[SOLVED] Wireless Setup in My PCLinux OS

**nujinini** · 07-17-2009

Hello Everybody,

I installed PCLinus 2009 in my laptop triple boot with XP/Fedora 11. I seem to have a problem in setting up the wireless which already works perfectly well in Fedora 11 & XP. I hope someone can help me analyze this. I tried to go to sticky first re wireless and this is as far I as went. As always, thanks in advance.

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[nujinini@localhost ~]$ cd Desktop/WirelessSetup
bash: cd: Desktop/WirelessSetup: Not a directory
[nujinini@localhost ~]$ chmod +x ~/Desktop/WirelessSetup
[nujinini@localhost ~]$ ./WirelessSetup
bash: ./WirelessSetup: No such file or directory
[nujinini@localhost ~]$ lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
        Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
        Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
        Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
        Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:2928] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
        Kernel modules: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:292d] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
        Kernel modules: ata_piix
05:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2382]
05:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381]
        Kernel driver in use: sdhci
        Kernel modules: sdhci
05:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller [197b:2383]
        Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms
        Kernel modules: jmb38x_ms
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: tg3
        Kernel modules: tg3
[nujinini@localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   48956  1
ipv6                  247108  18
af_packet              16192  2
hidp                   13312  0
hid                    33028  1 hidp
bridge                 46552  0
bnep                   11200  2
rfcomm                 32720  4
l2cap                  19424  17 hidp,bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth              51812  6 hidp,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
sbs                    11208  0
sbshc                   5280  1 sbs
fan                     4260  0
container               3488  0
binfmt_misc             8488  1
loop                   14188  0
dm_mirror              17216  0
dm_log                  9604  1 dm_mirror
dm_mod                 49668  2 dm_mirror,dm_log
cpufreq_ondemand        7020  1
cpufreq_conservative     6472  0
cpufreq_powersave       1952  0
acpi_cpufreq            7116  1
freq_table              4576  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
nvram                   7788  0
amd64_agp               9540  0
mmc_block               9796  0
8250_pci               23776  0
ohci1394               29360  0
ieee1394               84728  1 ohci1394
bttv                  160404  0
firmware_class          7296  1 bttv
ir_common              40196  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            6020  1 bttv
v4l2_common            11392  1 bttv
videobuf_dma_sg        11812  1 bttv
videobuf_core          17284  2 bttv,videobuf_dma_sg
btcx_risc               4648  1 bttv
tveeprom               12260  1 bttv
yenta_socket           22956  0
rsrc_nonstatic         11616  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            35764  2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
thermal                15260  0
tg3                   111268  0
snd_hda_intel         360684  1
snd_hwdep               6980  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           2852  0
rtc_cmos                9376  0
rtc_core               14620  1 rtc_cmos
snd_seq_oss            29024  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7104  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48240  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7212  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            36800  0
i2c_i801                8656  0
snd_pcm                70660  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              20168  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
uvcvideo               53864  0
compat_ioctl32          1344  2 bttv,uvcvideo
snd_page_alloc          8456  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14048  1 snd_pcm_oss
wmi                     6568  0
snd                    51812  11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
button                  6224  0
battery                10308  0
ac                      4292  0
processor              32544  4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
jmb38x_ms               8580  0
memstick               10172  1 jmb38x_ms
sdhci                  14788  0
video                  16560  0
output                  3104  1 video
rtc_lib                 3104  1 rtc_core
joydev                  9280  0
intel_agp              24676  1
i2c_core               22196  5 bttv,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,tveeprom,i2c_i801
videodev               30240  2 bttv,uvcvideo
serio_raw               5316  0
evdev                   9056  9
mmc_core               43420  2 mmc_block,sdhci
agpgart                31560  3 amd64_agp,intel_agp
v4l1_compat            14404  2 uvcvideo,videodev
sr_mod                 15236  0
soundcore               7072  1 snd
cdrom                  34560  1 sr_mod
sg                     30260  0
ahci                   25224  0
ata_piix               16420  2
libata                159040  2 ahci,ata_piix
sd_mod                 25752  3
scsi_mod              141228  4 sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  120552  1
jbd                    41940  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               21260  0
ohci_hcd               20996  0
ehci_hcd               32492  0
usbcore               129328  5 uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
[nujinini@localhost ~]$

**waterhead** · 07-17-2009

Hello, this is the wireless card.

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06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

The system should be automatically loading the b43 driver module for it, but it isn't. You can try to manually load it, and see what happens.

Code:

sudo modprobe b43

If your system doesn't use sudo, then gain root permissions with the su command.

If it just goes to a new prompt after entering the command, then it loaded the module. Otherwise it should give an error. You then should check for the b43 module in the output of lsmod, it should be at the top of the list.

If the b43 module is loading, you then will need to install the firmware. You can copy the firmware from your Fedora install, if you know which file it is looking for. That can be determined with this command.

Code:

dmesg | grep firmware

If PCLinuxOS doesn't give you anything useful, run this same command in Fedora. That should tell you which firmware file you need. In fact, there may be a folder that you can just copy. Look for this:

/lib/firmware/b43/

Copy the entire folder to the other operating system. You MAY need to remove them from the folder and just put them in the /lib/firmware folder. Do both, and then you have it covered.

**nujinini** · 07-17-2009

Originally Posted by waterhead

Hello, this is the wireless card.

Code:

06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

The system should be automatically loading the b43 driver module for it, but it isn't. You can try to manually load it, and see what happens.

Code:

sudo modprobe b43

If your system doesn't use sudo, then gain root permissions with the su command.

If it just goes to a new prompt after entering the command, then it loaded the module. Otherwise it should give an error. You then should check for the b43 module in the output of lsmod, it should be at the top of the list.

If the b43 module is loading, you then will need to install the firmware. You can copy the firmware from your Fedora install, if you know which file it is looking for. That can be determined with this command.

Code:

dmesg | grep firmware

If PCLinuxOS doesn't give you anything useful, run this same command in Fedora. That should tell you which firmware file you need. In fact, there may be a folder that you can just copy. Look for this:

/lib/firmware/b43/

Copy the entire folder to the other operating system. You MAY need to remove them from the folder and just put them in the /lib/firmware folder. Do both, and then you have it covered.

Hi Paul,

So good to hear from you again. Anyway, this is what I got.

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[root@localhost ~]# modprobe b43
[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
b43                   125020  0
ssb                    39364  1 b43
rfkill                  8920  1 b43
pcmcia                 33868  2 b43,ssb
mac80211              129300  1 b43
cfg80211               24328  1 mac80211
led_class               4132  1 b43
input_polldev           3944  1 b43
ipv6                  247108  18
fuse                   48956  3
af_packet              16192  2
hidp                   13312  0
hid                    33028  1 hidp
bridge                 46552  0
bnep                   11200  2
rfcomm                 32720  4
l2cap                  19424  17 hidp,bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth              51812  6 hidp,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
sbs                    11208  0
sbshc                   5280  1 sbs
fan                     4260  0
container               3488  0
binfmt_misc             8488  1
loop                   14188  0
dm_mirror              17216  0
dm_log                  9604  1 dm_mirror
dm_mod                 49668  2 dm_mirror,dm_log
cpufreq_ondemand        7020  1
cpufreq_conservative     6472  0
cpufreq_powersave       1952  0
acpi_cpufreq            7116  1
freq_table              4576  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
nvram                   7788  0
amd64_agp               9540  0
mmc_block               9796  0
8250_pci               23776  0
ohci1394               29360  0
ieee1394               84728  1 ohci1394
bttv                  160404  0
firmware_class          7296  3 b43,pcmcia,bttv
ir_common              40196  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            6020  1 bttv
v4l2_common            11392  1 bttv
videobuf_dma_sg        11812  1 bttv
videobuf_core          17284  2 bttv,videobuf_dma_sg
btcx_risc               4648  1 bttv
tveeprom               12260  1 bttv
yenta_socket           22956  0
rsrc_nonstatic         11616  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            35764  5 b43,ssb,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_hda_intel         360684  1
snd_hwdep               6980  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           2852  0
rtc_cmos                9376  0
rtc_core               14620  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 3104  1 rtc_core
sdhci                  14788  0
video                  16560  0
output                  3104  1 video
thermal                15260  0
jmb38x_ms               8580  0
sr_mod                 15236  0
sg                     30260  0
wmi                     6568  0
snd_seq_oss            29024  0
intel_agp              24676  1
snd_seq_midi_event      7104  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48240  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7212  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
button                  6224  0
snd_pcm_oss            36800  0
ac                      4292  0
battery                10308  0
mmc_core               43420  2 mmc_block,sdhci
serio_raw               5316  0
cdrom                  34560  1 sr_mod
memstick               10172  1 jmb38x_ms
snd_pcm                70660  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
agpgart                31560  3 amd64_agp,intel_agp
snd_timer              20168  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8456  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14048  1 snd_pcm_oss
i2c_i801                8656  0
processor              32544  4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
snd                    51812  11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
joydev                  9280  0
soundcore               7072  1 snd
tg3                   111268  0
evdev                   9056  9
uvcvideo               53864  0
i2c_core               22196  5 bttv,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,tveeprom,i2c_i801
compat_ioctl32          1344  2 bttv,uvcvideo
videodev               30240  2 bttv,uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            14404  2 uvcvideo,videodev
ahci                   25224  0
ata_piix               16420  3
libata                159040  2 ahci,ata_piix
sd_mod                 25752  4
scsi_mod              141228  4 sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  120552  1
jbd                    41940  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               21260  0
ohci_hcd               20996  0
ehci_hcd               32492  0
usbcore               129328  5 uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep firmware
[root@localhost ~]#

I run this command from my fedora and copied it to pclinux but I can't seem to get it right.

platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d

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[root@localhost ~]# platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d
bash: platform: command not found
[root@localhost ~]# platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0d
bash: platform: command not found
[root@localhost ~]#

**waterhead** · 07-17-2009

That is not a command, but a message from the system. It is also about Intel firmware, you want Broadcom firmware for your wireless.

If you can't determine the firmware to copy from Fedora, you may just want to manually install it. There are some instructions found here:

b43 - Linux Wireless

**nujinini** · 07-17-2009

Originally Posted by waterhead

That is not a command, but a message from the system. It is also about Intel firmware, you want Broadcom firmware for your wireless.

If you can't determine the firmware to copy from Fedora, you may just want to manually install it. There are some instructions found here:

b43 - Linux Wireless

Hi Paul,

Thank you! Kindly check if I did it right please

I detached the cable but I still can't get a connection.

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[root@localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.26.8.tex3
[root@localhost ~]# wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2
--2009-07-17 22:40:14--  http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2
Resolving bu3sch.de... 62.75.166.246
Connecting to bu3sch.de|62.75.166.246|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 14138 (14K) [application/x-bzip2]
Saving to: `b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2'

100%[======================================>] 14,138      15.0K/s   in 0.9s

2009-07-17 22:40:17 (15.0 KB/s) - `b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2' saved [14138/14138]

[root@localhost ~]# tar xjf b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2
[root@localhost ~]# cd b43-fwcutter-012
[root@localhost b43-fwcutter-012]# make
cc -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -D_BSD_SOURCE -DFWCUTTER_VERSION_=012   -c -o fwcutter.o fwcutter.c
cc -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -D_BSD_SOURCE -DFWCUTTER_VERSION_=012   -c -o md5.o md5.c
cc -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -D_BSD_SOURCE -DFWCUTTER_VERSION_=012 -o b43-fwcutter fwcutter.o md5.o
[root@localhost b43-fwcutter-012]# cd ..
[root@localhost ~]#

**nujinini** · 07-17-2009

By the way Paul, I get this error message when I try to configure wireless manually.

Some packages (broadcom-wl) are required but aren't available. These packages can be found in Mandriva Linux One, Mandriva Linux Powerpack, or in the official non-free package repository.

The following component is missing: wl

The required files can also be installed from this URL:
Broadcom.com - 802.11 Linux STA driver

**waterhead** · 07-17-2009

You would use the wl driver if you had a "n" wireless. Since yours was listed as a "g" wireless, I thought that it would use the b43 driver.

It is now clear to me why the b43 driver was not loading. Your system wants you to use the wl driver, so maybe just install that instead.

**nujinini** · 07-18-2009

Originally Posted by waterhead

You would use the wl driver if you had a "n" wireless. Since yours was listed as a "g" wireless, I thought that it would use the b43 driver.

It is now clear to me why the b43 driver was not loading. Your system wants you to use the wl driver, so maybe just install that instead.

Hi Paul,

I tried many ways of installing the wl driver but I can't seem to. I really wanted to install it myself so as to learn but I think its not getting me anywhere

I'm a little bit ashamed to ask but I guess the only way to learn correctly is to ask. May I request you to please share some instructions on how I am suppose to do it?

As always, I thank you in advance!

**waterhead** · 07-18-2009

You already were told how to do it when you got this error message, sort of:

Some packages (broadcom-wl) are required but aren't available. These packages can be found in Mandriva Linux One, Mandriva Linux Powerpack, or in the official non-free package repository.

The PCLinux web site doesn't shed much light on this either. I did find that it uses apt to install programs, and the apt frontend Synaptic Package Manager. Open the Synaptic Package Manager and look for any programs called broadcom-wl. You may want to install all that you find! (possibly named dkms-broadcom-wl)

If it isn't there then you do need to enable a different repository. We'll cover that if you need it (meaning: I don't have a clue how to do it!

)

**nujinini** · 07-18-2009

Originally Posted by waterhead

You already were told how to do it when you got this error message, sort of:

The PCLinux web site doesn't shed much light on this either. I did find that it uses apt to install programs, and the apt frontend Synaptic Package Manager. Open the Synaptic Package Manager and look for any programs called broadcom-wl. You may want to install all that you find! (possibly named dkms-broadcom-wl)

If it isn't there then you do need to enable a different repository. We'll cover that if you need it (meaning: I don't have a clue how to do it!

)

Hi Paul,

I can't believe it. It was right under my nose. It was in the Synaptic Package Manager dkms-broadcom-wl. I stayed late last night and half of this morning trying to figure it out and you did it in 2 mins. I am using it now. Thank you for helping and most of all, thank you for your patience with greenhorns (ultragreen) like me. This has been another lesson on my part. I hope others can benefit from it.

)

Good day!

nujinini

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