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30. April 2007 @ 16:43 |
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I installed suse 10.2 late last week and i spent the majority of my weekend trying to get my wifi card up and running. Opensuse.org said i need to install bcm43xx-fwcutter
http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_%28Wireless%29)
so i download the fwcutter tool from:
http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4547 (006)
but i could get that installed either using
#tar xvjf <file.tar.gz>
#./configure
but when i get to
#make
it says something like "nothing to make"
so right now i'm kind of at a loss, i've done a lot of google searches but either the site is to advance and i get a head ache or just whats being advised doesn't work? hope this is enough info!
any ideas?
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9. May 2007 @ 18:47 |
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fwcutter is difficult to use...you need ndiswrapper
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10. May 2007 @ 07:15 |
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Alright, so before i jump into this let me make sure i know how ndiswrapper works, first i just install ndiswrapper onto suse, then i get the drivers for my wifi card from say hp's website (i have a Compaq computer). which should come as a inf file correct? but how to install my driver w/ndiswrapper i'm not as clear on, hopefully i don't screw this up. thanks
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10. May 2007 @ 18:57 |
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what I recommend you do is get your dvd w/ all the laptop drivers, navigate through the cd and find the inf file
then cd to the folder and type ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
to check if you installed it correctly do ndiswrapper -l and it should say device present
finally go to YaST >> Network Devices >> Network Card, select add, and select wireless for device type and ndiswrapper for module name
ps
I got a compaq too :D
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11. May 2007 @ 19:10 |
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Originally posted by killaklan:
what I recommend you do is get your dvd w/ all the laptop drivers, navigate through the cd and find the inf file
then cd to the folder and type ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
to check if you installed it correctly do ndiswrapper -l and it should say device present
finally go to YaST >> Network Devices >> Network Card, select add, and select wireless for device type and ndiswrapper for module name
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I got a compaq too :D
I have that same driver, bcmwl5.inf and sys. I did every one of those steps, it says device present and gives me a number like 160E:1805, I did the network card setup, chose wifi for type and ndiswrapper for module, and on my bottom right I get a "new network interface found" then a message behind it saying "network interface disconnected" whats wrong? Also, this card came with my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop and the buttom would turn orange in Windows XP, but it wont in SuSe Linux 10.1 I cant turn it on, when pushed it does nothing. Oh and I am dual booting. And the only way I can even use ndiswrapper is by using the su command, entering my pass and then doing ndis -i *.inf and -l, please help I am a semi noob
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12. May 2007 @ 05:26 |
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I'm a semi noob too :D, but I do know if you have your wlan device working on xp, then you'll definatly have it working on openSUSE
try uninstalling your current ndiswrapper and compiling the newest stable version, then install the .inf file from your xp partition
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12. May 2007 @ 10:07 |
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Ok, so i have my recovery cd's for my computer, but i can't find the inf file for my wifi card. Is that were i look for them is my recovery cd's. I also went to hp's website the broadcom driver comes as an exe file, there is no inf. we exactly do i find the inf file?
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12. May 2007 @ 10:08 |
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Ok I redid the steps and it said everything you said it should, so I went to assign an IP through DHCP and this is what it said.
Quote:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
ndiswrapper: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ndiswrapper version 1.10 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper (check_nt_hdr:149): Windows driver is not 64-bit; bad magic: 010B
ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:213): couldn't prepare driver 'bcmwl5'
ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:111): loadndiswrapper failed (65280); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
linux-fkvd:/home/matt #
I guess its because I have SuSe 64-bit edition (which I forgot to mention sorry) so I am dloading SuSe 10.2 32-bit and will retry. And I didn't do any steps wrong or forgot to replace the drivers from bcmwl5.inf to my drivers, because I have the same inf file as those instructions.
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12. May 2007 @ 10:29 |
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12. May 2007 @ 16:46 |
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your laptop should've come w/ 2 dvds...a dvd w/ the operating system and another w/ drivers
look for the dvd w/ the drivers, thats where .inf is (its in the wlan folder I think)
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12. May 2007 @ 22:27 |
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I installed SuSe 10.2 320bit, and it detecs my broadcom card. But for some reason, the wlan button on my pc wont light up like it does in XP, meaning its on. KnetworkManager finds it, I set up the ESSID and WEP key, then it tries to connect, but the status is "configuring device" its been like this for over an hour. What should I do now
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12. May 2007 @ 23:32 |
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sounds like you just need to tweak the settings, try pasting the file here MINUS your personal details (such as ESSID etc). The file should be /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts-ifcfg-wlan0
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13. May 2007 @ 04:58 |
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the same crap happened to me when I had an older version of ndiswrapper...try compiling the newest one, remove all previous drivers, and try again
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13. May 2007 @ 09:14 |
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Here is the wlan0 configuration
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='10'
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME=''
NETMASK=''
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='ifplugd'
USERCONTROL='no'
WIRELESS_AP=''
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
WIRELESS_CA_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CHANNEL=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH=''
WIRELESS_EAP_MODE=''
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13. May 2007 @ 09:22 |
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but i think thats my external card, cuz here is my internal broadcom one
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='20'
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME='AMBIT Microsystem TravelMate 2410'
NETMASK=''
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='ifplugd'
UNIQUE='JNkJ.SdX62z0c126'
USERCONTROL='no'
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:00:0b.0'
ifcfg-wlan0 lines 1-23/41 52%
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13. May 2007 @ 09:24 |
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i use WPA (i'm guessing yours is WEP) and here's mine....
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
USERCTL=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=*removed*
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=*removed*
WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER=ndiswrapper
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
PEERDNS=no
DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient
DHCP_HOSTNAME=*removed*
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
PEERDNS=no
PEERYP=no
PEERNTPD=no
...however i can't yet see why yours isn't working...
edit- Linux being Linux, most of the time, my wifi 'light' lights up automatically when i boot, if it doesn't i just run 'ifup wlan0' and the wifi light goes blue & it connects to my router and gets stuck into to the internet..
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13. May 2007 @ 09:38 |
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Ok i did ifup eth1 (thats my broadcom) and this is what I got (after i switched it from network manager to ifup)
suse:~ # ifup eth1
eth1 device: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
eth1 configuration: eth-id-00:14:a4:4a:35:9d
eth1 is controlled by ifplugd
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
ifplugSIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Cannot enable interface eth1.
interface eth1 is not up
dsuse:~ # ifplugd
Sorry, there is already an instance of ifplugd for eth0 running.
eth0 is my ethernet, and im on linux through ethernet right now.
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13. May 2007 @ 10:26 |
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I did iwconfig and this is what I got
suse:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"**removed by creaky**" Nickname:"**removed by creaky**"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:**removed by creaky** Security mode:open
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
everything seems to be fine, after all the tutorials ive read, the problem seems to be the wifi card, it seems to be off. knetworkmanager couldnt activate it, and when I push the button that in xp would turn it on, does nothing
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13. May 2007 @ 13:19 |
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I typed dmesg and got this
May 13 11:33:28 suse firmware.sh[3770]: Cannot find firmware file 'bcm43xx_microcode5.fw'
May 13 11:33:28 suse kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
May 13 11:33:28 suse kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
So I guess it is a firmware issue. I did some searching and found out you need to use bcm43 fwcutter, so I run that and this is what happened
matt@suse:~> bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /media/hdc/Drivers/802BG/bcmwl5.sys ~ /home
Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by bcm43xx-fwcutter.
This file has an unknown MD5sum d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.
i guess theres no hope for wifi on linux now? =[
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13. May 2007 @ 13:46 |
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a-ha, that's more like it. Mandriva 2007 also suffers from these so-called improvements to Broadcom wifi. What i do is disable the atrocious bcm43xx-fwcutter nonsense. Broadcomm wifi for previous versions (of Mandriva) worked perfectly fine. Anyways, try disabling it by adding 'blacklist bcm43xx' to /etc/modprobe.conf then ndiswrapper should magically start working correctly.
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13. May 2007 @ 14:54 |
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I added blacklist bcm43xx to modprobe.conf.local because I dont know where to add it inside of modprobe.conf, and modprobe.conf also uses whatever is inside of the local. I also added it into the blacklist inside of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. This is what I get when I type dmesg
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
eth0: Media Link Off
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
eth0: Media Link Off
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
and now ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:9F:E8:5D:A2
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:169 Base address:0x1800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:323 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:323 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:23870 (23.3 Kb) TX bytes:23870 (23.3 Kb)
In Yast, it is set up as wlan0, but it is not listed anywhere.
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13. May 2007 @ 14:58 |
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sorry double post
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14. May 2007 @ 17:33 |
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I got it to work. the bcmw43xx drivers that came preinstalled was messing with the NDIS driver. So I deleted the config of the bcmw43xx in network cards, configured the new one with module being ndiswrapper, and when I restarted Linux it worked. Thanks guys, sorry for being a pain.
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20. May 2007 @ 09:33 |
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nice one. and no you've not been a pain, your posting in here helps our little Linux forum become more busy :)
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