Alright so I’m new to the OpenSuse linux distro actually linux in general but im building a computer and i wanna try linux as the main os for my build so currently im on my laptop just test driving linux but i can not get my b43 drivers to download and STAY installed
-currently this is what i know-
Kernal Driver: SSD
Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
- I have seen this many times and believe this is my main problem because i know my WLAN works because i have a dual boot with win 7 on this comp as well-
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode15.fw” not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43-open/ucode15.fw” not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: Please open a terminal and enter the command “sudo /usr/sbin/in
stall_bcm43xx_firmware” to download the correct firmware for this driver version. For an off-l
ine installation, go to http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43x
x and follow the instructions in the “Installing firmware from RPM packages” section.
Everytime i enter “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” it goes through the download and install process and says it downloaded
any other info needed just send a reply to this and ill try to get it as quickly as possible
I’m sure it is just something simple i am missing but any help would be much appreciated with a detailed report of how to fix it please and thank you
On 07/12/2011 01:36 PM, ol3lazeo wrote:
>
> Alright so I’m new to the OpenSuse linux distro actually linux in
> general but im building a computer and i wanna try linux as the main os
> for my build so currently im on my laptop just test driving linux but i
> can not get my b43 drivers to download and STAY installed
>
>
>
> -currently this is what i know-
> Kernal Driver: SSD
>
> Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev
> 01)
> 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
>
> - I have seen this many times and believe this is my main problem
> because i know my WLAN works because i have a dual boot with win 7 on
> this comp as well-
>
> b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode15.fw” not found
> b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43-open/ucode15.fw” not found
> b43-phy0 ERROR: Please open a terminal and enter the command “sudo
> /usr/sbin/in
> stall_bcm43xx_firmware” to download the correct firmware for this
> driver version. For an off-l
> ine installation, go to http://tinyurl.com/6hzbfpd
> x and follow the instructions in the “Installing firmware from RPM
> packages” section.
>
> Everytime i enter “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” it goes
> through the download and install process and says it downloaded
>
> any other info needed just send a reply to this and ill try to get it
> as quickly as possible
>
> I’m sure it is just something simple i am missing but any help would be
> much appreciated with a detailed report of how to fix it please and
> thank you
What version of openSUSE are you using?
You should only need to install the firmware once. Repeating the command will
not help.
The error messages are quite definite that the firmware was not installed. What
is the result of ‘ls /lib/firmware/b43/’?
Note, the kernel driver is ssb, not ssd.
Alright the version is 11.4
when i ran “ls /lib/firmware/b43/” i get a huge directory full of what im guessing is the b43 logs ill post below the result though in case im wrong
a0g0bsinitvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals13.fw lp0initvals13.fw sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw
a0g0bsinitvals9.fw b0g0bsinitvals5.fw lp0initvals14.fw sslpn0initvals16.fw
a0g0initvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals9.fw lp0initvals15.fw ucode11.fw
a0g0initvals9.fw b0g0initvals13.fw lp0initvals16.fw ucode13.fw
a0g1bsinitvals13.fw b0g0initvals5.fw n0absinitvals11.fw ucode14.fw
a0g1bsinitvals5.fw b0g0initvals9.fw n0bsinitvals11.fw ucode15.fw
a0g1bsinitvals9.fw lp0bsinitvals13.fw n0bsinitvals16.fw ucode16.fw
a0g1initvals13.fw lp0bsinitvals14.fw n0initvals11.fw ucode5.fw
a0g1initvals5.fw lp0bsinitvals15.fw n0initvals16.fw ucode9.fw
a0g1initvals9.fw lp0bsinitvals16.fw pcm5.fw
and yea the first time i did the test just to see if i had the firmware already out of the package but sadly no so i ran the test again after i downloade first time and still nothing so i downloaded twice just in case i hit something in the command line that nulled it
On 07/12/2011 03:06 PM, ol3lazeo wrote:
>
> Alright the version is 11.4
>
> when i ran “ls /lib/firmware/b43/” i get a huge directory full of what
> im guessing is the b43 logs ill post below the result though in case im
> wrong
>
> a0g0bsinitvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals13.fw lp0initvals13.fw
> sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw
> a0g0bsinitvals9.fw b0g0bsinitvals5.fw lp0initvals14.fw
> sslpn0initvals16.fw
> a0g0initvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals9.fw lp0initvals15.fw
> ucode11.fw
> a0g0initvals9.fw b0g0initvals13.fw lp0initvals16.fw
> ucode13.fw
> a0g1bsinitvals13.fw b0g0initvals5.fw n0absinitvals11.fw
> ucode14.fw
> a0g1bsinitvals5.fw b0g0initvals9.fw n0bsinitvals11.fw
> ucode15.fw
> a0g1bsinitvals9.fw lp0bsinitvals13.fw n0bsinitvals16.fw
> ucode16.fw
> a0g1initvals13.fw lp0bsinitvals14.fw n0initvals11.fw ucode5.fw
> a0g1initvals5.fw lp0bsinitvals15.fw n0initvals16.fw ucode9.fw
> a0g1initvals9.fw lp0bsinitvals16.fw pcm5.fw
>
> and yea the first time i did the test just to see if i had the firmware
> already out of the package but sadly no so i ran the test again after i
> downloade first time and still nothing so i downloaded twice just in
> case i hit something in the command line that nulled it
What makes you think that a file ending in “.fw” is a log? Those are the
firmware files for b43 - it supports a lot of different models. The file you
need “b43/ucode15.fw” is there, but I don’t know why your system is not finding it.
After you did the firmware installation, did you
sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv b43
sudo /sbin/modprobe -v b43
or using the Windows model, reboot. Once the driver loads with missing firmware,
it has to be reloaded to find it.
Have you done anything funky for some other device that has the firmware loader
looking at another directory?