Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless
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.)
> >
> > It worked!
> >
> > Well, I still am not on wireless, because I use WPA on my router and I'm not
> > sure how to get that configured yet on the notebook, but at least this time
> > when I repeated your instructions, I got this:
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl
> > 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
> > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko
> > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.ko
> > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
> > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.ko
> > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> > lo no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0 no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" Nickname:""
> > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> > Bit Rate:14 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
> > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> > Power Managementmode:All packets received
> > Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> 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 :-(
It seems that your system still does not recognize the presence of the
Broadcom device reliably. You have to check the lspci output before
anything else. (The rmmod lines for the successful attempts show that
the system had already loaded another driver for the device, which only
happens if it is recognized.)
> Help!
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.
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Florian |
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