Just upgraded to openSUSE 13.2 KDE 64-bit. Also installed Packman repo and broadcom-wl. It turned out b43 is already available and installed via YAST > Software Management.
I followed the openSUSE 13.2 Release Notes to disable Wicked service and enable Network Manager service. However, after reboot I notice the light on my wireless adapter is not lit. It’s Linksys WPC-300n V1 PCMCIA card. Somehow the adapter is not recognized.
#lspci -nnk does not show the kernel module, i.e. wl, for this card.
Thanks for your reply. I forgot to switch it back on. In any case, even if the wireless switch is in the ON position, the two pilot lights are not on for Linux distros, but lit up when I boot into Windows. I believe the adapter is near the end of its life.
Take a look and follow the discussion. Maybe also add info if you have any.
In my opinion after a clean install everything should just work or there should be a message shown about how to fix the problem if there is a legal issue. After all there are packman repos and other solutions, and someone that installs an OS for the first time isn’t supposed to automatically know every workaround to every problem with Linux. Things should just work, or instructions should be easily accessible about how to fix a problem.
OpenSUSE LiveDVD with KDE 13.1 and 13.2 works fine for my Broadcom 43xxx, maybe you should test installing from that iso-file instead?
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC410 Host Bridge [1002:5a31] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx] [1002:5a3f]
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 3 [1002:5a38]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:12.0 IDE interface [0101]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 Serial ATA Controller [1002:4379] (rev 80)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: sata_sil
Kernel modules: sata_sil, pata_acpi, ata_generic
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller [1002:4374] (rev 80)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:13.1 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller [1002:4375] (rev 80)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373] (rev 80)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 82)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_piix4
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 IDE Controller [1002:4376] (rev 80)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
Kernel modules: pata_atiixp, pata_acpi, ata_generic
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller [1002:437b] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377] (rev 80)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371] (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC410M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200M] [1002:5a62]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff03]
Kernel modules: radeon
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. WLL3140 (Toshiba PA3501U-1MPC) 802.11bg Wireless Mini PCIe Card [144f:7106]
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Kernel modules: ath5k
09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller [1106:3044] (rev c0)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
Kernel modules: firewire_ohci
09:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller [1524:1410] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
09:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
**Kernel modules: 8139cp, 8139too
**
Note that ath5k is the wireless driver for the built-in Atheros wireless G mini-PCIe adapter. Since I already installed b43, I want to backlist ath5k in order to have wireless N, but this results in no wireless connection. I cannot configure or set up wireless connection in Network Manager unless I undo this blacklisting. This means somehow b43 or broadcom-wl is not loaded at boot time.
PS: Previously I said this Linksys card is near the end of its life. This is wrong, because the 2 LEDs light up with other Linux distros using broadcom wl (i.e. STA).
To prevent it from being loaded at all, create a file /etc/modprobe.d/8139cp-blacklist.conf (the filename doesn’t matter, so you could use something else if you want to) with the following content:
(NB. depending on setup, the outputs can be very long and can take some time,
if so send the outputs to a file)
post the outputs from the last boot if necessary
my preferred method of kernel module selection for networking is via the network, wicked
gui from within yast, although wicked has not sucessfully worked, then after a cold re-boot
change back to NetworkManager if its preferred
(on this laptop, Toshiba SM60, both ipv4 and ipv6 connections are being established to the modem/router)
Your suggested command “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” installs both b43 and b43legacy firmwares, but has no effect. Same thing when I installed b43legacy-firmware and b43-fwcutter via YAST > Software Management.
according to the output in post #8,
the wireless card is being recognised,
‘Kernel driver in use: ath5k’
and
the correct driver for ethernet is also correctly installed,
‘Kernel driver in use: 8139too’
I just did follow the procedure you suggested in Post#10 of your link above. After all the systemctl commands were carried out and reboot, I still have both wired and wireless connections as before. My problem is, although wireless connection is made available by ath5k of the built-in wireless G adapter, it’s NOT what I want. I want wireless N made available by b43legacy-firmware for the Linksys adapter WPC300N v1, which in a few previous openSUSE distributions were enabled by either b43 or broadcom wl firmware.
in yast, network settings,
global options, Network Setup Method,
if Wicked Service is selected,
then in Overview, when the wlan device is selected, and then Edit,
in the Hardware tab, what can be seen in the Module Name pull-down list?
Do you have “broadcom-wl” installed? Remove it! This might prevent other things from loading correctly.
If your only problem is that you can’t get 802.11N, then it might just not be supported.
No idea “why the Linksys WPC300N v1 adapter still is not recognized in my old laptop”, but better open a new thread for this with the lspci information.
This one is already too confusing as-is I’d say…
The Linksys WPC300N does have a broadcom chip apparently, namely a “BCM4321”. You need the broadcom-wl driver for that, but not all versions are supported by wl either as it seems.
