38-7.pm.9.4.i586
broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop-5.100.82.38_k2.6.34.8_0.2-7.pm.9.4.i586
mecwwww@linux-hq39:~> uname -a
Linux linux-hq39.site 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-04-25 21:48:33 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
mecwwww@linux-hq39:~> /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Realtek ALC268 audio codec [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011c]
Kernel driver in use: tg3
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e003]
0f:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
0f:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
0f:06.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: tifm_7xx1
0f:06.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011f]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
mecwwww@linux-hq39:~>

#10

Some how your broadcom packages are old

try this as su -

zypper ref

zypper up

Also show me your repo list

zypper lr -d
#11

zypper lr -d

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

–±------------------------±-----------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±---------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVRKD08RS,/dev/sr0 |
2 | packman | packman | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.3 |
3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.4-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
4 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/update/11.4 |
5 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss |
6 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
7 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
8 | Обновления-за-openSUSE- | Обновления за openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.4

#12

You added the wrong repo for packman
As su - do this

zypper rr 2

zypper ar -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.4/ packman

zypper up
#13

Just perfect ! Thank U very much !

#14

Great
You might want to look at adding the basic multimedia packages

zypper in lame libavcodec52 libavdevice52 flash-player ffmpeg gecko-mediaplayer libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 libquicktime0 libxine1 libxine1-codecs libxvidcore4 smplayer vlc w32codec-all xine-ui xvidcore

Then do this:
(if you use kde): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/11.4_packman_switch.png

Or if you use gnome it looks like:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/packman%20in%20gnome.png

#15

If you need dvd playback

zypper ar -f http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.4/ libdvdcss

zypper ref

zypper in libdvdcss
#16

Thanx for the tips, I’m on KDE now.