Hello. I’m new to Linux and found that my wi-fi is not working strangely. So I have read some tutorials, downloaded the software driver from the broadcom website (I have the broadcom BCM4312) and followed the instructions. Its just not straightforward and there seems to be loads of different answers to the same question. My question is, after installing the tar file, and running the make command, I do not get the wl.ko file, anything but. I do however get a load of other files such as ltdl.o & ltdl.lo files. Given I do not get the wl.ko files is there any absolute idiot guide to solve my wireless problem with all the steps that I can follow. I’m halfway thru this process but it seems that I am so far from a resolution. I’m running Suse 10 on a lenovo s10e. Any help would be so welcome!
This is so confusing and painful to fix that maybe windows wasnt that bad afterall??
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> Hello. I’m new to Linux and found that my wi-fi is not working
> strangely. So I have read some tutorials, downloaded the software driver
> from the broadcom website (I have the broadcom BCM4312) and followed the
> instructions. Its just not straightforward and there seems to be loads
> of different answers to the same question. My question is, after
> installing the tar file, and running the make command, I do not get the
> wl.ko file, anything but. I do however get a load of other files such as
> ltdl.o & ltdl.lo files. Given I do not get the wl.ko files is there any
> absolute idiot guide to solve my wireless problem with all the steps
> that I can follow. I’m halfway thru this process but it seems that I am
> so far from a resolution. I’m running Suse 10 on a lenovo s10e. Any help
> would be so welcome!
>
> This is so confusing and painful to fix that maybe windows wasnt that
> bad afterall??
>
>
if you mean you tried compiling the driver from broadcom, i.e. the
broadcom-wl driver, try installing the rpm from packmans site http://packman.links2linux.org/package/broadcom-wl just select the correct
one for your system & click the 1-click install button
Hey. Really appreciate your guidance on this but looking at the Packman website, how do I know which driver to install?? I presume that by slecting the appropriate driver, an auto install will occur saving me from the hours of frustration?? Thanks for your help thus far…
On 11/26/2009 01:56 PM, ziggey wrote:
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> Yes. Hence the question relating get getting wifi running on SUSE.
Do you mean your are running openSUSE 10.x? If so, you may have great difficulty
getting the Broadcom wl driver running on a kernel that old. If that is what you
want to do, then post the console output when you do “make” in the directory
with the wl file tree.