Problem with Wlan on inspiron 1545

[harishbayyavarapu]

Hi.. i have a Dell inspiron 1545 laptop i recently installed fedora 9 since i am facing problem with windows vista.. I am unable to load the drivers for Wlan.. i have gone through all the forums and stuff for the installation of the Wlan..
My wireless manufacturer is Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB controller (rev 01)... I have downloaded the drivers from the broadcom website as well but i was unable to install them. I tried using yum install ndiswrapper. this didnt help me as well.. can any one post me the detailed solution how to install my Wlan drivers so that i can move out of vista completely. I need the soln as early as possible because i have presentations and my laptop is scraping my scales... when i have some work to do....

Thanks... in advance..
anticipating for help from the professionals... !!

[jayd512]

Can you post the output of

lsmod
lspci

[harishbayyavarapu]

[root@localhost Harish]# /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
vfat 13056 1
fat 42784 1 vfat
ipt_MASQUERADE 6528 1
iptable_nat 9224 1
nf_nat 18072 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
bridge 46104 0
bnep 14464 2
rfcomm 34576 4
l2cap 22272 16 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth 47588 5 bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
ib_iser 30136 0
rdma_cm 26112 1 ib_iser
ib_cm 32080 1 rdma_cm
iw_cm 10884 1 rdma_cm
ib_sa 20296 2 rdma_cm,ib_cm
ib_mad 33432 2 ib_cm,ib_sa
ib_core 43648 6 ib_iser,rdma_cm,ib_cm,iw_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad
ib_addr 9476 1 rdma_cm
iscsi_tcp 18820 0
libiscsi 24576 2 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp
scsi_transport_iscsi 28184 4 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi
fuse 41116 3
sunrpc 151412 3
ipt_REJECT 6784 4
nf_conntrack_ipv4 11396 6 iptable_nat,nf_nat
iptable_filter 6528 1
ip_tables 13840 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT 7552 2
xt_tcpudp 6656 6
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 2
xt_state 5888 5
nf_conntrack 49748 6 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv 4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
x_tables 15236 8 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,ip 6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ip6_tables
cpufreq_ondemand 10124 1
acpi_cpufreq 11532 2
loop 16772 0
dm_mirror 26116 0
dm_multipath 18056 0
dm_mod 49236 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
ipv6 221660 16 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
snd_hda_intel 330144 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48448 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
i915 84484 2
snd_mixer_oss 16768 1 snd_pcm_oss
dcdbas 10272 0
snd_pcm 67076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
uvcvideo 49416 0
video 20368 0
snd_timer 21640 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
compat_ioctl32 5120 1 uvcvideo
output 6656 1 video
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
drm 145508 3 i915
snd 48312 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
videodev 30208 1 uvcvideo
usb_storage 76296 1
sky2 41220 0
v4l1_compat 15364 2 uvcvideo,videodev
battery 14084 0
ac 8068 0
joydev 12608 0
i2c_algo_bit 8964 1 i915
i2c_i801 11920 0
wmi 9640 0
button 10000 0
serio_raw 8708 0
pcspkr 6272 0
soundcore 9288 1 snd
i2c_core 20628 4 i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
sr_mod 17064 0
cdrom 32796 1 sr_mod
sg 31028 0
ahci 26760 1
libata 126688 1 ahci
sd_mod 25624 4
scsi_mod 120820 9 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi,scsi_transport_iscsi,us b_storage,sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3 108424 1
jbd 40852 1 ext3
mbcache 10116 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 22928 0
ohci_hcd 22276 0
ehci_hcd 32268 0


[root@localhost Harish]# /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Cantiga Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)

Even i want to install the sound drivers and video drivers also..

[jayd512]

Your USB device is detected, but no modules loading for it that I can see. When you say downloaded the drivers, which ones did you download?
Also, you shouldn't need ndiswrapper, so remove that.

One more thing, what is the output of

lsusb
dmesg | grep firmware

[harishbayyavarapu]

[root@localhost Harish]# lsusb
bash:lsusb: command not found
[root@localhost Harish]#dmesg | grep firmware


The last command doesnt show up anything

i searched for ndiswrapper for fedora 9 on google and downloaded the files but i wasn't successful installing the ndiswrapper.

Thank you...

[harishbayyavarapu]

Also please guide me to install the sound drivers, video drivers and touchpad drivers if possible !!

[waterhead]

Let's get the wireless working first.

You should be automatically loading the b43 module, but we don't see it. Did you follow some instructions for NDISwrapper, that told you to blacklist the b43 module?

You can manually load the module. First gain root privileges using the su command. It will ask for the password, and the password will remain hidden as you enter it.

su <enter>
Password: <enter root password>

Now load the module

/sbin/modprobe b43

If it returns a new (blank) prompt, then it loaded the module. If it returned an error, post that error here.

You will also need firmware installed for the wireless to work, with the b43 driver. I have made a .rpm package that will install the firmware easily. You can download it here:

b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm

Install it with this command (as root):

rpm -ivh b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm

You will still need to get the b43 module to load too.

[harishbayyavarapu]

I followed the above command : /sbin/modprobe b43
The command showed up nothing as you mentioned.

[root@localhost Documents]# rpm -ivh b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:b43-firmware ########################################### [100%]

I tried installing ndswrapper but i didnt find the ndiswrapper for fedora 9
[root@localhost Documents]# yum install NDISwrapper
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package NDISwrapper available.
I had gone through many links... in the google but nothing helped me in installing
I downloaded the driver from dell. com and in the DRIVER_US we have ....inf file which we have to link. I didnt understand that step. Can you explain me how to install ??

Whats the next step i have to follow... ? please guide me for the complete installation of the drivers.. I am retarded with vista..I thought linux would help me but since 2 days i am fighting for the wlan drivers !!

[waterhead]

We now should check if the b43 module is loading:

/sbin/lsmod

Also now look for the wireless device:

iwconfig

[harishbayyavarapu]

[Harish@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
b43 123424 0
ssb 34052 1 b43
rfkill 9108 1 b43
mac80211 185184 1 b43
cfg80211 24712 1 mac80211
input_polldev 7176 1 b43
ipt_MASQUERADE 6528 1
iptable_nat 9224 1
nf_nat 18072 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
bridge 46104 0
bnep 14464 2
rfcomm 34576 4
l2cap 22272 16 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth 47588 5 bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
ib_iser 30136 0
rdma_cm 26112 1 ib_iser
ib_cm 32080 1 rdma_cm
iw_cm 10884 1 rdma_cm
ib_sa 20296 2 rdma_cm,ib_cm
ib_mad 33432 2 ib_cm,ib_sa
ib_core 43648 6 ib_iser,rdma_cm,ib_cm,iw_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad
ib_addr 9476 1 rdma_cm
iscsi_tcp 18820 0
libiscsi 24576 2 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp
scsi_transport_iscsi 28184 4 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi
fuse 41116 1
sunrpc 151412 3
ipt_REJECT 6784 4
nf_conntrack_ipv4 11396 6 iptable_nat,nf_nat
iptable_filter 6528 1
ip_tables 13840 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT 7552 2
xt_tcpudp 6656 6
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 2
xt_state 5888 5
nf_conntrack 49748 6 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv 4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
x_tables 15236 8 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,ip 6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ip6_tables
cpufreq_ondemand 10124 1
acpi_cpufreq 11532 2
dm_mirror 26116 0
dm_multipath 18056 0
dm_mod 49236 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
ipv6 221660 18 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
snd_hda_intel 330144 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48448 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
snd_mixer_oss 16768 1 snd_pcm_oss
i915 84484 2
dcdbas 10272 0
snd_pcm 67076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 21640 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
video 20368 0
uvcvideo 49416 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
output 6656 1 video
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
compat_ioctl32 5120 1 uvcvideo
snd 48312 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
usb_storage 76296 0
drm 145508 3 i915
videodev 30208 1 uvcvideo
button 10000 0
battery 14084 0
ac 8068 0
wmi 9640 0
i2c_algo_bit 8964 1 i915
i2c_i801 11920 0
sr_mod 17064 0
v4l1_compat 15364 2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore 9288 1 snd
pcspkr 6272 0
cdrom 32796 1 sr_mod
serio_raw 8708 0
joydev 12608 0
i2c_core 20628 4 i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
sky2 41220 0
sg 31028 0
ahci 26760 1
libata 126688 1 ahci
sd_mod 25624 2
scsi_mod 120820 9 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi,scsi_transport_iscsi,us b_storage,sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3 108424 1
jbd 40852 1 ext3
mbcache 10116 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 22928 0
ohci_hcd 22276 0
ehci_hcd 32268 0
[Harish@localhost ~]$ iwconfig
bash: iwconfig: command not found