On 03/24/2010 01:45 PM, SATA wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:09 AM, prabin gautam
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
How to install broadcom BCM4312 wireless driver in ubuntu
9.10
<http://open--source.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-install-broadcom-bcm4312.html>
I purchased a new Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop.
I tried ubuntu 9.10 live cd but the wireless was not working.
Infact the hardware drivers in system>administraton shows i need
to download driver to use my broadcom wireless device. I used
wired connection to download the package and activated the
hardware from it. It started working.
So with same hope. Hope that everything will work in my machine, I
installed ubuntu 9.10 in my laptop. But unexpected happened. my
wireless device was not working and as i rechecked hardware
drivers tool in system>administration, there is no device shown.
I did #lspci in terminal and then found that my wireless device is
listed as:
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g
(rev 01)
I gave multiple tries installing and removing broadcom package as
listed in synaptic list. To my surprise nothing positive happened.
In one point my linux was not booting with same kernel
(2.6.31-20-generic) saying "kernel panic". I tried with another
kernel (2.6.31-14-generic) from grub and linux booted. I then went
through all sort of forum and mailing lists. But no solution.
At one point i reached this site:
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
Success story is below:
Download wireless driver from the link
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
<http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php>
Download as per your OS architecture. My was 32bit so I used
32-bit driver version 5.60.48.36
Extract it and read the readme file
On Ubuntu, you will need headers and tools to compile/make the driver. Type
following lines in terminal:
# sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
# sudo apt-get build-dep linux
To check to see if you have this directory do this:
# ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
Now go to terminal and type:
# mkdir hybrid_wl
# cd hybrid_wl
# tar xzf /hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.60.48.36.tar.gz
(in my case:
/home/prabin/Downloads/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.60.48.36.tar.gz)
Now make:
# make clean (optional)
# make
now when its done.. wl.ko file along with other files will be created.
Let me be lazy and copy steps from readme file
Fresh installation:
------------------
1: Remove any other drivers for the Broadcom wireless device.
There are several open source drivers that are used to drive Broadcom 802.11
chips such as b43 and ssb. They will conflict with this driver and need
to be uninstalled before this driver can be installed. Any previous
revisions of the wl driver also need to be removed.
Note: On some systems such as Ubuntu 9.10, the ssb module may load during
boot even though it is blacklisted (see note under Common Issues on how to
resolve this). Nevertheless, ssb still must be removed
(by hand or script) before wl is loaded. The wl driver will not function
properly if ssb the module is loaded.
# lsmod | grep "b43\|ssb\|wl"
If any of these are installed, remove them:
# rmmod b43
# rmmod ssb
# rmmod wl
To blacklist these drivers and prevent them from loading in the future:
# echo "blacklist ssb">> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# echo "blacklist b43">> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
2: Insmod the driver.
Otherwise, if you have not previously installed a wl driver, you'll need
to add a security module before using the wl module. Most newer systems
use lib80211 while others use ieee80211_crypt_tkip. See which one works for
your system.
# modprobe lib80211
or
# modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
Then:
# insmod wl.ko
wl.ko is now operational. It may take several seconds for the Network
Manager to notice a new network driver has been installed and show the
surrounding wireless networks.
Now you are done.
It must work but in my case i had to type :
# modprobe lib80211
# insmod wl.ko
every time after login to my account.
I tried with rc5.d and init.d making script to make it run at startup but i failed. for
few days I kept the script file in "startup applications"(system>preferences)
Finally AKS(friend of mine) told me to add both lines above to /etc/rc.local
I did so above the line "exit 0"
Hurray! its working now...
The rc.local now looks:
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
modprobe lib80211
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.31-20-generic/build/hybrid_wl/wl.ko
exit 0
Well, once you got wired connection on your notebook, you can simply
install b43-fwcutter package which automatically sets up all Broadcom
43xx Wireless cards.
*sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter*
http://open--source.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-install-broadcom-bcm4312.html
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Prabin Gautam
M.Sc. Computing
The University of Northampton
Northamptonshire, UK
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Suraj,
Prabin had already tried to install *b43-fwcutter*, but it
did't work with his configuration.
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