Just solved the problem. You should load the b43 driver. modprobe b43 then you'll see in dmesg that missing the right firmware. Install some more packages that is not included to F18 by default: rfkill, wget, b43-openfwwf, b43-tools. (Why has been wget excluded from package list, no clue....) Getting the driver - Do this (without numbers at beginning - simply execute one by one in terminal): 1 export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware" 2 wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 3 tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 4 sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o If you have finished, then restart, and check that b43 driver is loaded or not. IF not, call 'modprobe b43', and check with dmesg that wifi link is active. IF yes, you should see as the network manager picks up the driver and you have to see as scanning for networks. I haven't checked yet that the driver loads after restart, but if not, you should check that b43 is not blacklisted. PS: Sometimes the module gets flipped, and that you can check with 'rfkill list' command - that maybe blocking /or not the hw module (because of the real hw button), there should be all 'none'. If few is blocked, then rfkill can solve up, but always you need restart as you solving up (*not* when you listing only). HTH. I'm writing this from F18 XFCE, and using happily my HP4515s - WLAN Broadcom 4312 PHY. Zoltan 2013/1/16 Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > I have tried to get wifi going on a Dell Latitude E5400 with the > Broadcom 4312 chipset. > > I did the following: > > Installed broadcom-wl from rpmfusion non-free. (This installed > broadcom-wl and the dependency kmod-wl.) > > Rebooted, but "nothing" happened. So, following this page > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=239922 > > I tried: > > lsmod | sort > > as well as lsmod | grep wl > > Not loaded. > > So, I went further and tried the following (to see if I could manually > load the module): > > sudo modprobe wl > FATAL: Module wl not found. > > Any suggestions? Help? > > Many thanks again! > Ranjan > > ____________________________________________________________ > FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! > Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- PGP: 06853DF7 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
