Ok I am a total linux noob, and I was looking through threads and couldn’t easily find what I am looking for. I am using a HP Mini 1010nr with broadcom bcm4312 wireless card. I went online and downloaded the drivers onto a USB drive from the broadcom website. All I need to know is what are the commands or the programs I use to install the 32 bit drivers I downloaded??
Sorry I know the answer is in here somewhere but I don’t understand what the command is on how to install my drivers from my thumb drive. Thank you for any help!
The instructions are in the readme file located here:
http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt
You need to print this out if possible and then go through it word by word and at least make an attempt to compile and install the wireless driver into your kernel. Not until you at least try would you understand anything we would have to say AND this file does contain all of the instructions. I have a Dell Laptop and followed the instructions and my Wireless started working. What is different is Broadcom does not know which distribution you are using though the word SUSE is in there AND they do not know the kernel version you are using. Further, this driver does not load automatically for you, requiring you to compile it once, because Broadcom did not release the source code to the general public. At least Broadcom did release this code, even if it is more trouble to you, in order that you could get your wireless to work. Keep in mind that having an active wired network connection working is good to have to download anything else you might need first. If you can update your copy of openSUSE by hardwired port, I would do that first as any update to the kernel version will require you to recompile and reload this wireless network driver. So, make notes to yourself on what you did and how well it worked and any error messages you get.
Thank You,
Awesome, thank you I actually didn’t see that readme file! Going to follow that and see how that goes. I can’t get my wired connection to work either otherwise I would have done it another way so right now I am switching from a Macbook Pro to this mini with a USB thumb drive. Thank you for your reply!
Are you, madesorgo, sure that it would be the best way to compile your own driver?
Especially for a self confessed “linux noob” (athought I rate myself to be sometimes someone alike also).
I my view it would be worth first looking at your Device ID and search if the device is not supported with the already build/compiled software (driver, driver module, firmware?) that is available via the openSUSE and Packman repositories.
What about beginning to open console (for KDE) or GNOME terminal and with putting in the next posting the output of:
lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
(for the numeric ID of a PCI device from Broadcom)
and
uname -a
(for your actual used Kernel)
Futher reading:
My wireless doesn’t work - a primer on what I should do next
Install Broadcom Drivers from Packman
Regards
Martin
(pistazienfresser)
You can try this if reading the Readme didn’t work:
- copy the driver files from the USB flash drive to your Linux partition under /lib/firmware
- change the file /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware (sudo kwrite /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware) as follows (underlined changes):
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firmware for b43
URL1=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
FILE1=/lib/firmware/broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2
FIRMWARE1=broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4/linux/wl_apsta.o
firmware for b43legacy
URL2=http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
FILE2=/lib/firmware/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
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echo “Downloading b43 firmware”
#curl -# -f -o $FILE1 $URL1/$FILE1
if $? -eq 0 ];then
…
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…
echo “Downloading b43legacy firmware”
#curl -# -f -o $FILE2 $URL2/$FILE2
if $? -eq 0 ];then
…
…
- after making these changes, save and close the file.
- in a console terminal, run the script: sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
- then activate the wireless driver: /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
- restart the network drivers: /etc/init.d/network restart
Hopefully this should work. Le us know if it did.