Broadcom Wireless

[pclinuxguru]

installs fine here.

Just installed them both to lite and gamers.

Already had them downloaded.

[Killer boi]

Okay wait, I have no idea what happened, I got an older version of fwcutter the first time I downloaded? Well, I have them both installed now, the wireless option is there, but still no connections, so I'm ready for further guidance oh great one, even though I kind of feel im wasting your time.

[pclinuxguru]

Did some digging last night.

Did ya know they made 4 PCB versions of the 4311 ?

Well I didn't know that lol.

Turns out there was a change on manufacturing process and board used 4 times over.

Each time drivers were changed, So I wonder if you just have the odd ball card lol.

Also wondering if a OLDER kernel is called for here rather then newer ?

Other then that, out of ideas.

Also keep in mind there is a Distro for ALL.

I did give ya a few alternatives to look into as well? Odd as it is were one fails another always succeeds.

[Killer boi]

I do know that when I did the command uhhh....

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lspci

I came back with revision 1

I have a uh, Lenovo 3000 n100 with a 1.6ghz dual core CPU, i forget the exact model, But I could hop onto windows and check. but there were 2 versions of this laptop I believe, one with a dual core 1.83 and one with the 1.6

[pclinuxguru]

Both of mine come back as revision 4's

Very tiny little things to, less then 1 inch in length .

[Killer boi]

I've never taken my laptop apart so I wouldn't know the size of it, but maybe thats it, guess I'm stuck on Ultimate Edition 2.9, not like its a big loss, although I've never used the light weight DE and it seems to be a LOT more responsive on this 6 year old POS.

also with those commands, i got


freddy@freddy-3000-N100:~$ dmesg | grep b43
[ 2.003577] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2.003593] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.210354] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
[ 16.528292] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 16.528323] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 16.528358] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 16.687295] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.687301] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.687305] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri ... cefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
freddy@freddy-3000-N100:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on

[pclinuxguru]

who said you cant use lite ?

Try it with a older kernel bro.

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

dumb it down slightly.

Try the 2.6.36 line and 2.6.37 line

If ya notice, there is a natty ready 2.6.37 series.

You could dumb it down with a older kernel on broadcom drivers to.

I had a bran new in the package broadcom BCM4313 I just popped in my laptop. Worked right out of the package with 3.0.0-8.11 kernel.

I show it as a Rev 1. Cost was $28.00 order as a replacement for a job from Acer , honestly bro replace your card lol.

[Killer boi]

Ive uh, never really replaced a kernel other then if what you had me try was updating the kernel, id have no idea how to dumb it down though man. xD Like, is it gonna try saying no to being down graded?

Id love to, wanna loan me some money? haha, but seriously, I'm 18 and about to start college, don't really have extra money.

[pclinuxguru]

Ive uh, never really replaced a kernel other then if what you had me try was updating the kernel, id have no idea how to dumb it down though man. xD Like, is it gonna try saying no to being down graded?

I have a bran new in the package broadcom BCM4313 I just popped in my laptop. Worked right out of the package with 3.0.0-8.11 kernel.

I show it as a Rev 1. Cost was $28.00 order as a replacement for a job from Acer , honestly bro replace your card lol.

[pclinuxguru]

Ok follow close

Install in this order using gdebi

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.37.6-natty/linux-headers-2.6.37-02063706_2.6.37-02063706.201103281005_all.deb

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.37.6-natty/linux-headers-2.6.37-02063706-generic_2.6.37-02063706.201103281005_i386.deb

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.37.6-natty/linux-image-2.6.37-02063706-generic_2.6.37-02063706.201103281005_i386.deb

Then just remove all broadcom driver packs and install default packs in repository.

Try that first.