Matthew,
I had same issue on my Dell Latitude D830 (same wireless card, etc)..
remove the STA restricted driver and then install the fwcutter method
described elsewhere here (just google BCM4311 fwcutter install.
Then do a:
sudo modprobe b43
Presto, wireless working!!
Worked for me, hopefully
Hi i have a Dell Latitude D620, the wireless does not work at all. From
what i can tell my wireless is as follows:
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
(rev 01)
The restricted package is installed an is reporting active according to
the Restricted Drivers
This update enabling the open source brcm80211 driver works, but is
extremely unstable on my system. I can last only several minutes before
a kernel panic occurs. I have to blacklist the brcm80211 module and
reload the closed wl module. The brcm80211 seems to take precedence
over the wl, which
James: thanks for taking the time to report the stability issues you're
experiencing. Could you please report them at #730215, or click the
'affects me too' button, there. You can also subscribe to that bug to
watch its progress.
This bugreport is just about the firmware symlinks, and will
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Assignee: Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)
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The workaround partial works on Lenovo IdeaPad U160. After creating the
symlinks, the wireless device is discoverable. But, when wireless is
enabled by any method (selecting Enable Wireless in network manager,
rfkill unblock wifi, keyboard shortcut) Natty immediately freezes and
requires a hard
This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.49
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linux-firmware: Add Patch and sysconfig files
I confirm. For the brcm80211 module, it is necessary to add links:
cd /lib/firmware/brcm
sudo ln -s bcm43xx-0-610-809-0.fw bcm43xx-0.fw
sudo ln -s bcm43xx_hdr-0-610-809-0.fw bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw
And do this command if wl run :
sudo rmmod wl
And this commands work :
sudo rmmod brcm80211
sudo
Thanks for confirming, Mohegan. I'm setting the status to 'confirmed'.
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It works but it is very unstable. I have many kernel panics with the
brcm80211 module.
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Title:
broadcom 80211 firmware needs symlinks
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After creating the following symlinks
/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw
it works fine with BCM4313 wireless card on my Asus EEEPC 1015pem Ubuntu
11.04 64bit.
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Mohegan: you should probably file a new bug for your stability issues.
File it against the 'linux' package. You could include the output of
lspci and dmesg.
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Ok, I create this bug report : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/linux-firmware/+bug/730215.
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