Hello Milos, On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:55:26 +0100 Milos Blazevic <milos.blazevic@xxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/10/2013 10:45 AM, wwp wrote: > > Again, > > > > > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:26:19 +0100 wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> I was running CentOS 6.4 system on my Dell Latitude E6530 flawlessly, > >> until I upgraded to CentOS 6.5. > >> > >> Now the wifi doesn't show up (it's a Broadcom Wifi BT4313, 14e4:4727), I > >> tried to follow the steps from http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom > >> but when attempting to compile the Broadcom driver module, the make > >> command fails in a way that is not described on this web page. Anyway, > >> the page deals w/ CentOS5 without being specific. > >> > >> I tried w/ both hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_112.tar.gz (the one > >> which *I think* was formerly installed) and the latest available: > >> hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz; same compilation > >> errors (see below). > >> > >> I simply could not remember how I had the Broadcom Wifi chip working > >> since CentOS 6.x, but I clearly remember that I had to install > >> the driver (I presume from the sources since I've found them in my > >> setup archives, but not sure). I have the following RPM's installed: > >> b43-openfwwf-5.2-4.el6.noarch > >> b43-fwcutter-012-2.2.el6.x86_64 > >> > >> I wonder if the kernel update breaks it.. Does any one have experience > >> with this driver and CentOS 6.5? > > More data: > > > > it seems that I had formerly followed steps from http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod, > > as I could find kmod-wl-5_100_82_112-9.el6.el6.local.x86_64.rpm installed locally, > > and RPM assembly stuff in ~/rpmbuild/. > > > > No better idea why it doesn't work since CentOS 6.5, unfortunately! > In that case you should rebuild the RPM from the latest sources from Broadcom and src.rpm from ELrepo and you'll find the chip working again. Right.. And I also rebuilt the RPM from the latest sources available (v6_30_223_141) instead of v5_100_82_112 which was not building anyway. The http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod page is up-to-date, great! Thanks! Regards, -- wwp
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