i have the cd just do not know how to install the driver for my linksys wireless pci card 14e4:4329
the device is BCM43XG
after putting in
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
i got
Downloading b43 firmware
curl : (6) Couldn’t resolve host ‘mirror2.openwrt.org’
Could not download b43 firmware. Please look at /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter/README.
Downloading b43legacy firmware
curl : (6) Couldn’t resolve host ‘downloads.openwrt.org’
Could not download b43legacy firmware. PLease look at /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter/README.
b43 firmware successfully installed.
b43legacy firmware successfully installed.
im guessing that occured because i do not have internet connection on that computer but apparently the firmware is already installed. i just need help figuring out how to install the driver from the cd i have
Please post result of the following:
uname -a
zypper lr -d
uname -a
Linux linux-lmrg 2.6.31.5-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
zypper lr -d
| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
–±----------------±----------------------±--------±--------±---------±------±----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:/// |
2 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.2-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss |
3 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss |
4 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/oss |
5 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.2-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss |
6 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.2-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | Index of /update/11.2
As su in a terminal
do
zypper ar -f http://packman.jacobs-university.de/suse/11.2/ packman
zypper ref
accept key
zypper in broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-default
reboot