broadcom-wl wireless driver dependencies not met in 11.3!!! Please help!

rash_m · July 3, 2010, 8:38pm

ok, so i upgraded from 11.2 to 11.3 today. all when ok, but my wireless is no longer working!!!

under 11.2 i have to blacklist a few modules and then install broadcom-wl, but now it wont install! as its complaining about dependencies!!!

whats wierd is that its not complaining about rpms which i can get but it complains like this:

kernel(desktop:net_wireless) 0bb8c23a6928bb17 is need by broadcom-wl_kmpxxxxxxx

there quite a few other messages in the same format but with different numbers and ‘net_wireless’ is different.

how do I fix this?

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 9:12pm

You may not even need it

post result of

/sbin/lspci -nnk

rash_m · July 3, 2010, 9:24pm

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge [10de:0a82] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a88] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge [10de:0aae] (rev b3)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
00:03.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0aa4] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
00:03.2 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus [10de:0aa2] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
00:03.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a89] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
00:03.5 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor [10de:0aa3] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa5] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa6] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:06.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa7] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:06.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa9] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:08.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio [10de:0ac0] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge [10de:0aab] (rev b1)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet [10de:0ab0] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
00:0b.0 SATA controller [0106]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 AHCI Controller [10de:0ab9] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0aa0] (rev b1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac6] (rev b1)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:16.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac7] (rev b1)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation ION LE VGA [10de:087f] (rev b1)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3651]
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:365e]

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 9:35pm

Broadcom Corporation BCM4312

Should work without the broadcom-wl. It should use the b43

Remove any ‘wl’ packages, reboot and then check:
Getting Your Wireless to Work

rash_m · July 3, 2010, 9:46pm

Was that also the the case with opensuse 11.2? (i.e. was it supposed to also work with 11.2?) because it didn’t work with 11.2 thats why I had to install broadcom-wl.

And also installing broadcom-wl was a peice of cake - install 2 rpms and thats it.

I’ll try b43, but i’m sure it causes problems with my HP 311c, I’ll also be replying pretty quickly to this thread as I want to fix this ASAP!

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 9:49pm

I should have said.
I have the same wireless, but still use 11.2, so use the ‘wl’ from packman.
I did try the newer kernel that supports the wirless ‘out of the box’ and it was fine.

Also, I assume in 11.3 you could use the ‘wl’ package, but would likely have to blacklist the b43

So try removing the ‘wl’, make sure you have kernel-firmware package installed

see if it comes to life

If not do this:

dmesg | grep firmware

report back

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 9:54pm

kernel(desktop:net_wireless) 0bb8c23a6928bb17 is need by broadcom-wl_kmpxxxxxxx
I suspect this is simple to work round. Maybe you have more than One kernel installed or it’s trying to add another. It’s not really that complicated.

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 10:04pm

Just FYI, here are my details for 11.2

kernelcruncher@Lenovo-G550:~> rpm --query --all 'kernel*'
kernel-default-devel-2.6.31.12-0.2.1.x86_64
kernel-default-2.6.31.12-0.2.1.x86_64
kernel-firmware-20090821-4.1.noarch
kernel-default-base-2.6.31.12-0.2.1.x86_64
kernel-source-2.6.31.12-0.2.1.noarch
kernelcruncher@Lenovo-G550:~> rpm --query --all 'broadcom*'
broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.48.36_2.6.31.12_0.2-7.pm.16.1.x86_64
broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-7.pm.16.1.x86_64
kernelcruncher@Lenovo-G550:~>

rash_m · July 3, 2010, 10:13pm

caf4926:

I should have said.
I have the same wireless, but still use 11.2, so use the ‘wl’ from packman.
I did try the newer kernel that supports the wirless ‘out of the box’ and it was fine.

Also, I assume in 11.3 you could use the ‘wl’ package, but would likely have to blacklist the b43

So try removing the ‘wl’, make sure you have kernel-firmware package installed

see if it comes to life

If not do this:
dmesg | grep firmware
report back

Thats what I did under 11.2, blacklist ssb, b43 and b43legacy and used broadcom-wl and and broadcom-wl-kmp. (oh and modprobe b43 locks up my laptop - thats why I didn’t use it.)

I don’t have wl installed (or do i?) as broadcom-wl will not install due to missing dependencies.

Basically broadcom-wl is my only option and as far as I can see I only have kernel-desktop installed.

Also output of dmesg: SFI: Simple Firmware Interface v0.7 http://simplefirmware.org

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 10:16pm

Please post result of

zypper lr -d

so I can see the url of packman what packages are in Packman

also post

rpm --query --all 'kernel*'

rash_m · July 3, 2010, 10:18pm

I am all ears pal - I’ve not come across such errors before when installing rpms. I really don’t know what to do.

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 10:19pm

please check post #10

rash_m · July 3, 2010, 10:23pm

zypper - its an upgrade from 11.2 to 11.3 so the only repos present are the DVD plus the 5 standard ones (debug, oss, nonoss etc.), it deleted the ones I added, but I saved them before I did the upgrade to a text file.

rpm command returns the following:

kernel-devel-2.6.34-9.3.noarch
kernel-desktop-2.6.34-9.3.i586
kernel-source-2.6.34-9.3.noarch
kernel-firmware-20100227-4.1.noarch

caf4926 · July 3, 2010, 10:26pm

So you must install
broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop
broadcom-wl

I have to crash now, sleep!

rash_m · July 3, 2010, 10:35pm

Lol, thats what I’ve been trying to do, I have both broadcom-wl-kmp-dekstop and broadcom-wl, I also downloaded the latest versions from packman repo today and although the errors have reduced there are still some dependencies left and I can’t install it.

SeanMc98 · July 4, 2010, 2:06am

I installed 11.3 RC1 from DVD (2010.06.17), and the broadcom-wl packages were not installed. Since my wireless (BCM4318, aka “Air Force One”) was neither working or enableable, I installed “b43-fwcutter” from the Packman repos, and all worked.

I upgraded from RC1 to RC2 via the DVD/update process, and the wireless worked straightaway, almost. Somewhere along the upgrade, the WEP security key dropped out, and after re-entering same, wireless worked.

I am not an expert on Broadcom adaptors/drivers, but the BCM43xx family seem to behave the same way.

caf4926 · July 4, 2010, 4:41am

I have both broadcom-wl-kmp-dekstop and broadcom-wl, I also downloaded the latest versions from packman

This does not make sense.
Either you have them or you don’t?
Downloaded?

Can you please post your repo list:

zypper lr -d

rash_m · July 4, 2010, 9:02pm

I’ve downloaded the rpm’s - I have them saved in case I ever re-install.

But it’s been fixed now - it turns out RC1 did not have the correct drivers/packages, but RC2 does! So an upgrade to RC2 using delta now makes my wireless work straight away.

However Is still have an issue with the Graphics Driver - I’ve tried disabling nouveau and installing the nvidia drivers like I normally do:

jump to runlevel 3,
sh ./Nvidia-driver…
back to runlevel 5.

But it not longer works! The GUI is not loaded as it does not like the xorg.conf file - deleting this gives me a non-accelerated gui!

How do I remove this silly nouveau and get the Nvidia propriety drivers working?

caf4926 · July 4, 2010, 9:14pm

add this boot argument

nomodeset

to

/boot/grub/menu.lst

Then boot to level 3 as you normally would…
SDB:NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE

openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users

rash_m · July 4, 2010, 9:23pm

caf4926:

add this boot argument

nomodeset

to
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Then boot to level 3 as you normally would…
SDB:NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE

openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users

Oh cheers bud - I thought it was modeset=0. I take it can also piass this via the grub menu at boot? (So i can test it first)