[SOLVED] BCM4312 not functioning
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[SOLVED] BCM4312 not functioning
First of all, I'd like to say thanks to LinuxBBQ's devs, for making a distro that I've wanted for quite a while.
Now onto business:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545, which unfortunately came with the BCM4312 wifi card. In the past, I've been able to get it working with these instructions. However, in LinuxBBQ, I've been unable to get it working. Anyone know what going on, and how I could fix it?
Now onto business:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545, which unfortunately came with the BCM4312 wifi card. In the past, I've been able to get it working with these instructions. However, in LinuxBBQ, I've been unable to get it working. Anyone know what going on, and how I could fix it?
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Re: BCM4312 not functioning
Hello and welcome to the grill!
Please post the relevant line (for your wifi adapter) of
I'd like to see the device number and driver in use. Also, please post
Thanks!
Please post the relevant line (for your wifi adapter) of
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lspci -nnk
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uname -r
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Re: BCM4312 not functioning
lspci output:
uname output:
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0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
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3.6-10.towo-siduction-amd64
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Re: BCM4312 not functioning
As root (su -)
Make also sure the killswitch is turned off/on
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Another solution I found (honestly, I don't use Broadcom :) )
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rmmod b43 && modprobe b43
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rfkill list
rfkill unblock wifi
rfkill unblock wlan
Another solution I found (honestly, I don't use Broadcom :) )
If your card number is: BCM4312, then type in a Terminal window:
sudo apt-get purge b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer firmware-b43-lpphy-installer firmware-b43legacy-installer bcmwl*
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer bcmwl*
Then reboot
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Re: BCM4312 not functioning
By the way, you can use the suggestions from here, too: http://aptosid.com/index.php?name=PNphp ... opic&t=101
Seems this adapter is generally a headache.
Maybe fw-detect helps:
Seems this adapter is generally a headache.
Maybe fw-detect helps:
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sudo apt-get install siduction-scripts # (if not already installed)
fw-detect
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Re: BCM4312 not functioning
The first bit of help got it running, thank you a lot! And, a pain it is.
I will now add the [SOLVED] tag.
I will now add the [SOLVED] tag.
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Re: [SOLVED] [NEVERMIND] BCM4312 not functioning
Apparently, setting this up can't be that easy...
Now, every time I turn the computer back on, I have to load b43 again. It seems to not want to do it automatically, any help for this?
Now, every time I turn the computer back on, I have to load b43 again. It seems to not want to do it automatically, any help for this?
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Re: [SOLVED] [NEVERMIND] BCM4312 not functioning
Sure, that's easy:
There you simply enter the name of the module to be loaded, so:
Then save and exit. The modules are now loaded at boot time.
(There's also the option to make it more 'modular', by creating module files, like /etc/modules.d/b43 that contains the same line.)
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sudo nano /etc/modules
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b43
(There's also the option to make it more 'modular', by creating module files, like /etc/modules.d/b43 that contains the same line.)
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Re: [SOLVED] [NEVERMIND] BCM4312 not functioning
Thanks! I recall doing something similar, but its been quite a while since I last used linux.
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Re: [SOLVED] [NEVERMIND] BCM4312 not functioning
Addendum: If there's a module that should nto be loaded, it comes into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
And of course we have to run
This should do the trick.
And of course we have to run
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sudo update-initramfs -u
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