Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless

[JoeHill-2]

I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the Debian Wiki:

http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx

but then found out that my particular device was not supported by that driver.

I then tried the tutorial on this page:

http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper

I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I got the
driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and shows up in
ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'.

I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of what was
going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access the wicd
network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no wireless
connection.

Any tips really greatly appreciated.

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[Thierry Chatelet]

On Thursday 02 July 2009 05:09:51 JoeHill wrote:

> I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the Debian
> Wiki:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx
>
> but then found out that my particular device was not supported by that
> driver.
>
> I then tried the tutorial on this page:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper
>
> I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I got the
> driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and shows up
> in ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'.
>
> I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of what was
> going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access the wicd
> network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no wireless
> connection.
>
> Any tips really greatly appreciated.
>
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A Linux driver for the Broadcom bcm43xx wireless chips.
Broadcom never released details about these chips. So this driver is based
upon reverse engineered specifications.

This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2.

Another branch of this driver, based on the Devicescape 802.11 Stack, which
should be the future in Linux wireless support and which supports advanced
capabilities (namely, full WPA support), can be found in the wireless-dev
tree:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git

The bcm43xx-fwcutter tool (required - see documentation for further info) can
install with aptitude.
So remove ndiswrapper and try again.
Give some detail from ifconfig, iwconfig..


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[Klistvud]

Dne, 02. 07. 2009 06:22:48 je Thierry Chatelet napisal(a):

> On Thursday 02 July 2009 05:09:51 JoeHill wrote:
> > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the
> Debian
> > Wiki:
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx
> >
> > but then found out that my particular device was not supported by
> that
> > driver.
> >
> > I then tried the tutorial on this page:
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper
> >
> > I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I
> got the
> > driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and
> shows up
> > in ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'.
> >
> > I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of
> what was
> > going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access
> the wicd
> > network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no
> wireless
> > connection.
> >
> > Any tips really greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > J
>
>
> A Linux driver for the Broadcom bcm43xx wireless chips.
> Broadcom never released details about these chips. So this driver is
> based
> upon reverse engineered specifications.
>
> This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2.
>
> Another branch of this driver, based on the Devicescape 802.11 Stack,
> which
> should be the future in Linux wireless support and which supports
> advanced
> capabilities (namely, full WPA support), can be found in the
> wireless-dev
> tree:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-
> dev.git
>
> The bcm43xx-fwcutter tool (required - see documentation for further
> info) can
> install with aptitude.
> So remove ndiswrapper and try again.
> Give some detail from ifconfig, iwconfig..
>
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Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's
website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would
work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive
instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install.
But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software
guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I
thik.

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[Mariusz Sielicki]

2009/7/2 JoeHill <joehill@...>:

>
> I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the Debian Wiki:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx
>
> but then found out that my particular device was not supported by that driver.
>
> I then tried the tutorial on this page:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper
>
> I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I got the
> driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and shows up in
> ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'.
>
> I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of what was
> going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access the wicd
> network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no wireless
> connection.
>
> Any tips really greatly appreciated.

There is better way if you use Debian Lenny
Try install b43-fwcutter package.

aptitude install b43-fwcutter


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[Florian Kulzer-3]

On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 12:12:06 +0200, Klistvud wrote:

[...]

> Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's
> website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would
> work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive
> instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install.
> But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software
> guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I
> think.

The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html

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[JoeHill-2]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 12:12:06 +0200, Klistvud wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's
> > website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would
> > work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive
> > instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install.
> > But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software
> > guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I
> > think.  
>
> The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
> the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html

Do I need to remove ndiswrapper first, or is it enough to simply unload the
Windows driver?

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[JoeHill-2]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 12:12:06 +0200, Klistvud wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's
> > website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would
> > work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive
> > instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install.
> > But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software
> > guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I
> > think.  
>
> The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
> the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html

Okay, went ahead with this and now I'm a bit further along. Wicd netork manager
will now start, though it shows 'no wireless networks found'. Also, when I look
at the preferences dialogue, there is no entry for 'wireless interface'.

Gnome network manager also shows no wireless interface.

Also:

tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

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[JoeHill-2]

Thierry Chatelet wrote:

> On Thursday 02 July 2009 05:09:51 JoeHill wrote:
> > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the Debian
> > Wiki:
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx
> >
> > but then found out that my particular device was not supported by that
> > driver.
> >
> > I then tried the tutorial on this page:
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper
> >
> > I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I got the
> > driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and shows up
> > in ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'.
> >
> > I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of what was
> > going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access the wicd
> > network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no wireless
> > connection.
> >
> > Any tips really greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > J  
>
>
> A Linux driver for the Broadcom bcm43xx wireless chips.
> Broadcom never released details about these chips. So this driver is based
> upon reverse engineered specifications.
>
> This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2.
>
> Another branch of this driver, based on the Devicescape 802.11 Stack, which
> should be the future in Linux wireless support and which supports advanced
> capabilities (namely, full WPA support), can be found in the wireless-dev
> tree:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git

I would like to try this, but I am completely unfamiliar with how to approach
this. Is this similar to subversion? How to I retrieve this code?
 
> The bcm43xx-fwcutter tool (required - see documentation for further info) can
> install with aptitude.
> So remove ndiswrapper and try again.
> Give some detail from ifconfig, iwconfig..

I already have the fwcutter tool installed from previous attempts, and I've
removed ndiswrapper. ifconfig and iwconfig both show no wireless devices.

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[JoeHill-2]

Klistvud wrote:

> Dne, 02. 07. 2009 06:22:48 je Thierry Chatelet napisal(a):
> > On Thursday 02 July 2009 05:09:51 JoeHill wrote:  
> > > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the  
> > Debian  
> > > Wiki:
> > >
> > > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx
> > >
> > > but then found out that my particular device was not supported by  
> > that  
> > > driver.
> > >
> > > I then tried the tutorial on this page:
> > >
> > > http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper
> > >
> > > I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I  
> > got the  
> > > driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and  
> > shows up  
> > > in ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'.
> > >
> > > I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of  
> > what was  
> > > going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access  
> > the wicd  
> > > network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no  
> > wireless  
> > > connection.
> > >
> > > Any tips really greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > --
> > > J  
> >
> >
> > A Linux driver for the Broadcom bcm43xx wireless chips.
> > Broadcom never released details about these chips. So this driver is
> > based
> > upon reverse engineered specifications.
> >
> > This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2.
> >
> > Another branch of this driver, based on the Devicescape 802.11 Stack,
> > which
> > should be the future in Linux wireless support and which supports
> > advanced
> > capabilities (namely, full WPA support), can be found in the
> > wireless-dev
> > tree:
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-
> > dev.git
> >
> > The bcm43xx-fwcutter tool (required - see documentation for further
> > info) can
> > install with aptitude.
> > So remove ndiswrapper and try again.
> > Give some detail from ifconfig, iwconfig..
> >
> >
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>
> Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's
> website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would
> work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive
> instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install.
> But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software
> guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I
> thik.

I am having a lot of trouble locating the driver for this device on the
broadcom site. The only network drivers I see so far are for ethernet NIC's.

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[Florian Kulzer-3]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 13:46:08 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:

[...]

> > The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
> > the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:
> >
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html
>
> Okay, went ahead with this and now I'm a bit further along. Wicd netork manager
> will now start, though it shows 'no wireless networks found'. Also, when I look
> at the preferences dialogue, there is no entry for 'wireless interface'.
>
> Gnome network manager also shows no wireless interface.
>
> Also:
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
> wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

I would like to see the output of these three commands:

uname -a

dpkg -l broadcom-\* ndiswrapper-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'

lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'

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[JoeHill-2]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 13:46:08 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:  
>
> [...]
>
> > > The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
> > > the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:
> > >
> > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html 
> >
> > Okay, went ahead with this and now I'm a bit further along. Wicd netork
> > manager will now start, though it shows 'no wireless networks found'. Also,
> > when I look at the preferences dialogue, there is no entry for 'wireless
> > interface'.
> >
> > Gnome network manager also shows no wireless interface.
> >
> > Also:
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
> > wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device  
>
> I would like to see the output of these three commands:
>
> uname -a
>
> dpkg -l broadcom-\* ndiswrapper-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
>
> lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'

tablet:/home/lajolla# uname -a
Linux tablet 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:57:38 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

tablet:/home/lajolla# dpkg -l broadcom-\* ndiswrapper-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print
$1,$2,$3}'
ii broadcom-sta-common 5.10.91.9-1
un broadcom-sta-modules <none>
ii broadcom-sta-modules-2.6.26-2-686 5.10.91.9-1+2.6.26-17
ii broadcom-sta-source 5.10.91.9-1
pn ndiswrapper-common <none>
rc ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.26-2-686 1.54-2+2.6.26-17
ii ndiswrapper-source 1.54-2
un ndiswrapper-utils <none>
pn ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 <none>

tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
tablet:/home/lajolla#

I'm thinking that last command should have had _some_ output...

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[Florian Kulzer-3]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 14:30:56 -0400, JoeHill wrote:

> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 13:46:08 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > > Florian Kulzer wrote:  
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
> > > > the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:
> > > >
> > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html 

[...]

> > > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> > > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > >
> > > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> > >
> > > tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
> > > wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device  

[...]

> tablet:/home/lajolla# uname -a
> Linux tablet 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:57:38 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# dpkg -l broadcom-\* ndiswrapper-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print
> $1,$2,$3}'
> ii broadcom-sta-common 5.10.91.9-1
> un broadcom-sta-modules <none>
> ii broadcom-sta-modules-2.6.26-2-686 5.10.91.9-1+2.6.26-17
> ii broadcom-sta-source 5.10.91.9-1
> pn ndiswrapper-common <none>
> rc ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.26-2-686 1.54-2+2.6.26-17
> ii ndiswrapper-source 1.54-2
> un ndiswrapper-utils <none>
> pn ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 <none>
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
>
> I'm thinking that last command should have had _some_ output...

Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some
error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might
need a newer kernel.)

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[JoeHill-2]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 14:30:56 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:  
> > > On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 13:46:08 -0400, JoeHill wrote:  
> > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:    
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >  
> > > > > The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid
> > > > > in the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html   
>
> [...]
>
> > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> > > > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > > >
> > > > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> > > >
> > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
> > > > wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device    
>
> [...]
>
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# uname -a
> > Linux tablet 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:57:38 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# dpkg -l broadcom-\* ndiswrapper-\* | awk
> > '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
> > ii broadcom-sta-common 5.10.91.9-1
> > un broadcom-sta-modules <none>
> > ii broadcom-sta-modules-2.6.26-2-686 5.10.91.9-1+2.6.26-17
> > ii broadcom-sta-source 5.10.91.9-1
> > pn ndiswrapper-common <none>
> > rc ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.26-2-686 1.54-2+2.6.26-17
> > ii ndiswrapper-source 1.54-2
> > un ndiswrapper-utils <none>
> > pn ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 <none>
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
> >
> > I'm thinking that last command should have had _some_ output...  
>
> Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some
> error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might
> need a newer kernel.)

The only output I get from modprobe (every time) is:

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
will be ignored in a future release.

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[JoeHill-2]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

> Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some
> error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might
> need a newer kernel.)

Tried again after a reboot:

tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
will be ignored in a future release.
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko
install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl WARNING:
All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it will be
ignored in a future release.
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko

tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
wl                   1267176  0
ieee80211_crypt         5124  1 wl

but still:

tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

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[Florian Kulzer-3]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 16:22:40 -0400, JoeHill wrote:

> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
> > Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some
> > error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might
> > need a newer kernel.)
>
> Tried again after a reboot:
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl
> WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
> will be ignored in a future release.
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko
> install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl WARNING:
> All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it will be
> ignored in a future release.
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
> wl                   1267176  0
> ieee80211_crypt         5124  1 wl
>
> but still:
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
> wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

Note: There is no point in trying to ifup the device as long as it is
not listed by iwconfig.

So, your kernel does load the module without obvious problems, but no
new network device becomes available. This means that the kernel does
not recognize your hardware as supported by this module (or by any other
driver that it knows).

Please post the output of this:

lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi'

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[JoeHill-2]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 16:22:40 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >  
> > > Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some
> > > error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might
> > > need a newer kernel.)  
> >
> > Tried again after a reboot:
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl
> > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
> > will be ignored in a future release.
> > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko
> > install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl
> > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
> > will be ignored in a future release.
> > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
> > wl                   1267176  0
> > ieee80211_crypt         5124  1 wl
> >
> > but still:
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up
> > wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device  
>
> Note: There is no point in trying to ifup the device as long as it is
> not listed by iwconfig.

Heh, okay.

> So, your kernel does load the module without obvious problems, but no
> new network device becomes available. This means that the kernel does
> not recognize your hardware as supported by this module (or by any other
> driver that it knows).

Is that maybe remedied by a newer kernel?

> Please post the output of this:
>
> lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi'

No output :-(

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[Florian Kulzer-3]

On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 10:35:38 -0400, JoeHill wrote:

> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 16:22:40 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > >  
> > > > Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some
> > > > error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might
> > > > need a newer kernel.)  
> > >
> > > Tried again after a reboot:
> > >
> > > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl
> > > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
> > > will be ignored in a future release.
> > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko
> > > install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl
> > > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
> > > will be ignored in a future release.
> > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko
> > >
> > > tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
> > > wl                   1267176  0
> > > ieee80211_crypt         5124  1 wl
> > >
> > > but still:
> > >
> > > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> > > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > >
> > > eth0      no wireless extensions.

[...]

> > Please post the output of this:
> >
> > lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi'
>
> No output :-(

What about this:

lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'net|lan|14e4|4328'

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[JoeHill-2]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 10:35:38 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:  
> > > On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 16:22:40 -0400, JoeHill wrote:  
> > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > >    
> > > > > Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or
> > > > > some error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you
> > > > > might need a newer kernel.)    
> > > >
> > > > Tried again after a reboot:
> > > >
> > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl
> > > > WARNING: All config files
> > > > need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it will be ignored in a
> > > > future release.
> > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko
> > > > install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl
> > > > WARNING: All config files
> > > > need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it will be ignored in a
> > > > future release.
> > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko
> > > >
> > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis'
> > > > wl                   1267176  0
> > > > ieee80211_crypt         5124  1 wl
> > > >
> > > > but still:
> > > >
> > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig
> > > > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > > >
> > > > eth0      no wireless extensions.  
>
> [...]
>
> > > Please post the output of this:
> > >
> > > lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi'  
> >
> > No output :-(  
>
> What about this:
>
> lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'net|lan|14e4|4328'

tablet:/home/lajolla# lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'net|lan|14e4|4328'
00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller [10de:0269]
(rev a3)
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]

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[Florian Kulzer-3]

On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 11:55:06 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > Earlier, JoeHill wrote:
> > > Florian Kulzer wrote:  

[...]

> > > > Please post the output of this:
> > > >
> > > > lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi'  
> > >
> > > No output :-(  
> >
> > What about this:
> >
> > lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'net|lan|14e4|4328'
>
> tablet:/home/lajolla# lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'net|lan|14e4|4328'
> 00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller [10de:0269]
> (rev a3)
> 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]

What, then, makes you think that you have a "Broadcom Corporation
BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)" wireless adapter? Is there a PCMCIA card
with this chipset?

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Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 11:55:06 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:  
> > > Earlier, JoeHill wrote:  
> > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:    
>
> [...]
>
> > > > > Please post the output of this:
> > > > >
> > > > > lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi'    
> > > >
> > > > No output :-(    
> > >
> > > What about this:
> > >
> > > lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'net|lan|14e4|4328'  
> >
> > tablet:/home/lajolla# lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'net|lan|14e4|4328'
> > 00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller
> > [10de:0269] (rev a3)
> > 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> > [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]  
>
> What, then, makes you think that you have a "Broadcom Corporation
> BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)" wireless adapter? Is there a PCMCIA card
> with this chipset?

That's weird. I swear when I started this whole thing, I ran 'lspci', and got
that output. I mean, really, where else could I have gotten that? It was pasted
from a terminal, and I don't have any other machines in here with wireless :-)

On the front of the notebook, there a label which says 'Broadcom Wireless', and
underneath that is an antenna symbol, the word 'Wireless', and a switch to turn
the wireless on or off. I of course have tried all this with the indicator in
both positions.

However, now when I run lsusb, I get this:

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN)
Interface [Integrated Module]

Could I have changed something when I installed the Windows driver from HP with
ndiswrapper? I've since removed the driver _and_ ndiswrapper.

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