Florian Kulzer wrote: [...]
Yes, I have tried several firmware versions. The "bcm43xx" driver had reacted to one or the other - but with errors. The latest firmware-versions mentioned in these instructions are actually installed in /lib/firmware.Did you try to follow these instructions? http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware Celejar posted this link earlier; it looks like a good source of information to me. [...]
# cat z25_persistent-net.rules: # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules # program run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line. # PCI device 0x10de:0x0269 (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1b:24:aa:41:9d", NAME="eth0" ------------------------------------------------- That is all.That is an nvidia MCP51 Ethernet Controller, your wired ethernet. Udev is not aware of the broadcom interface at all. I think this indicates a problem with loading the b43 module. [...] Try to load the module manually (as root) with verbose messages: modprobe -v b43 Hopefully that will give us a clue.
There is NO OUTPUT from the "-v" option. But the module gets loaded. # lsmod |grep 43 : b43 119976 0 ssb 39428 1 b43 rfkill 12816 1 b43 pcmcia 45720 2 b43,ssb firmware_class 15232 2 43,pcmcia led_class 10120 1 b43 input_polldev 9872 1 b43 pcmcia_core 46500 2 b43,pcmcia mac80211 132236 1 b43 ------------------------------------------------------------------ this looks quite correct, but it doesn't do any visible thing. OH, an other thing: About every second boot hangs after the message: "Synchronizing the System Clock" (or something like this)Could this probably be cause by some fault while trying to install and activate the firmware?
Hugo