After been directed to these sub-sub forum and reading the 2 stickies and following its directions. I have downloaded through windows both b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2 and broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 But I don’t know what to do with them.
Right now, I’m thinking of two questions:
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To install the firmware and the cutter, do I need to be conneted to the internet wired-ly and through Linux? or its possible to do it by downloading (wirelessly) to Windows and then transfering the files to Linux?** Because all the directions and commands lead my to think that it’s not.
nd234 wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I’ve installed openSUSE 11.1 with KDE 3.5, and everythink is allright
> except that I can connect to a wireless network.
>
> (These is my previous thread ‘Minimum system requirements? - openSUSE
> Forums’ (http://tinyurl.com/njn6oe) on the Install/Boot subforum)
>
> After been directed to these sub-sub forum and reading the 2 stickies
> and following its directions. I have downloaded through windows both
> b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2 and broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 But I don’t
> know what to do with them.
There are 3 stickies in wireless. The 3rd one has a section on exactly
what you need to do when you have a Broadcom card and do not have
network connectivity in Linux.
So. I followed de directions of that 3rd sticky but still can’t connect.
I downloaded and copied the “broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2” to my “/home/nd234” directory(?) (“nd234” as in my linux username) because it didn’t allow me to copy it to the “/home/” directory.
Then I opened “Konsole” and entered the commands indicated, and this is what “Konsole” says:
Then, I thought that maybe it can’t open it, but maybe it’s ready, so I tried the a scanning command with the following results:
nd234@linux-7t5y:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
Password:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
nd234@linux-7t5y:~>
What do you guys think I should do next.
And. Thanks in advance for your help.
CPU:
Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor 2800+
800,00 MHz [actually It should show 1.6 Ghz but I don’t know why, in linux, it shows that I only have 800 Mhz]
RAM:
Total Memory: (RAM): 213,1 MB
Available Memory: 4,1 MB (+ 46,1 MB cache)
Available Swap Space: 535,8 MB
OS:
Linux 2.6.27.7-9-pae i686
Actual User: nd234@linux-7t5y
System: openSUSE 11.1 (i586)
KDE: 3.5.10 “release 21.9”
nd234 adjusted his/her AFDB on Saturday 08 Aug 2009 20:06 to write:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~> tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~> sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware
> Password:
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~> sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware
> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
> Cannot open input file broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~>
> --------------------
>
>
> Then, I thought that maybe it can’t open it, but maybe it’s ready, so I
> tried the a scanning command with the following results:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
> Password:
> lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
>
> eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
>
> wmaster0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
>
> wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down
>
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~>
> --------------------
>
Do not use sudo use su, open a console and issue:
su
and enter the root password now “all” commands are run as root no need for
any sudo, see if that helps.
The reason I say this is that sudo on SuSE is not like other linux`s for
instance sudo on ubuntu acts completely different ( a bit like SuSE su )
That might or not help with your broadcom prob but might at least get it
installed.
sudo on SuSE only executes the first command as root and then drops back to
user privileges, on ubuntu it carries the root privs IIRC, once you have
finished using root then just type exit or close the console
you will see your prompt change, for a iser you will see
~>
for root you will see
HTH
–
Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum
nd234 wrote:
> lwfinger;2022834 Wrote:
>> There are 3 stickies in wireless. The 3rd one has a section on exactly
>> what you need to do when you have a Broadcom card and do not have
>> network connectivity in Linux.
>
> Thanks.
>
> So. I followed de directions of that 3rd sticky but still can’t
> connect.
>
> I downloaded and copied the “broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2” to my
> “/home/nd234” directory(?) (“nd234” as in my linux username) because it
> didn’t allow me to copy it to the “/home/” directory.
>
> Then I opened “Konsole” and entered the commands indicated, and this is
> what “Konsole” says:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~> tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~> sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware
> Password:
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~> sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware \ broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
> Cannot open input file broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
> nd234@linux-7t5y:~>
> --------------------
-snip-
> ---------------------------
> CPU:
> Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor 2800+
> 800,00 MHz [actually It should show 1.6 Ghz but I don’t know why, in
> linux, it shows that I only have 800 Mhz]
When you are not using a CPU, it gets throttled back. The display
shows the current clock rate, not the maximum.
Your “home” directory is /home/<username>, not /home. In general, you
should not be able to write into /home.
The \ in the command was there as a continuation character. When you
enter the command on one line, do not include it. If the backslash is
not the last character on the line, it “escapes” the character that
follows. One of the uses of that feature is used when a file name has
a space in it. By putting it there, you told the fwcutter program that
the file it wanted was at " broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/…" not at
“broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/…”. See the difference? That character was
there in the example because the command occurred on two lines. The
general rule is to follow such a command sequence exactly. Every
keystroke is important.
What was the purpose of “sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv b43” and “sudo /sbin/modprobe -v b43” ?
I have just downloaded the linux version of Firefox 3.5.2, the downloader put it in my “Desktop” folder, then I unzip2 it; but now I don’t know who to install it. Any ideas?
nd234 wrote:
> lwfinger;2023641 Wrote:
>> When you are not using a CPU, it gets throttled back. The display
>> shows the current clock rate, not the maximum.
>>
>> Your “home” directory is /home/<username>, not /home. In general, you
>> should not be able to write into /home.
>>
>> The \ in the command was there as a continuation character. When you
>> enter the command on one line, do not include it. If the backslash is
>> not the last character on the line, it “escapes” the character that
>> follows. One of the uses of that feature is used when a file name has
>> a space in it. By putting it there, you told the fwcutter program that
>> the file it wanted was at " broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/…" not at
>> “broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/…”. See the difference? That character was
>> there in the example because the command occurred on two lines. The
>> general rule is to follow such a command sequence exactly. Every
>> keystroke is important.
>>
>> You only need to do that last command
>>
>> sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/…
>>
>> followed by
>>
>> sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv b43
>> sudo /sbin/modprobe -v b43
>>
>> and it will work. Just configure the interface and you will be online.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> I followed you directions and I’m online now.
>
> Now, I have 2 question:
>
> 1. What was the purpose of “sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv b43” and “sudo
> /sbin/modprobe -v b43” ?
For the firmware to get loaded, you can either unload/reload the
driver, or reboot. The unload/reload is faster and easier.
> 2. I have just downloaded the linux version of Firefox 3.5.2, the
> downloader put it in my “Desktop” folder, then I unzip2 it; but now I
> don’t know who to install it. Any ideas?
It unpacked into a tree that has “firefox” as the lowest directory. In
it, you will find a file named “run-mozilla.sh”. To install the new
version, change to that directory and issue the command ‘sudo
…/run-mozilla.sh’.
You might want to change where Firefox saves its files. The Desktop is
not as convenient as your home directory will be. Under Edit, select
Preferences and click on “Always ask me where ti save files” in the
Downloads section of the main page.
nd234 wrote:
> lwfinger;2024364 Wrote:
>>
>> It unpacked into a tree that has “firefox” as the lowest directory. In
>> it, you will find a file named “run-mozilla.sh”. To install the new
>> version, change to that directory and issue the command ‘sudo
>> …/run-mozilla.sh’.
>>
>> You might want to change where Firefox saves its files. The Desktop is
>> not as convenient as your home directory will be. Under Edit, select
>> Preferences and click on “Always ask me where ti save files” in the
>> Downloads section of the main page.
>
> Hey, thanks. But, it dosen’t work.
>
> When you said “change to that directory” what did you meant? highlight
> that directory?
>
> Because I did that and entered
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> sudo…/run-mozilla.sh
> --------------------
>
>
> with this result
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> dfi@linux-7t5y:~> sudo…/run-mozilla.sh
> bash: sudo…/run-mozilla.sh: That file or directory does no exist
> dfi@linux-7t5y:~>
> --------------------
>
>
> Maybe I’m not entering the code correctly. I don’t know. Some ideas?
Where is the directory named “firefox” that was created when you
unpacked the downloaded file? It is probably ~/Desktop/firefox. You
change directory with the “cd” command. Use ‘man cd’ to see how it works.
The first problem with your sudo command is missing white space. The
sudo must be separated from the other stuff. The second problem is
that I made a typo. There should be only one dot. For security
purposes, you cannot execute a program from your current directory,
thus ‘sudo run-mozilla.sh’ will never work, but
‘sudo ./run-mozilla.sh’ will.
Small tip, if you want the latest Firefox, add the Mozilla repo to your repo list & update. It’s a lot easier for newcomers & saves a lot of hassle when trying to install
Yes. It downloaded and I unpacked in the Desktop folder.
This is what I don’t understand. Do I have to change the location, the name or what of that (firefox folder/directory) directory?
Guessing what you said about changing the directory, I have moved the firefox folder to my /home/<username> folder, and run your comannd with the same results: “file not found or can not open that file”.
Any other ideas?
Thanks.
@ Andy
Small tip, if you want the latest Firefox, add the Mozilla repo to your repo list & update. It’s a lot easier for newcomers & saves a lot of hassle when trying to install
I’m a noobie, I only have close to a week with Linux.
And I don’t understand what is the ‘Mozilla repo’, is it the unpacked ‘firefox folder’ or something else?
And when you said ‘add to the repo list & update’, you mean copy it to a folder called list & update? and where is tha folder or repo?
Thanks in advance for you help,and in exchange for you help I’ll be promoting openSUSE to friends and stuff.
I think I got it.
I posted a question in a Mozilla help forum and someone told that wherever the “firefox” folder is, I only have to find the script called ‘firefox’ and double clic on it. I did that and a dialog box opened and asked whether to launch or cancel, so I gueesed I click on Launch :\ did that, and then it launched and did somethings and at the end Firefox opened with a ‘welcome for installing Firefox 3.5’ webpage. I thought I should let you know that.
nd234 wrote:
> I think I got it.
> I posted a question in a Mozilla help forum and someone told that
> wherever the “firefox” folder is, I only have to find the script called
> ‘firefox’ and double clic on it. I did that and a dialog box opened and
> asked whether to launch or cancel, so I gueesed I click on Launch :\
> did that, and then it launched and did somethings and at the end Firefox
> opened with a ‘welcome for installing Firefox 3.5’ webpage. I thought I
> should let you know that.
>
> I apologize for going to another forum. :shame:
>
> Thanks for your help anyway.
That is OK. I have a hint for your future questions. If there is a
term that you don’t understand, then search for it. If there is a
command, such as cd that you don’t understand, use the on-line manual
(help) command “man” to find out about it. Try ‘man cd’.
