dell 1525 with 1395 card

**ecrivain5** · 02-21-2009

Hi my connections are fine with ethernet, which is fine at home...however I shall be more mobile soon and would like to set up a wireless connection.
I know the card is the common 1395 BUT as I am a newbie to linux (especially wireless connection). Can some one please help me out with the connection methos and how to. (in as simple terms as possible, as my brain aint as young as it used to was

) step by step would be ideal.
My thanks in advance.
Brian
Dell inspiron 1525
4gb rom
1395 wireless card
connection fine in windows
fedora 10 on ext USB drive

**waterhead** · 02-21-2009

Your wireless is most likely a Broadcom wireless, and it needs firmware to work properly. So that we can more accurately help you, more precise information is needed. Please read through the stickied post, linked to below, and post the information that it tells how to find.

Wireless Setup - Start Here

**ecrivain5** · 02-21-2009

hi Paul,
This is the readout

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller [8086:2828] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 02)
02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
02:09.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
02:09.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 12)
02:09.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
02:09.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 12)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
[liveuser@localhost ~]$

I look forward to hearing from you
Thanks.
Brian

**waterhead** · 02-21-2009

This is the wireless, and it confirms my suspicions.

Originally Posted by ecrivain5

0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

I also need the output of these other commands.

Code:

lsmod

Code:

dmesg | grep firmware

And knowing the kernel version that you are using is helpful too.

Code:

uname -r

You can post these using the code tag wrapper, found in the toolbar with the # symbol.

**ecrivain5** · 02-21-2009

Paul - here is lsmod +
Thanks again
Brian

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 49436 2
i915 53380 2
drm 158260 3 i915
sco 12932 2
bridge 43668 0
stp 6148 1 bridge
bnep 14848 2
l2cap 21504 3 bnep
bluetooth 48608 5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc 155924 3
ip6t_REJECT 7296 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 1
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 230132 20 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
dm_multipath 17164 0
uinput 10624 0
dcdbas 10272 0
pcspkr 6272 0
joydev 12736 0
i2c_i801 12048 0
serio_raw 8836 0
i2c_core 21396 2 drm,i2c_i801
ricoh_mmc 7552 0
iTCO_wdt 13732 0
iTCO_vendor_support 6916 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_usb_audio 77696 3
snd_usb_lib 17536 1 snd_usb_audio
pwc 79204 0
snd_rawmidi 22528 1 snd_usb_lib
videodev 32000 1 pwc
v4l1_compat 15876 1 videodev
usblp 14592 0
snd_hda_intel 351124 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48576 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 65924 3 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sky2 42628 0
snd_hwdep 10500 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel
snd 50616 25 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_inte l,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device ,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_h wdep
soundcore 9416 1 snd
video 20244 0
output 6528 1 video
wmi 9768 0
squashfs 36228 2
vfat 12672 1
fat 42784 1 vfat
ata_generic 8452 0
pata_acpi 7680 0
sdhci_pci 10624 0
sdhci 17540 1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core 43676 1 sdhci
firewire_ohci 22532 0
firewire_core 35616 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 5760 1 firewire_core
usb_storage 82440 1
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ dmseg l grep firmware
bash: dmseg: command not found
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ dmesg l grep firmware
Usage: dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-s bufsize]
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686
[liveuser@localhost ~]$

**waterhead** · 02-21-2009

This is odd, The driver for your card, b43, should be automatically loading. But I don't see it in the list of loaded modules. Did you try to install NDISwrapper? I ask because you need to blacklist the b43 module, to keep it from loading.

Try to load the b43 module (as root):

Code:

su <enter and give password>
/sbin/modprobe b43

If it returns a blank prompt (no errors), then look for it in the output of lsmod. It should be at the top of the list,

Check again for firmware messages. You can post the entire output of dmesg since the other command didn't work. You may need the entire path to the command.

Code:

/bin/dmesg
/bin/dmesg | grep firmware

I want this because it will specify the firmware version that it is looking for. In the meantime, there are other things to do.

You will need to install a firmware extraction program it is called b43-fwcutter, and should be available through YUM.

Code:

yum install b43-fwcutter

Then depending on the firmware needed, you have to download the firmware package. Take a look at this site for more info:

b43 - Linux Wireless

Based on your kernel version, it looks like you will need version 4.150.10.5, which you can download with this command.

Code:

wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

It will download to whatever folder your terminal is in, usually your home folder. Then extract it with this command.

Code:

tar xvfj broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

This will create a folder named broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5. You want to extract the firmware from the /kmod folder inside of it. Th command that I used on my system looks like this, modify the last part to match your home directory.

Code:

b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ /home/paul/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o

That will extract the firmware to the /lib/firmware directory.

Good luck

**ecrivain5** · 02-22-2009

Package b43-fwcutter-011-3.fc9.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[theoldgeezer@theoldgeezer ~]$ /bin/dmesg | grep firmware
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-16-01
[theoldgeezer@theoldgeezer ~]$

this is hopefully what you wanted Paul
I have to admit I am getting lost
Thanks.
Brian

**waterhead** · 02-22-2009

That's fine, thanks.

It isn't looking for any wireless firmware, maybe because the driver isn't loading. Did you try to manually load it?

If you follow my instructions, you should be able to install the firmware. I still am baffled as to why the b43 driver is not automatically loading. Any explanation as to why this may be? Did you blacklist it? Run this command, and look for b43 in the list.

Code:

cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

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