New-Wireless Problem Broadcom

[Keyvay]

Im new to linux an ive installed fedora 12 i can connect wired but not wireless ive tried going to a few web sites that give a step by step of type "this" then "this" an its not working i have a broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN an ive read that its not an easy thing to do i got the fwcutter (i think i did that right) and the broadcom driver for windows file sitting on my desktop but i dont know how to bring it all together or am i going all about this wrong any help would be great and yes ive started reading and reading and reading on who/what/why/when/where/how of linux

thanks for any help

[tazirul]

Im new to linux an ive installed fedora 12 i can connect wired but not wireless ive tried going to a few web sites that give a step by step of type "this" then "this" an its not working i have a broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN an ive read that its not an easy thing to do i got the fwcutter (i think i did that right) and the broadcom driver for windows file sitting on my desktop but i dont know how to bring it all together or am i going all about this wrong any help would be great and yes ive started reading and reading and reading on who/what/why/when/where/how of linux

thanks for any help

U should first check out whether ur driver for broadcom is installed or not n if installed then try "ifconfig wlan0" wlan0 depicts ur wifi card or "iwconfig" from terminal .
If not installed then u can try ndiswraper or u can install from Broadcom site
There should be firmware files at "/lib/firmware/b43/", so list this directory after driver is installed..

[waterhead]

There are actually two types of Broadcom wireless cards. Neither will work out-of-the-box in Linux. Different steps are taken, depending on the type that you have.

We need more detailed information before we can help. Read the thread linked to below. It details the info needed, and how to find and post it.

Wireless Setup - Start Here

If it is the b43 driver that you require, you indeed need to install firmware before it will work. I made an rpm file that contains the firmware, that should work on Fedora 12.

b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm

It can be installed with this command:

su -c 'rpm -ivh b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm'

There is a completely different driver for the other type of wireless. I will advise you on that if you need it. Please first post the needed info.

[Keyvay]

thank you for this info i tried that file but i got this msg "/tmp/b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences. im sorry for being uneducated in Linux but what does this mean?

[waterhead]

Before you do anything else, post the info that I asked for.

[Keyvay]

Before you do anything else, post the info that I asked for.

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0754] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:075e] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus [10de:0752] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor [10de:0753] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0568] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077b] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077c] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077d] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077e] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE [10de:0759] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
Kernel modules: pata_amd
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio [10de:0774] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:075a] (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) [10de:0ad0] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet [10de:0760] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
Kernel modules: forcedeth
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge [10de:0569] (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:077a] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link Control [1022:1304]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8200M G [10de:0845] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4312 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [103c:137c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb

============ lsusb ============
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module Size Used by
fuse 48375 2
sunrpc 160134 1
cpufreq_ondemand 6993 2
powernow_k8 12956 0
ip6t_REJECT 3394 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 14859 2
ip6table_filter 2227 1
ip6_tables 9409 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 223738 24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
microcode 11190 0
uinput 5244 0
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi 3224 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 25827 1
snd_hda_intel 19763 2
arc4 1073 2
snd_hda_codec 59921 3 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hd a_intel
ecb 1575 2
snd_hwdep 4868 1 snd_hda_codec
b43 140928 0
snd_seq 42811 0
mac80211 168594 1 b43
snd_seq_device 5031 1 snd_seq
cfg80211 97861 2 b43,mac80211
snd_pcm 61044 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
hp_wmi 3820 0
snd_timer 15541 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 46576 12 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec ,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_time r
rfkill 13401 2 cfg80211,hp_wmi
ssb 41296 1 b43
soundcore 4863 1 snd
forcedeth 42977 0
wmi 5620 1 hp_wmi
mmc_core 51268 2 b43,ssb
snd_page_alloc 6125 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 3574 0
joydev 7408 0
i2c_nforce2 5663 0
ata_generic 2399 0
pata_acpi 2303 0
dm_multipath 12324 0
usb_storage 33770 0
pata_amd 7613 0
video 16522 0
output 1605 1 video
nouveau 292645 2
ttm 40321 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 22251 1 nouveau
drm 135451 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 4073 1 nouveau
i2c_core 21732 5 i2c_nforce2,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bi t

============ dmesg-firmware ============
nouveau 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting nouveau/nvaa.ctxprog
nouveau 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting nouveau/nvaa.ctxvals
platform microcode: firmware: requesting amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
platform microcode: firmware: requesting amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to [this was a url i had to delete en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware]b43 - Linux Wireless[/url] and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to [u/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware]b43 - Linux Wireless[/url] and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to [/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware]b43 - Linux Wireless[/url] and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686.PAE

============ ifconfig ============
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:72:61:49:67
inet addr:192.168.2.6 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:72ff:fe61:4967/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13006 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:22900628 (21.8 MiB) TX bytes:1453176 (1.3 MiB)
Interrupt:26 Base address:0xe000

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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 b) TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)


============ iwconfig ============
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off


im not sure if im doing this right i didnt understand the part about BB
and i had to take out evertything with a url address cuz it wouldnt let me post otherwise cuz i have not posted 15 or more posts are we having fun yet

[waterhead]

Your wireless is trying to use the b43 driver. It supported this wireless starting in the 2.6.32 kernel, which you have. It is looking for the firmware, but can't find it. That was the URL that you removed.

b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to [u/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware]b43 - Linux Wireless[/url] and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

The firmware package that I linked to may have the needed firmware, so let's try again to download and install it.

The previous time you tried, showed that you had it in a /tmp folder. Download it to your home folder, the top directory of the user that you are logged in as. Don't log in as root. Something like this:

/home/Keyvay

If you download it to your home folder, when you open a terminal window, it will already be in the correct folder. You only need to install the package. If you are unsure, you can list the files in the folder with this command:

ls

So, try installing the firmware rpm package once again.

[waterhead]

I just noticed that there are some existing firmware files, and the install fails. You can install the firmware with this command:

su -c 'rpm -ivh --replacefiles b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch.rpm'

This will replace the files of the same name, with the ones from the package that you are installing.

[Keyvay]

i tried but i got this error

Test Transaction Errors: file /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw from install of b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch conflicts with file from package b43-openfwwf-5.2-3.fc12.noarch
file /lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw from install of b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch conflicts with file from package b43-openfwwf-5.2-3.fc12.noarch
file /lib/firmware/b43/ucode5.fw from install of b43-firmware-4.150.10.5-0.noarch conflicts with file from package b43-openfwwf-5.2-3.fc12.noarch

[Keyvay]

ok i did that replace an i click on the package agin it says its already installed whatss the next step