[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
> I've ordered a AR9462. Estimated delivery 27 Jan 2017 - 16 Mar 2017! Please let us know how it goes! I'm looking to buy a Dell XPS 15 9550, but only once I'm confident that it'll work well with Qubes, and it sounds like it will as long as the wifi card is replaced. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/6273d809-7cc5-4f27-8a4c-ece8952185f9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 5:14:11 PM UTC, qmast...@gmail.com wrote: > Tuesday, 4 August 2016, 17:45:39 UTC+3 kelo wrote: > > anyone knows a solution to get it working somehow with this specific dell > > xps 15 wirless card the > > Broadcom BCM43602 . Im not an expert with anything terminal related. > > Broadcom wireless cards always require proprietary closed drivers, which are > probably not just full of backdoors but also contain a lot of badly written > code with security vulnerabilities and bugs. Their hardware is not good > either... maybe Broadcom could be acceptable for Windows users, but it really > sucks for Linux ! At the same time, wireless cards of Atheros ath9k family - > are running on 100% open source drivers, and giving a quite good > quality/power of signal. https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros <--- from this > list, I recommend Atheros AR9462, it is the best card of ath9k family - > supports 2.4GHz & 5GHz WiFi networking, as well as Bluetooth 4.0 . It works > flawlessly with QubesOS, I have tested it. AR9462 could be received from > AliExpress or eBay for less than $10, shipping included, so there are no > reasons to continue struggling with low end Broadcom card - that was shipped > with your laptop only because it was among the cheapest options for laptop's > manufacturer (only a few people care about preinstalled wireless cards, so > the manufacturers are usually going for the cheapest offer, which is often > Broadcom) > > The only catch there is: your manufacturer could have installed a WiFi card > whitelist in your BIOS, which prevents booting your computer if non-listed > wireless card has been found. However, it is possible to mod your BIOS file > and break this artificial limitation - either by removing whitelist > completely, or disabling a check for it, or altering the whitelist to replace > device IDs of whitelisted WiFi card with device ID of your new WiFi card. > Luckily, there are already a lot of BIOS'es with whitelist removed, available > at bios-mods site and other websites, so if your laptop's model is relatively > popular - you are likely to find that someone already did that work for you. > Also, in some lucky cases, your laptop is supported by Coreboot or Libreboot > project - which do not contain any whitelists, and could replace the > manufacturer's BIOS... > > From what I see online, XPS 9550 does not have any WiFi card whitelist. Good > for you ;) Thank you very much for that advice! I've ordered a AR9462. Estimated delivery 27 Jan 2017 - 16 Mar 2017! The 9550 actually comes with a "Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/324ffbc2-9b58-43fb-95d0-91f3c8ea39d3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 5:14:11 PM UTC, qmast...@gmail.com wrote: > Tuesday, 4 August 2016, 17:45:39 UTC+3 kelo wrote: > > anyone knows a solution to get it working somehow with this specific dell > > xps 15 wirless card the > > Broadcom BCM43602 . Im not an expert with anything terminal related. > > Broadcom wireless cards always require proprietary closed drivers, which are > probably not just full of backdoors but also contain a lot of badly written > code with security vulnerabilities and bugs. Their hardware is not good > either... maybe Broadcom could be acceptable for Windows users, but it really > sucks for Linux ! At the same time, wireless cards of Atheros ath9k family - > are running on 100% open source drivers, and giving a quite good > quality/power of signal. https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros <--- from this > list, I recommend Atheros AR9462, it is the best card of ath9k family - > supports 2.4GHz & 5GHz WiFi networking, as well as Bluetooth 4.0 . It works > flawlessly with QubesOS, I have tested it. AR9462 could be received from > AliExpress or eBay for less than $10, shipping included, so there are no > reasons to continue struggling with low end Broadcom card - that was shipped > with your laptop only because it was among the cheapest options for laptop's > manufacturer (only a few people care about preinstalled wireless cards, so > the manufacturers are usually going for the cheapest offer, which is often > Broadcom) > > The only catch there is: your manufacturer could have installed a WiFi card > whitelist in your BIOS, which prevents booting your computer if non-listed > wireless card has been found. However, it is possible to mod your BIOS file > and break this artificial limitation - either by removing whitelist > completely, or disabling a check for it, or altering the whitelist to replace > device IDs of whitelisted WiFi card with device ID of your new WiFi card. > Luckily, there are already a lot of BIOS'es with whitelist removed, available > at bios-mods site and other websites, so if your laptop's model is relatively > popular - you are likely to find that someone already did that work for you. > Also, in some lucky cases, your laptop is supported by Coreboot or Libreboot > project - which do not contain any whitelists, and could replace the > manufacturer's BIOS... > > From what I see online, XPS 9550 does not have any WiFi card whitelist. Good > for you ;) My XPS 9550 hasn't arrived yet, but is there any way I can check for any available open BIOS on either Coreboot or Libreboot? Haven't found what motherboard the system uses -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/42406df6-1320-4dec-b096-41b0a6b35dd0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 6:42:51 PM UTC-5, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > On 01/10/2017 06:28 PM, solved1 wrote: > > > I had the same problem the easiest thing is to replace the broadcom wifi > > card. > > its really simple to do that. > > > > order yourself an Intel Wifi card like me. costs around 45 USD > > it will work without doing anything once you replaced the broadcom card no > > need > > to type in any commands. > > > Intel wi-fi requires binary blobs which are a black box and will stop > working eventually. > > Get yourself one with a realtek or atheros chipset that doesn't require > blobs such as A5K or A9K series, they will cost less than an intel > chipset as well. You can check this list if you want to make sure it libre. https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en/1/1/undef/undef/yes? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/2d5baff8-43e1-44be-9047-45fd9e8f6225%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
On 01/10/2017 06:28 PM, solved1 wrote: I had the same problem the easiest thing is to replace the broadcom wifi card. its really simple to do that. order yourself an Intel Wifi card like me. costs around 45 USD it will work without doing anything once you replaced the broadcom card no need to type in any commands. Intel wi-fi requires binary blobs which are a black box and will stop working eventually. Get yourself one with a realtek or atheros chipset that doesn't require blobs such as A5K or A9K series, they will cost less than an intel chipset as well. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/4419f51d-6025-c91a-4d1b-3a4996e56254%40gmx.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
I had the same problem the easiest thing is to replace the broadcom wifi card. its really simple to do that. order yourself an Intel Wifi card like me. costs around 45 USD it will work without doing anything once you replaced the broadcom card no need to type in any commands. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/135b62dc-5074-4bff-8318-9c14c96adefd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
Tuesday, 4 August 2016, 17:45:39 UTC+3 kelo wrote: > anyone knows a solution to get it working somehow with this specific dell xps > 15 wirless card the > Broadcom BCM43602 . Im not an expert with anything terminal related. Broadcom wireless cards always require proprietary closed drivers, which are probably not just full of backdoors but also contain a lot of badly written code with security vulnerabilities and bugs. Their hardware is not good either... maybe Broadcom could be acceptable for Windows users, but it really sucks for Linux ! At the same time, wireless cards of Atheros ath9k family - are running on 100% open source drivers, and giving a quite good quality/power of signal. https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros <--- from this list, I recommend Atheros AR9462, it is the best card of ath9k family - supports 2.4GHz & 5GHz WiFi networking, as well as Bluetooth 4.0 . It works flawlessly with QubesOS, I have tested it. AR9462 could be received from AliExpress or eBay for less than $10, shipping included, so there are no reasons to continue struggling with low end Broadcom card - that was shipped with your laptop only because it was among the cheapest options for laptop's manufacturer (only a few people care about preinstalled wireless cards, so the manufacturers are usually going for the cheapest offer, which is often Broadcom) The only catch there is: your manufacturer could have installed a WiFi card whitelist in your BIOS, which prevents booting your computer if non-listed wireless card has been found. However, it is possible to mod your BIOS file and break this artificial limitation - either by removing whitelist completely, or disabling a check for it, or altering the whitelist to replace device IDs of whitelisted WiFi card with device ID of your new WiFi card. Luckily, there are already a lot of BIOS'es with whitelist removed, available at bios-mods site and other websites, so if your laptop's model is relatively popular - you are likely to find that someone already did that work for you. Also, in some lucky cases, your laptop is supported by Coreboot or Libreboot project - which do not contain any whitelists, and could replace the manufacturer's BIOS... >From what I see online, XPS 9550 does not have any WiFi card whitelist. Good >for you ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/b6b93015-e9bf-4d60-9d2c-f01dcddc81aa%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 3:05:01 PM UTC+1, Michael wrote: > Have a Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card in my dell xps 15 9950 > > and I downloaded Qubes Release 3.2-rc2 > > Problem: I can not connect to the internet cause my wifi card is not working > with qubes: > "If BCM43602, the wireless card is disabled in BIOS, installation succeeds, > and afterwards it's possible to re-enable BCM43602 in BIOS and boot Qubes. > However, subsecuantly adding BCM43602 device to the sys-netvm freezes the > computer." > > -my boot setup has > VT and VT-d options activated > > > how can I make my network function ? I replaced the wifi card in my XPS 9550 with an Intel 8265 and updated the fedora 23 template to the kernel from the unstable repository. Wifi now works very well (as well as everything else it seems). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/eb4a7a8e-a034-400b-b7ac-dc12b2f2cc0b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
anyone knows a solution to get it working somehow with this specific dell xps 15 wirless card the Broadcom BCM43602 . Im not an expert with anything terminal related. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/331db64a-2efd-43c6-9b87-1bb64b4d040d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 12:39:35PM +0200, donoban wrote: > > > On 08/04/2016 12:24 PM, vincent.maximus.c...@gmail.com wrote: > > the wlan card is the > > > > broadcom bcm43602 > > > > in all Dell xps 15 9950 machines > > > > it works on ubuntu for me but not with qubes ? > > > > Because Ubuntu adds a lot of proprietary drivers which most major > distributions don't. > > As you can see here > wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices , most > bc4360 cards are supported only by the proprietary wl driver. > > You need to compile the module for your sys-net kernel, or the VM you > want to use for run it. > > I suggest you to do an standalone VM and let it use his own kernel > instead the dom0 provided. It's a pretty complicated process It's slightly easier thanks to PV Grub support: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/managing-vm-kernel/#tocAnchor-1-1-3 But still requires some work. > , you can > also buy a cheap (and compatible) USB dongle and connect it directly > to sys-net. Or different miniPCIe wireless card... - -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXox+ZAAoJENuP0xzK19cs5LsIAI+9VtpeeqFLfZkHJfQY77Ek wKB/FjLxwIUJdN1oDmzpYIAWvVjXCtgcD3oAjMbgW7MX9/QMLa8cSD1xzIG9PxXs AOKBRBbZ0Gt+iCmltgCIebmA1PQ01LwLog+D7I1fKSUfUYtwfkqxpvzhi5n4Huex CfF8ti3yYPxuEi5tw1kGMeVA6lBf+06ghUwbwcT+Ym2OR3catvpKbGowBxXFiJDg AWafsmrdtGieI5yWOj41Ap6rQKJQrB8aQJImEznQl5sjNTMOZMNRAtivTu4EmhPF NHa6EwVfa2t/tHchwTNvmKSKo4CZoKXkyxwOhwiHmYot0yAesWCPdLNRnNamzIo= =+Tmb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20160804105728.GA32095%40mail-itl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/04/2016 12:24 PM, vincent.maximus.c...@gmail.com wrote: > the wlan card is the > > broadcom bcm43602 > > in all Dell xps 15 9950 machines > > it works on ubuntu for me but not with qubes ? > Because Ubuntu adds a lot of proprietary drivers which most major distributions don't. As you can see here wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices , most bc4360 cards are supported only by the proprietary wl driver. You need to compile the module for your sys-net kernel, or the VM you want to use for run it. I suggest you to do an standalone VM and let it use his own kernel instead the dom0 provided. It's a pretty complicated process, you can also buy a cheap (and compatible) USB dongle and connect it directly to sys-net. Regards. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXoxtnAAoJEBQTENjj7QilSOoP/0JoPS5o3W/gjh1EJR/U4rVG fumEkt1aHeQteZH4NoQssCHFaeWJ1uW5cBj0sDEMyJZd33W1v4iJ16evD8kbjl+w YPmfnMt6xFdijWaC735mtcmRs7CghH4sVzrJs1eK2p84spNc9Qg5x+IAK8TYuZM7 x0PvLhI/14yXjISdIJO61qxz5Jf/9m+PoH9wF5YKuFpJcYFCYmzNS9B7kz8sQJSB f35corkVdC8qRv9P3EdJPr7yAeqbOb3AKnG97Nz1z/GGgWMhafTTWk61o767eFfB 7raFELn4RgNUxSp7xPtjRPUmjF6S5pcTcfDehRs4t7kMTzto09qV7keyulBqh19W lAW9Gy6SjOyxCwnCuVmFUAQPEuVkapAw3KgW+vnNkvL41uDI/zkdkLmneko+Elcc uKQuTY+S75PTF/cFZ01cGWVKOG9KFoYx98gJHA+2NS6AHhtzCindfDPE4FVYI0pJ JT5F1X2r5RP1I+nzCjJoWK5zZO/oNw5s+9NZdj8TAUpQ83Xzbedlk02RbLppwqKc hSS5cHHz3Uqw7mg1S9AtysZ/Yyg0NA5Jsw2vaFrQYnKwjHjjohs6GFS8P1X74n1v ihtzkIybJA7BcSLfp7wsALro/xh4biNxmo/p56/3lIHMz6A8xN0I8rabUnph8mXM DoWyF6ib/Kyb8TBtfSb+ =iA/s -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/0a3390f1-b7ad-62c9-f207-314d23d5717f%40riseup.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
the wlan card is the broadcom bcm43602 in all Dell xps 15 9950 machines it works on ubuntu for me but not with qubes ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/abdef991-7cd0-460e-9e52-3231d8c55a6d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 4:05:01 PM UTC+2, Michael wrote: > Have a Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card in my dell xps 15 9950 > > and I downloaded Qubes Release 3.2-rc2 > > Problem: I can not connect to the internet cause my wifi card is not working > with qubes: > "If BCM43602, the wireless card is disabled in BIOS, installation succeeds, > and afterwards it's possible to re-enable BCM43602 in BIOS and boot Qubes. > However, subsecuantly adding BCM43602 device to the sys-netvm freezes the > computer." > > -my boot setup has > VT and VT-d options activated > > > how can I make my network function ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/a724df5e-79f9-4b25-bdc9-ae17a4243b5e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: Can NOT get Broadcom BCM43602 Wifi Card working , DELL XPS 15 9950- Qubes sys-net freezes/ crashes
Have the same issue on my XPS 9550. I tried to solve the problem via "PCI passthrough issues", but it didn't help... Still looking for a solution -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/6d90cc9f-dd78-4ddf-a3f5-d670b5157fd8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
