Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 14:28:13 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:29:50 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > > > JoeHill wrote:
> > > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > > > Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or
> > > > > > some error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that
> > > > > > you might need a newer kernel.)
>
> [...]
>
> > > > Okay, now it's hosed again. When I boot up and do 'modprobe -v wl', I
> > > > get no 'rmmod' lines, as above, it's totally different:
> > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl
> > > > WARNING: All config files
> > > > need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it will be ignored in a
> > > > future release.
> > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko
> > > > install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl
> > > > WARNING: All config files
> > > > need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it will be ignored in a
> > > > future release.
> > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko
> > > >
> > > > And, of course, I get no wireless :-(
>
> [...]
>
> > > Try what I suggested earlier regarding rf switch, BIOS settings and
> > > configuration under Windows. If nothing else helps, install a newer
> > > kernel and rebuild the wl module.
> >
> > I've been through all the BIOS options, nothing in there about wireless as
> > far as I can tell. The switch for the wireless has no effect, other than to
> > cause the device to disappear from lsusb.
>
> Since you keep ignoring my questions about this device under Windows, I
> will assume that you do not have Windows installed on this laptop.
Sorry about that, but yes, you're right. I don't even know where I would get
Windows from anymore.
> > This is the weird thing: I did a reinstall of the OS yesterday to get 'clean
> > slate' (hopefully), and when I first booted up the new install I did lspci
> > and lsusb. lspci showed the Broadcom device as I originally posted, lsusb
> > showed the HP integrated wireless device.
>
> I do not understand why you are not posting the relevant part of the
> "lspci -knn" output; I have asked for it repeatedly.
Okay, but the device is gone again. There is no output for it in lspci right
now:
tablet:/home/lajolla# lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi'
tablet:/home/lajolla#
> > I would like to try to install a newer kernel, but I'm having trouble
> > finding where to get that. I did apt-cache search linux-image to see what
> > was available, but nothing newer than mine was listed. Right now I have
> > 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP.
>
> If you run Squeeze then it should be possible to install a 2.6.30 kernel
> from Sid; backports.org has 2.6.30 kernel images for Lenny.
I'm going to give that a shot, then and I'll report back. Thanks again for all
of your assistance.
--
J
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