hello
I’m new, sorry if my english is bad (i’m frecnch)
I have just install opensuse 12.1 but my wireless connection is not working, he found no wireless connection.
I have install the deposit of packman like is written here : Additional package repositories - openSUSE
then i go in programm installation and only b43-fwcutter was installed ,then i have installed the b43-firmware.
After i had install the B43-firmware 4.174.64-19.3.2 my computer found all networks.
But when i tried to connect he ask me the password, but the problem is than never he connect, each time i write my that the authentification is not good, but my password is correct.
So what can i do??
On 01/21/2012 07:06 AM, superlightman wrote:
>
> hello
> I’m new, sorry if my english is bad (i’m frecnch)
> I have just install opensuse 12.1 but my wireless connection is not
> working, he found no wireless connection.
> I have install the deposit of packman like is written here :
> ‘Additional package repositories - openSUSE’
> (http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories#Packman)
> then i go in programm installation and only b43-fwcutter was installed
> ,then i have installed the b43-firmware.
> After i had install the B43-firmware 4.174.64-19.3.2 my computer found
> all networks.
> But when i tried to connect he ask me the password, but the problem is
> than never he connect, each time i write my that the authentification is
> not good, but my password is correct.
> So what can i do??
Are you using NetworkManager or ifup?
KDE or Gnome?
Have you updated since the installation? There were some problems with the code
at release, therefore, the updating is needed.
hello
i have found the solution, i’m shame… it is very stupid…
in fact in gnome 3 when i click on my network connection a new window is opening that ask me the password, like in all the other software i had tested.
But in fact it don’t ask the password of the connection but first the root password…then it opening the same windows and we have to put the password of the network… this window not good make and made confusion i have really not see that it was the root password it ask… but i’m have shame…
in fact to installing the packman firmware was suffisant
On 01/21/2012 09:46 AM, superlightman wrote:
>
> hello
> i have found the solution, i’m shame… it is very stupid…
> in fact in gnome 3 when i click on my network connection a new window
> is opening that ask me the password, like in all the other software i
> had tested.
> But in fact it don’t ask the password of the connection but first the
> root password…then it opening the same windows and we have to put the
> password of the network… this window not good make and made confusion
> i have really not see that it was the root password it ask… but i’m
> have shame…
> in fact to installing the packman firmware was suffisant
The first screen is to open the keyring. Later ones will be for the wireless
encryption key.
For anyone else reading this thread, you do not need Packman to get the package
needed for Broadcom firmware. You need to make sure that the b43-fwcutter
package is installed from the OSS repo, and then run
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
That command will need network access.
Thanks lwfinger,
For the code “sudo /usr/bin/install_bcm43xx_firmware’” i was not able to connect to internet, when i looked in yast it showed bcm4312, so it was difficult for me to understand why its not working after this install, its working without problem ( just installed 12.1 on hp pavilion laptop sorting out one by one problems ).
regards
On 02/17/2012 12:26 PM, luvsuse wrote:
>
> Thanks lwfinger,
>
> For the code “sudo /usr/bin/install_bcm43xx_firmware’” i was not able
> to connect to internet, when i looked in yast it showed bcm4312, so it
> was difficult for me to understand why its not working after this
> install, its working without problem ( just installed 12.1 on hp
> pavilion laptop sorting out one by one problems ).
The interface will show up, but it will never work until the firmware is available.
You must either connect to the internet when you run that command, or you need
to download a file with another machine/OS and copy it onto the Linux setup. To
do this,
Download the file at
http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
Copy that file to the Linux machine and
tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
Thanks lwfinger,
I have downloaded the file and then i put it in my laptops home/name/downloads/
then i unzipped (tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2)
then i changed directory to /home/name/downloads/broadcom-wl-5.100/ then i executed sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
but it gives me error " cannot open input file broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o"
what to do next don’t know, kindly guide me.
Thanks n regards
On 02/18/2012 04:26 PM, luvsuse wrote:
>
> Thanks lwfinger,
>
> I have downloaded the file and then i put it in my laptops
> home/name/downloads/
> then i unzipped (tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2)
> then i changed directory to /home/name/downloads/broadcom-wl-5.100/
> then i executed sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware
> broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
> but it gives me error " cannot open input file
> broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o"
>
> what to do next don’t know, kindly guide me.
Obviously, once you unpack the file into /home/name/downloads/broadcom-wl-5.100,
you cannot change to that directory, and then expect to find the file in
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o. Did you notice a change directory
command in my list? There is a reason. For the record, you are looking for the
file in
//home/name/downloads/broadcom-wl-5.100.138/broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o!
Notice the difference?
Just change back to the place where you copied the tar.bz2 file, and execute the
b43-fwcutter command.
I am having a similar problem. I just installed OSE 12.1 on my Lenovo G530 which has a Broadcom BCM4312 wireless card. I am using ifup and, since I also have a RJ45 jack, do have internet connectivity. I ran /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware successfuly but now it fails with:
ifup wlan0
wlan0 name: BCM4312 802.11b/g
command ‘iwconfig wlan0 power off’ returned
Error for wireless request “Set Power Management” (8B2C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
wlan0 starting wpa_supplicant
DHCP4 client is already running on wlan0
Apparently this card does not support power management. How can I get the driver to ignore it?
Thank you.
On 02/18/2012 05:36 PM, LuckyLeavell wrote:
>
> I am having a similar problem. I just installed OSE 12.1 on my Lenovo
> G530 which has a Broadcom BCM4312 wireless card. I am using ifup and,
> since I also have a RJ45 jack, do have internet connectivity. I ran
> /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware successfuly but now it fails with:
>
> # ifup wlan0
> wlan0 name: BCM4312 802.11b/g
> command ‘iwconfig wlan0 power off’ returned
> Error for wireless request “Set Power Management” (8B2C) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
> wlan0 starting wpa_supplicant
> DHCP4 client is already running on wlan0
>
>
>
> Apparently this card does not support power management. How can I get
> the driver to ignore it?
That message is not fatal, but you can get rid of it by changing the ifup-wlan0
file, change the line for WIRELESS_POWER to say ‘none’, rather than ‘no’.
Thanks lwfinger,
ok it worked thanks for the pointing out my mistake, now understood how the command was searching the specific file,
Thanks n regards