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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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?
You already were told how to do it when you got this error message, sort of:
Quote:
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! )
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Paul
Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.
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. )
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