On Wednesday 20 January 2010 12:17:36 Korrignu wrote: > On 20.01.2010 10:26, Florian Reitmeir wrote: > > Hi, > > > > in my simple understanding: > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#firmware_installation > > > > under debian, installing: > > sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter > > > > should be enough. > > > > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Deryk Barker wrote: > >> John Kapnogiannis wrote: > >>> On Tuesday 19 January 2010 22:53:47 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >>>>> Well I checked with both and there isn't any interface for > >>>>> wireless. Only > >>>>> lo and eth0 for the ethernet. > >>>>> > >>>>> J > >>>> > >>>> I am not really good with broadcom wireless, but as far as I > >>>> remember, you > >>>> have to have a firmware to install, using bcm43xx-fwcutter. > >>>> Hum... dont get mad at me if I am wrong > >>>> Thierry > >>> > >>> I suppose I don't a firmware cause the card is currently working just > >>> fine with the previous version of the driver which I kept in a > >>> backup. I think I should email the maintainer and then file a bug or > >>> something. I just hoped someone had a clue about this cause I am out > >>> of ideas. > >> > >> If you are upgrading from and earlier kernel then you should indeed > >> already have the firmware. > >> > >> One thing I ran into several times (although I think some distros > >> have stopped doing this) was that each new kernel version came with > >> its own /lib/firmware directory, so the firmware may simply be in the > >> wrong location. > >> > >> Check your logs: if the bcm43xx module has loaded but complains about > >> missing firware, you might try pointing a find at /lib and looking for > >> it. > >> > >> good luck > >> > >> deryk > > Hello, > i've got a Dell too, with a Broadcom 4312 *but* in fact this is not a > broadcom 4312, but a broadcom 4315 (you can check it with lspci) which > is not yet supported by b43 driver. So it is useless to try with > b43-fwcutter, you have no choice you have to use broadcom-sta module if > you want to use wifi. > But i have no problem with it. > > Good luck ! >
Hi. Well, my dell studio 1555 has a dell wireless 1397 which is indeed a broadcom 4312 (rev 1). I can see this with the lspci command. The b43 is supposed to work with this but I have to update to kernel 2.6.32 from sid. I prefer waiting until 2.6.32 gets in testing. Until then I will use the proprietary driver from broadcom. I am currently using the previous version. If I replace the old version with the updated one the interface just disappears. As you can see using the older version can bypass the problem. I just wondered why the updated version of the broadcom-sta driver does this. J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
