I did an upgrade from 11.1 -> 11.3 and everything went very well. I like 11.3 much better than 11.1. I have just one problem tho - this is how I used to get my wifi working in 11.1 - after logging in, I would issue these commands as su in a terminal: (ProBook 4510s x86_64 4gig Ram)
patti-probook:/home/patti # cd Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 # modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 # insmod wl.ko
And all went well, and the little blue light on the wifi would come on and I could connect to networks. Now I get errors:
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 #
patti-probook:/home/patti # cd Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 # modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
FATAL: Module ieee80211_crypt_tkip not found.
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 # insmod wl.ko
insmod: error inserting ‘wl.ko’: -1 Invalid module format
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 #
On 07/18/2010 08:36 PM, PattiMichelle wrote:
>
> I did an upgrade from 11.1 -> 11.3 and everything went very well. I
> like 11.3 much better than 11.1. I have just one problem tho - this is
> how I used to get my wifi working in 11.1 - after logging in, I would
> issue these commands as su in a terminal: (ProBook 4510s x86_64 4gig
> Ram)
>
> patti-probook:/home/patti # cd
> Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # insmod wl.ko
>
> And all went well, and the little blue light on the wifi would come on
> and I could connect to networks. Now I get errors:
>
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> #
> patti-probook:/home/patti # cd
> Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
> FATAL: Module ieee80211_crypt_tkip not found.
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # insmod wl.ko
> insmod: error inserting ‘wl.ko’: -1 Invalid module format
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> #
Broadcom leaves a step out of their module install process. If you issue the
command “sudo /sbin/depmod -a”, then modprobe will work.
On 07/18/2010 08:36 PM, PattiMichelle wrote:
>
> I did an upgrade from 11.1 -> 11.3 and everything went very well. I
> like 11.3 much better than 11.1. I have just one problem tho - this is
> how I used to get my wifi working in 11.1 - after logging in, I would
> issue these commands as su in a terminal: (ProBook 4510s x86_64 4gig
> Ram)
>
> patti-probook:/home/patti # cd
> Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # insmod wl.ko
>
> And all went well, and the little blue light on the wifi would come on
> and I could connect to networks. Now I get errors:
>
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> #
> patti-probook:/home/patti # cd
> Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
> FATAL: Module ieee80211_crypt_tkip not found.
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
> # insmod wl.ko
> insmod: error inserting ‘wl.ko’: -1 Invalid module format
> patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
Ooops, I missed the “invalid module format” message. That version of wl.ko was
built for a different kernel than you are running.
Have you installed the Broadcom firmware and tried the b43 driver. Since 2.6.32,
it has worked on most boxes, and you no longer have to scramble to rebuild the
driver every time the kernel is updated.
That didn’s seem to help…
patti@patti-probook:~> su
Password:
patti-probook:/home/patti # /sbin/depmod -a
patti-probook:/home/patti # cd Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 # modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
FATAL: Module ieee80211_crypt_tkip not found.
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 # modprobe ieee80211
FATAL: Module ieee80211 not found.
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 # insmod wl.ko
insmod: error inserting ‘wl.ko’: -1 Invalid module format
patti-probook:/home/patti/Downloads/BCM4312_Driver/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5.60.48.36 #
>Ooops, I missed the “invalid module format” message. That version of wl.ko was
>built for a different kernel than you are running.
>
>Have you installed the Broadcom firmware and tried the b43 driver. Since 2.6.32,
>it has worked on most boxes, and you no longer have to scramble to rebuild the
>driver every time the kernel is updated.
Is that driver in OpenSuSE 11.3 or something I get from Broadcom? If it’s an OpenSuSE thing, can you please point me to a DIY on how to set it up since 11.3 didn’t detect and set it up?
Thank You!
patti
On 07/19/2010 11:36 AM, PattiMichelle wrote:
>
> Is that driver in OpenSuSE 11.3 or something I get from Broadcom? If
> it’s an OpenSuSE thing, can you please point me to a DIY on how to set
> it up since 11.3 didn’t detect and set it up?
As the Broadcom driver is closed source, you will never get it from openSUSE, as
they distribute only open software.
If you really want the Broadcom driver, you have to get the hybrid (some source,
some binary) STA driver from Broadcom, compile the source and install.
As I am in disagreement with Broadcom’s policies, I do not help with
implementing their driver, particularly as your device is supported by the
open-source driver b43 in 11.3.
Is that driver in YaST somewhere?