first of all, hello from Italy and thank you for the grat job you do here in replying all the tech issues.
I bought a brand new ASUS F553 M laptop with Win 8.1 preinstalled.
I deleted Win and installed OS 13.2 KDE from scratch with no partitions: full HDD dedicated to OS.
After installation and restart, I could not find any sign of wireless card to configure.
I have read some threads here and have learned that it’s quite common for first installations.
I also tried to gather some data that might be useful to you.
peppe@linux-vp1p:~> /usr/sbin/lspci
bash: /usr/sbin/lspci: File o directory non esistente
peppe@linux-vp1p:~> /usr/bin/lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04ca:2006 Lite-On Technology Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b483 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Not really common. It largely depends on the wireless device.
For some it is not possible to ship a driver and/or the necessary firmware.
peppe@linux-vp1p:~> /usr/sbin/lspci
bash: /usr/sbin/lspci: File o directory non esistente
It’s /sbin/lspci.
Please note, I am a newcomer as regards OpenSuse: the system sees the w/l card: Model: “Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n”
For this you need the proprietary broadcom-wl driver.
It’s available from Packman:
If you have other means to get an Internet connection (via an ethernet cable e.g.), then just add the Packman Repository in YaST->Software Repositories (click on “Add” and choose “Community Repositories”, you should find it in the list), and install the packages via YaST->Software Managerment.
Or download the packages manually from that page and install them with “sudo rpm -i broadcom*.rpm”.
Please note, that you need two packages: broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-xxx (where xxx has to be the same as your kernel, i.e. if you have kernel-desktop installed, you need broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop)
Nevertheless, I don’t know how to configure it. No icon in the desktop bar. No trace of it elsewhere.
You should have a network icon in KDE’s system tray, but it won’t show any wireless connections as long as the device is not working properly of course.
If it’s really missing, go into the “System Tray Settings” (right-click on the small up-arrow just left of the digital clock) and enable the “Networkmanagement” there.
Why both broadcom-wl-kmp-default and desktop? You only need the one that matches your installed (and used) kernel.
And b43-firmware is only used by the b43 driver, so it’s irrelevant in your case. broadcom-wl comes with its own firmware.
So, what’s wrong?
Nothing is wrong.
But the broadcom-wl kernel module has to match exactly the kernel you are using.
Today a kernel update was released for 13.2, so the old broadcom-wl-kmp does not work any more.
Packman already built a new one some hours ago, it should also be on the mirrors already.
So just update your system again, and wireless should work with the new kernel too.
You should be able to boot the older kernel in “Advanced Options” in the boot menu. The wireless should still work fine then.
There’s no point to install b43-firmware and broadcom-wl.
b43-firmware is for the b43 driver only (which doesn’t support your device), broadcom-wl comes with its own firmware. (actually b43-firmware contains broadcom-wl’s firmware to be able to use it with b43… )
This topic is little bit old, but I want to share with you my success. I also have Lenovo G510 with Broadcom BCM43142 wlan card. After openSUSE 13.2 installation with ethernet connection, drivers for that card didn’t install and I had to do it manually. I am newbie in openSUSE and only this method helped me. Before, I had Kubuntu 14.04, but it totally crashed after update of something and it discouraged me.
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