Re: how to examine the wireless
On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:02:35 +0800, lina wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Boot with the self-compiled kernel and check the module has been
>> loaded:
>>
>> lsmod | grep -i b43
>
> Now I am working the self-compiled kernel. also the latest one.
>
> lsmod | grep -i b43
> showed nothing
Then load it:
modprobe b43
>> If yes, review your dmesg and look for any errors (e.g., "dmesg | grep
>> -i wlan").
>
> dmesg | grep -i wlan
>
> showed me nothing either,
>
> did I fail to compile the kernel?
Upload the full dmesg somewhere so we can check.
>> You still have to follow the steps (firmware and wireless-tools package
>> installation, wireless adapter configuration...) given at Debian's wiki
>> for setting up the b34 dirver:
>>
>> http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43_and_b43legacy
>
>
> # dpkg --get-selections | grep wireless-tools wireless-tools install
>
> 3 ] Install the appropriate firmware installer package:
>
> For 802.11b/g devices with a BCM4306 revision 3, BCM4311 or BCM4318 chipset, install firmware-b43-installer:
>
> For 802.11b/g devices with a BCM4312 LP-PHY chipset (PCI-ID 14E4:4315), install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer:
>
> For 802.11b-only devices (BCM4301) or 802.11b/g devices with the BCM4306 revision 2 chipset, install firmware-b43legacy-installer:
>
> # lspci | grep -e BCM -e FireWire
(...)
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
>
> seems above all is not match, I don't know which one I should choose.
It should be "firmware-b43-installer". If Debian's firmware package does not
work, then follow the instructions provided from upstream site to fetch an
updated blob directly from vendor:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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