Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device 0465
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ17
Memory at C0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel drive in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
I’ve had many problems with most of the other distros I’ve tried. The only distro I was able to fully get working with my wireless card was Ubuntu 7.04.
Any links to guides on Broadcom cards troubleshooting with openSUSE or any info on what to do next would be great.
df6269 wrote:
> You can follow this website to install your wireless nic.
> ‘SDB:Broadcom (BCM4306) WLAN Installation under SUSE - openSUSE’
> (http://tinyurl.com/pnmpm)
>
I have the exact same wireless card and followed the instructions in “wireless bits” to install the firmware. The firmware installation went off without a hitch and now my Wlan shows (was greyed out) in Network Manager. However, it still will not connect. I get a wired ethernet connection fine.
My output from sudo /usr/sbin/lspci -v is identical to the one above. However, I am not picking up any wireless broadcasts. Windows displays at least 4 ESSIDs near me (including my own) but they don’t show in Linux.
I read a post (using google BCM4311) that said that if you are dual booting Windows and Opensuse 11.0 that there is a known problem with powersaving on the wireless chip. It says to boot to windows and go to device manager, click on the wireless NIC and disable powersaver mode.
I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m posting here in the hope someone else may benefit. Will post back the results when I can.
Yeah, thanks. I printed out that entire page yesterday, but I didn’t have to use the bmcutter because the firmware installed natively without a hitch.
That made some difference in that a right click on the tray icon shows the wlan (no longer grayed out) but does not detect any ESSIDs. I know for a fact that there are at least 4, including my own, within range.
I just can’t pick up an wireless networks. I also couldn’t get a response from *iwlist scan *because the command isn’t in my path. I just figured out today that it’s in /usb/sbin rather than /sbin.
Powerman2442 wrote:
>
> In that sticky a lot of the links that are there don’t seem to be
> working.
I don’t know about that, but the bit about Broadcom lists some commands to use.
The one link in that part is working. Perhaps the problem is that some of the
URLs are collapsed into … in the middle and they don’t always expand correctly.
I now have working wireless in OpenSuse 11.0 with my BCM 4311.
I found a trick. If you are dual booting, you have to boot into Windows and turn off the powersave options for your NIC. Then reboot into Suse, reset your Network and wireless “should” work.
If you are not dual booting there may be a powersave option in your BIOS. I would check there too.
Okay, this will be another time I decide to uninstall Linux. I can’t get my wireless card to work with anything, but Ubuntu 7.04. Everything else I can never get to work. I really like openSUSE, but without internet it is useless. I can only hope more support is provided in the future between Linux and wireless cards.
Powerman2442 wrote:
> Okay, this will be another time I decide to uninstall Linux. I can’t get
> my wireless card to work with anything, but Ubuntu 7.04. Everything else
> I can never get to work. I really like openSUSE, but without internet it
> is useless. I can only hope more support is provided in the future
> between Linux and wireless cards.
The problem with your BCM4311 is likely that you have not installed the
firmware. Broadcom, the manufacturer of the wireless device, does not let ANY
distro include their firmware. The only way you can get it is to follow the
procedures in the “Additional Wireless Bits” sticky at the head of this group.
Ubuntu didn’t distribute the firmware either. What 7.04 did was to operate your
device with ndiswrapper - an unsatisfactory solution. Why? Because you are
loading a Windows driver and making it part of your kernel. Now you have the
equivalent of the BSOD in Linux. In addition, once you have tainted your kernel
with a closed-source driver like that, no kernel developer will even look at any
problems that you might have. If you are letting a piece of code that no one has
checked loose inside your machine, who knows what collateral damage might
result, and where it might show up.
Larry - the guy that wrote the code to make BCM4311/1 and BCM4311/2 cards work.
Yes, in Device Manager. Find your NIC and right click on it. There should be an options tab. My wireless NIC didn’t have such a tab, but the wired NIC (really the same chip - Broadcom) did have that tab and it was obvious how to turn-off powersave.
After all the headaches and getting so close, that actually did the trick. As Larry said, make sure you have installed the firmware for the Broadcom first.
I must note that this is a serious deterrent. I have been working for two days to get my laptop (e1505 with a BCM4311) to work with the wireless. I really want to use openSuse, and having tried ubuntu, the wireless is comparatively cake to get going.
I have tried numerous tutorials on ndiswrapper to no avail.
crcook wrote:
> Powerman2442;1832424 Wrote:
>> Okay, this will be another time I decide to uninstall Linux. I can’t get
>> my wireless card to work with anything, but Ubuntu 7.04. Everything else
>> I can never get to work. I really like openSUSE, but without internet it
>> is useless. I can only hope more support is provided in the future
>> between Linux and wireless cards.
>
> I must note that this is a serious deterrent. I have been working for
> two days to get my laptop (e1505 with a BCM4311) to work with the
> wireless. I really want to use openSuse, and having tried ubuntu, the
> wireless is comparatively cake to get going.
>
> I have tried numerous tutorials on ndiswrapper to no avail.
>
> Back to google…
Is this 11.0 or 11.1?
With a BCM4311 on 11.1, all you need to do is install the firmware with
At this point, the device should be working. Make sure that the
radio-enable switch is on (you would be surprised at how many people
trip over this point) and configure. Click on the “Add new connection”
and answer the screens. Although the “Connect and save” button is
active, keep going as long as the “Next” button is active. You will
likely want to select the “Autoconnect” box on the last screen.
