Installed Open Suse 12.3 Gnome but Wifi doesn't work.... Please help

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My Ethernet works (if I plug in a cable) but wifi doesn’t. My specs are:

Broadcom Network controller

Bus ID: 7
BUS: PCI
Device Identifier (spec): 70921
Device Identifier: 82771
Driver: bcma-pci-bridge
Hwcfg BUS: pci
Kernel: bcma
Model: Broadcom Network controller
and so on

The images are attached:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5aQjhPVD__8VllzUld3NTZJS28/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5aQjhPVD__8VVF4bHRXMlU0bTA/edit?usp=sharing

Please help! I really need this to work! Thanks

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Well, I can’t really make out there which wifi adapter you have exactly.
Please post the output of “lspci -nnk”.

12.3 has a bug in that you may have to reboot once after installation to get wifi working. Have you done that?

Are you using NetworkManager? Enter YaST->Network Devices->Network Settings->Global Options and switch it on. If it is already enabled, switch to “ifup”, click OK, enter again and switch back (this is to work around another bug).

Depending on your exact model, you may need to install firmware or a driver:
PackMan :: Informationen zum Paket b43-firmware
PackMan :: Informationen zum Paket broadcom-wl

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And yes I did reboot multiple times and did the network thing. One problem. When I plug in an ethernet cord, I must reboot to make it work. And the computer doesn’t even indicate I have a wifi (meaning it’s not installed or detected).

Thanks!

lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge [1022:9601]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:9602]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1022:9604]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1022:9605]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) [1022:9607]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4) [1022:9608]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] [1002:4390] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1456]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:16.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:16.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:9712]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
01:05.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:970f]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller with AVB] [11ab:4381] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4353] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company WMIB-275N Half-size Mini PCIe Card [103c:1509]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge

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This is a wireless networking problem. Please hold off on more replies until moved to the wireless forum.

Thank You,

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This is now open for replies… Please read through the two following links and provide the needed information:

https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/410319-getting-your-wireless-work.html

https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/391535-my-wireless-doesnt-work-primer-what-i-should-do-next.html

Please make sure to enclose large data blocks of information in code # tages. Looks like below:

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Thank You,

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OK, so it’s a Broadcom BCM43224.

AFAIK, you have to install the firmware package and it should work (after a reboot):
PackMan :: Informationen zum Paket b43-firmware

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So I installed http://packman.links2linux.de/downloadsource/368408/b43-firmware-4.174.64.19-3.1.src.rpm Since it was the one related to 12.3 . I rebooted and NOTHING… Is there something in settings or…

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That’s the .src rpm, you cannot install that. That’s for building a package yourself.

Install this:
http://packman.links2linux.de/download/b43-firmware/1349501/b43-firmware-4.174.64.19-3.1.noarch.rpm

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That is what I tried first (No arch). I will try again though

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Then try to install the two broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop (or default if you’re using kernel-default) packages I linked to earlier. They contain a different driver directly from Broadcom that might work better for you.

Or have a look here maybe:
https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/484106-broadcom-firmware-needed-b43-but-i-have-no-network-easierwork-around.html