Wireless Internet Problems

[superfish]

So I recently switched over to Debian 6.0 (with KDE) from Suse 11.4, and my wireless internet problems followed me (which I had expected), on my broadcom bcm4313(I think). So before I installed anything, I ran dmesg and in the output I found:

brcm80211: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    7.077968] brcm80211 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    7.077977] brcm80211 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    7.078053] brcm80211 0000:04:00.0: firmware: requesting brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
[    7.143802] brcm80211: fail to load firmware brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
[    7.143809] brcm80211: Failed to find firmware usually in /lib/firmware/brcm
[    7.143863] brcm80211 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[    7.143878] brcm80211: wl_pci_probe: wl_attach failed!

That is the only thing concerning my wireless that I found. Does this mean I have to install something? and if so, what? Is it this b43 thing and the wl package?

Additionally, I am not sure what my wireless card is. The output of lspci says its broadcom bcm4313, but on the lenovo wiki (I have an ideapad, v460), it says its a bcm4727. I am pretty sure that its a bcm4313, but I would like to know for sure.

Lastly, does anyone know what the wireless card is called (like maybe eth1) in debian 6.0 or how to find out?

Any help will be TREMENDOUSLY appreciated, so thanks in advance!
By the way, I am not very experienced in the intricate handlings of linux, so if there is anything obvious that I left out, do not hesitate to ask specifications or anything.

[hans51]

as error message above says
fail to load firmware brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw = means you forgot to install the firmware

install the package with the firmware - in openSuSE it is available for install selection in package manager, I am sure other dists may have same, else you somehow install the firmware from openSuSE to your debian

broadcom wireless normally works perfectly since years if firmware package installed properly

[superfish]

do you happen to know exactly which software packages to install? I do not look forward to hunting through and trying out random packages that have "broadcom" in them or bcm or whatever

[jayd512]

Start with this...
Post back with the results.

[hans51]

in Suse 11.4 for your firmware
>YAST>software management>
>then use search function incl "provides"> search for "broadcom"
then you see
- kernel firmware and
- b43firmware
all else as above

I am sure in debian you have similar

[superfish]

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 12)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:391e]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 12)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3920]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38a5]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38aa]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38af]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 05)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38b8]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38be]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38c1]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38bf]
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38c0]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1063] (rev c0)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3956]
	Kernel driver in use: atl1c
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:0510]
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:392b]
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:392b]
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:392b]
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:392b]
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:392b]
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:392b]

============ lsusb ============
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b18a Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1c7a:0801 LighTuning Technology Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0489:e00d Foxconn / Hon Hai 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             18855  0 
ppdev                   5030  0 
lp                      7462  0 
parport                27954  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
sco                     7225  2 
acpi_cpufreq            5571  1 
cpufreq_userspace       1992  0 
cpufreq_powersave        902  0 
rfcomm                 29613  8 
bridge                 39630  0 
stp                     1440  1 bridge
cpufreq_conservative     5162  0 
bnep                    9427  2 
cpufreq_stats           2659  0 
l2cap                  24736  16 rfcomm,bnep
nfsd                  254782  11 
lockd                  57603  1 nfsd
nfs_acl                 2031  1 nfsd
auth_rpcgss            33476  1 nfsd
sunrpc                161541  10 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
exportfs                3170  1 nfsd
binfmt_misc             6431  1 
uinput                  6376  1 
fuse                   50892  1 
loop                   11799  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   235602  1 
snd_hda_intel          20035  2 
snd_hda_codec          54244  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5380  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                60503  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                42881  0 
snd_timer              15582  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          4493  1 snd_seq
uvcvideo               52079  0 
brcm80211             623157  0 
joydev                  8459  0 
mac80211              137356  1 brcm80211
videodev               29993  1 uvcvideo
btusb                   9913  2 
i915                  255710  2 
bluetooth              41827  9 sco,rfcomm,bnep,l2cap,btusb
cfg80211              101496  2 brcm80211,mac80211
snd                    46526  12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               4598  1 snd
drm_kms_helper         20369  1 i915
v4l1_compat            11442  2 uvcvideo,videodev
rfkill                 13044  3 bluetooth,cfg80211
snd_page_alloc          6249  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     8474  1 videodev
drm                   142327  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4225  1 i915
i2c_i801                7830  0 
i2c_core               15819  6 videodev,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
pcspkr                  1699  0 
video                  17445  1 i915
psmouse                49937  0 
serio_raw               3752  0 
evdev                   7352  21 
button                  4650  1 i915
battery                 4998  0 
ac                      2192  0 
processor              29935  5 acpi_cpufreq
output                  1692  1 video
wmi                     4323  0 
ext4                  288318  2 
mbcache                 5050  1 ext4
jbd2                   67015  1 ext4
crc16                   1319  2 l2cap,ext4
usb_storage            39961  0 
sg                     24069  0 
sr_mod                 12602  0 
cdrom                  29415  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 29921  4 
crc_t10dif              1276  1 sd_mod
ahci                   32534  3 
thermal                11674  0 
libata                133760  1 ahci
thermal_sys            11942  3 video,processor,thermal
scsi_mod              126517  5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd               32081  0 
atl1c                  27315  0 
usbcore               122498  5 uvcvideo,btusb,usb_storage,ehci_hcd
nls_base                6377  1 usbcore

============ dmesg-firmware ============
[   11.054641] elantech.c: assuming hardware version 2, firmware version 4.0.2
[   11.834839] brcm80211 0000:04:00.0: firmware: requesting brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
[   12.317022] brcm80211: fail to load firmware brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
[   12.317025] brcm80211: Failed to find firmware usually in /lib/firmware/brcm

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-5-amd64

============ ifconfig ============

============ iwconfig ============

[superfish]

Not really, Hans... synaptik doesnt have the packages, so I have to search for them online in the debian packages and repositories.... This is making me miss YAST

[jayd512]

Open a terminal window.
As root, do this:

apt-get install b43-fwcutter

Reboot, and you should be in business.

[superfish]

It failed... this Debian installing stuff is getting on my nerves:
nikolaj@FashionBug:~$ su
Password:
root@FashionBug:/home/nikolaj# apt-get install b43-fwcutter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package b43-fwcutter

Its not in synaptic, what do I do now? Is there a problem with my mirror? (debian.uchicago.edu)

[jayd512]

Do you even have an ethernet connection going to this computer?
I don't see any IP addresses at all in your ifconfig output.