Dell Mini 10v/openSUSE 11.3/LXDE: No WLAN

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#1

Hi,

I can’t get WLAN up on my Dell Mini 10v (BCM 4312)/openSUSE 11.3/LXDE. And yes, I have thoroughly read iwfingers’s ‘Getting your Wireless to Work’.

After installing openSUSE 11.3 ifconfig can see eth0, l0 and wlan0. No WLAN running.

dsmesq|grep firmware prompts me to '/usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware"

After having done that and reboot ifconfig can only see eth0 and l0.

Installing broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-7.pm.16.4.i586.rpm broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.48.36_k2.6.34.0_12-7.pm.16.4.i586.rpm (current ones from Packman) does, of course, not help.

Shall I try to install the drivers without installing the firmware first?

Why does broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.60.48.36_k2.6.34.0_12-7.pm.16.4.i586.rpm install a new default kernel?

Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 had no problems with WLAN.

Anybody any idea what’s wrong?

Cheers.

H.

#2

I had the exact same problem with BCM4311 card. Look for a thread called Wireless Networking for the solution I used.

#3

Post result of

uname -a
#4

Thanks.

That’s the kernel after install from purchased DVD:

**Linux linux-copt.site 2.6.34-12-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-06-29 02:39:08 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
**

#5

Please remove broadcom-wl-kmp-default

And install broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop and broadcom-wl
Now you will be OK

#6

last night i pulled out the LAN cable and WLAN popped up without any problem. got no ideas why. thanks for the help. H.

#7

On 07/27/2010 01:36 AM, hgeis wrote:
>
> last night i pulled out the LAN cable and WLAN popped up without any
> problem. got no ideas why. thanks for the help. H.

The LAN will always supersede the WLAN if it is available. That is normal
NetworkManager behavior.