Hi Zoltan, Thanks very much! I am happy to say that I got this resolved by following your detailed instructions! Thanks very much!! I do wonder if the problem with the broadcom-wl version in RPMfusions non-free is that the broadcom-wl is for version 5.100.82 and not 5.100.138. Of course, I don't really know what these numbers mean. Thanks again! Best wishes, Ranjan On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:57:03 +0100 Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 -- 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
