No Wireless or Bluetooth; WLAN0 unable to be configured

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So I’ve been using OpenSuse for college because I’m a Computer Network Engineering Student, and Opensuse Leap does not seem to support Google Drive in the KDE Environment. I’ve gotten that working on Tumbleweed on another computer.

Well, my mom gave me her old Dell Studio that was running Vista (Vista is now obsolete so I put OpenSuse Tumbleweed on it to enable Google Drive Access via a KIO repository).

Well, there was no wireless available so after install, I ran some bash commands. The drivers were not available or installed.

I got the drivers installed, but still nothing. This is what I have so far:

/usr/sbin/hwinfo --wlan --short

shows nothing

/usr/sbin/hwinfo

does not list any wlan info at all

That being said,

when I run lspci I get:


02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)


# iwconfig
enp4s0    no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

# 
::1               ff02::1           ipv6-allhosts     ipv6-localhost    ipv6-mcastprefix
fe00::0           ff02::2           ipv6-allnodes     ipv6-localnet     localhost
ff00::0           ff02::3           ipv6-allrouters   ipv6-loopback     

#dmesg

    2.628209] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode11.fw" not found
    2.628615] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode11.fw" not found
    2.629042] b43-phy0 ERROR: Please open a terminal and enter the command "sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware" 
to download the correct firmware for this driver version. For an off-line installation, go to h
ttp://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx and follow the instructions in the 
"Installing firmware from RPM packages" section.

but, when I do the instructions above (I’m logged in as root):

#/usr/bin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

Downloading b43 firmware
######################################################################## 100.0%
Extracting b43 firmware
This file is recognised as:
  filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  version    :  666.2
  MD5        :  e1b05e268bcdbfef3560c28fc161f30e
Extracting b43/lp0initvals14.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals17.fw
Extracting b43/ucode17_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_lp.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lp2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3bsinitvals21.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode25_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/n2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode date:     2011-02-23
Extracting b43/n1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/n1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode33_lcn40.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400bsinitvals33.fw
Extracting b43/ucode14.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n16initvals30.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400initvals33.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n18initvals32.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0absinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode26_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3initvals21.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode32_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/n18bsinitvals32.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals17.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals15.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals29.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode29_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/ucode30_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n16bsinitvals30.fw
Extracting b43/ucode25_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode27_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/ucode15.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals29.fw

Downloading b43legacy firmware
######################################################################## 100.0%
Extracting b43legacy firmware
This file is recognised as:
  filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  version    :  295.14
  MD5        :  e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3
Extracting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43legacy/pcm4.fw
Extracting b43legacy/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw

b43 firmware successfully installed.
b43legacy firmware successfully installed.

With all this being said, (this is my third or fourth time doing all this) I have looked at the stickies, I have rebooted. The stickies at the top do not seem to be of any help as the
information is outdated.

I have tried installing pacman.

The scripts listed in one of the stickies is actually for a debian system and the repository mentioned in the script is no longer in existence.

WLAN0 cannot be found or configured.

I also have no bluetooth which is built into the computer.

The cards worked fine under Vista.

The computer is a Dell Studio Desktop manufactured around late 2008/early 2009. Custom from what my mom said, made for gaming.

Back in 2009 this was considered top of the line.

I am typing this on it, I have hooked up the Ethernet Cable for the time being beings I don’t have a choice (I do have 2 laptops, but I want to set this up as an entertainment system
running Linux and as an extra storage area for files in part because I don’t have a DVD Player and not everything is available on my smart tv in terms of movie applications and such… and spotify isn’t free on the tv
which is much louder on the tv than the computers - and for those having problems there, I have gottn Spotify to run successfully on Konqueror but not Firefox, Opera, or Chromium).

While yes, it is a desktop, there are various reasons why I want a wireless connection set up. They are actually very good reasons… such as not wanting to worry about
tripping over ethernet/HDMI/cable wires because of where I want to put the TV.

I have tried Wicked and NetworkManager. It won’t scan or let me configure WLAN0. I have no records of WLAN0 on the computer. I also ran a command that confirmed
that the wireless drivers are installed (I looked the command up online), and the drivers were installed for the wireless chip. I will have to double check what command that was.
Bluetooth will be important later (which it isn’t working either!).

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Please post:

/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 'broad|net'
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I will run the command in bash and post it sometime tonight. Unfortunately, I am helping my mom move and have to situate her fish aquariums before I can get home to run things. I haven’t set up SSH yet on the computer (I haven’t had the chance and probably will set it up tonight for when I’m out and about). The requested information will probably appear on here by midnight at the latest (Eastern Standard Time)… I hope.

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The output is

# /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 'broad|net'
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card [1028:000a]
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
        Kernel modules: ssb
--
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02ac]
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169
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Broadcom 43* wireless cards, please refer: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/484106-Broadcom-firmware-is-needed-for-b43-but-I-have-no-network-an-easierwork-around

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Yeah, tried it once before posting this thread, it didn’t work that time, and it didn’t work this time either.

I reran that one command (/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 ‘broad|net’) again to see if there was any changes after attempting to configure the wireless again unsuccessfully after doing what that thread said, and got the same results of:

# /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 'broad|net'
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card [1028:000a]
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
        Kernel modules: ssb
--
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02ac]
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169

I followed the directions again to a T, installed it, rebooted, etc, and STILL the chip is not working. I still have no wireless nor Bluetooth. I did it a few times to make sure I hadn’t screwed up the commands and such.

In fact, there seems to be an installation error where it could not open one of the files

(logged in as root as I'm still setting this computer up for certain things and do not want to enter my password a zillion times)# ./bcm43xx_firmware/install_bcm43xx_firmware_no_net  Extracting b43 firmware
This file is recognized as:
filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  version    :  666.2
  MD5        :  e1b05e268bcdbfef3560c28fc161f30e
Extracting b43/lp0initvals14.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals17.fw
Extracting b43/ucode17_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_lp.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lp2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3bsinitvals21.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode25_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/n2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode date:     2011-02-23
Extracting b43/n1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/n1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode33_lcn40.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400bsinitvals33.fw
Extracting b43/ucode14.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n16initvals30.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400initvals33.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n18initvals32.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0absinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode26_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3initvals21.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode32_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/n18bsinitvals32.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals17.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals15.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals29.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode29_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/ucode30_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n16bsinitvals30.fw
Extracting b43/ucode25_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode27_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/ucode15.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals29.fw

b43 firmware successfully installed.

Extracting b43legacy firmware
**Cannot open input file wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o**
b43legacy firmware successfully installed.
You may want to reboot now to allow the driver to access the new firmware

I will reboot again to see if this works (but I know it won’t because this is the third or fourth time trying this set of directions). It does say, even with the error, that the firmware installed successfully. I highlighted the error in bold and underlined it.

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Otherwise try broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-default from Packman.

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That was actually the first thing I tried as per mentioned that in the original post - I added the repository and uploaded/installed the drivers and such, and nothing happened. I also rebooted and nothing happened.

:frowning:

I will try again however as I believe in being thorough even if it does create unnecessary redundancy.

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Do you check the Version of the kernel and the Version of the Braodcom-wl-kmp Packages are the same?

uname -a

zypper se -si kernel broadcom
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Linux localhost 4.11.0-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 2 05:35:51 UTC 2017 (1b516a5) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I changed the host name to local host in the above.

S | Name                 | Type    | Version      | Arch   | Repository
--+----------------------+---------+--------------+--------+------------------
i | kernel-default       | package | 4.11.0-1.1   | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | kernel-default-devel | package | 4.11.0-1.1   | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | kernel-devel         | package | 4.11.0-1.1   | noarch | (System Packages)
i | kernel-firmware      | package | 20170422-1.1 | noarch | (System Packages)
i | kernel-macros        | package | 4.11.0-1.1   | noarch | (System Packages)
i | kernel-source        | package | 4.11.0-1.1   | noarch | (System Packages)

WHen I try to install from the Packman Repo the installation goes:

zypper install broadcom-wl
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 3 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-default kernel-default-4.11.1-1.2

The following application is going to be REMOVED:
  Desktop

3 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 57.5 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation,
additional 266.6 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package kernel-default-4.11.1-1.2.x86_64
                                           (1/3),  56.1 MiB (259.4 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: kernel-default-4.11.1-1.2.x86_64.rpm .............[done (3.4 MiB/s)]
Retrieving package broadcom-wl-kmp-default-6.30.223.271_k4.11.1_1-6.3.x86_64
                                           (2/3),   1.4 MiB (  7.2 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: broadcom-wl-kmp-default-6.30.223.271_k4.11.1_1-6[done (683.1 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-6.3.x86_64
                                           (3/3),  13.4 KiB ( 13.3 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-6.3.x86_64.rpm ......................[done]
Checking for file conflicts: .............................................[done]
(1/3) Installing: kernel-default-4.11.1-1.2.x86_64 .......................[done]
(2/3) Installing: broadcom-wl-kmp-default-6.30.223.271_k4.11.1_1-6.3.x86_6[done]
(3/3) Installing: broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-6.3.x86_64 ....................[done]

Giving it time to reboot…

and when I run uname -a again:

Linux linux-gbw1 4.11.1-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 15 14:33:13 UTC 2017 (a37d575) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

and when I run zypper se -si broadcom again:

 zypper se -si kernel broadcom
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name                    | Type    | Version                    | Arch   | Repository
--+-------------------------+---------+----------------------------+--------+------------------------
i | broadcom-wl             | package | 6.30.223.271-6.3           | x86_64 | Packman Repository
i | broadcom-wl             | package | 6.30.223.271-6.3           | x86_64 | packman
i | broadcom-wl-kmp-default | package | 6.30.223.271_k4.11.1_1-6.3 | x86_64 | Packman Repository
i | broadcom-wl-kmp-default | package | 6.30.223.271_k4.11.1_1-6.3 | x86_64 | packman
i | kernel-default          | package | 4.11.0-1.1                 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | kernel-default          | package | 4.11.1-1.2                 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
i | kernel-default-devel    | package | 4.11.0-1.1                 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | kernel-devel            | package | 4.11.0-1.1                 | noarch | (System Packages)
i | kernel-firmware         | package | 20170422-1.1               | noarch | (System Packages)
i | kernel-macros           | package | 4.11.0-1.1                 | noarch | (System Packages)
i | kernel-source           | package | 4.11.0-1.1                 | noarch | (System Packages)

I am going to check (yet again) to see if this wireless is working yet. I have to disconnect the Ethernet to be sure and I will say yae or nae when I return. I have to go into the other room to do so (I was SSHing in to do the above and always check to see if what I did worked by disconnecting the Ethernet, rebooting, and then checking before hooking the ethernet back up).

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Nothing. It didn’t work.

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You boot in this Kernel:

Linux linux-gbw1 4.11.1-1

Please post now:

/usr/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

ifconfig -a

You try to enable the Wlan with Networlmanager Plugin or with Yast?

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On Wed 24 May 2017 06:06:02 PM CDT, Sauerland wrote:

You boot in this Kernel:

Code:

Linux linux-gbw1 4.11.1-1

Please post now:

Code:

/usr/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

Code:

ifconfig -a

You try to enable the Wlan with Networlmanager Plugin or with Yast?

Hi
Also just check the BIOS to make sure it’s not disabled… run (as root
user) the command mkinitrd (to ensure the blacklist is activated) and
also install rfkill and check the output.

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I decided to try something, thinking maybe the legacy drivers weren’t compatible with Tumbleweed (it was the legacy drivers I needed and they were the ones that kept erroring during install if you check the code I previously posted).

I got the wireless working. Piece of cake when I reverted Tumbleweed to Leap 42.2. I followed the directions in the command sudo journalctl that were next to the driver not being found (again), and it installed perfectly while running leap.

Apparently, any bcm43xx legacy drivers are not supported by Tumbleweed.

It also seems to have fixed some of the other issues, but now I can’t use my Google Drive, because qT5.7 isn’t supported by Leap… but the purpose of this computer is to stop dealing with Google Drive, OneDrive, and Box, so, I guess it works out.

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… and apparently, there is no bluetooth on this computer even though I swore I used it before getting rid of Vista. I just checked the specs on Dell’s website for the Service Tag. If there is/was bluetooth, it was an aftermarket add on that my mom put in.

I’ll just go to where I work and get a USB Bluetooth Dongle I guess.

Thank you everyone for your help.

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Just a little update on what I said in the quoted post… Turns out, something was incompatible in one of the drivers with Tumbleweed. Doing everything that was suggested did not work, but the drivers were extracted in Leap 42.2 perfectly without extra steps - I just had to run the command to install the drivers. The wireless was not disabled in BIOS or anything. The drivers just weren’t installing correctly.

For others having problems with the BCM43XX Drivers, try installing Leap 42.2 to see if that solves the issue, especially BCM4321 Wireless Chips.

In other news, Broadcom now offers the Linux Drivers for the “BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-based hardware” Wireless Chips! I discovered that by accident on their web page:

And I found the RPM that I was lacking for Google Drive so that is fixed and running, as well as got Spotify working, Google Web Developer seems to be running, got Google Chrome instead of Chromium (No idea why Google kept giving me Chromium instead of Chrome for awhile there), Tiger VNC is working great (only active when I’m actively using it and then I SU over to my username), got my SSHD working, flash player NPAPI, Open Office, Two to Three backup browsers, Konsole, Terminal, X-Term… I think I’m actually set (I keep extra forms of certain types of programs in case anything ever gets corrupted so I can access stuff to fix the issue).

Again, thank you all for your help with the wireless. I can put my entertainment system / server where I want it now without tripping over wires and such.

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In other news, Broadcom now offers the Linux Drivers for the “BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-based hardware” Wireless Chips! I discovered that by accident on their web page:

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search/?pg=&pf=&pn=&po=&pa=&dk=BCM4321

That are the Drivers used to build the broadcom-wl package…

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openSUSE Software The broadcom-wl packages from Sauerland and GroverChouT worked well on this openSUSE machine I am typing from. I never managed getting the files from Broadcom’s website working directly on openSUSE, I never figured out why either. :expressionless:

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I never figured out why either.

The Drivers has to patched for newer Kernel:

See the linuxxxx.patch.

But broadcom-wl is also in the Packman Repo.