[yoshiki2]

Hey guys. I've been trying the live cd, but I cannot find any wireless connection. I think that my drivers is not even activated. I jsut know is a broadcom
any ideas?

[chadfluegge]

Can you open a terminal and post the results of this command:

Code:

lspci

That will help us get started...

Rich is our wireless guru...I'm sure he'll be in shortly.

Thanks,
Ch@d

[richs-lxh]

Did somebody say "wireless"? Lol! 

As chad said, show us the result of an lspci in the terminal so we can see your card.

If it is a Broadcom, then you are in luck as DL has the firmware/drivers preinstalled.

You may have to physically activate your card. This may be via a key combination (such as Fn+F3 for example) or a physical switch on your laptop case.

Next up is to  check that the module is loaded by typing "lsmod" in the terminal, this will list your loaded kernel modules, and we need to see B43.

Finally. a "sudo iwconfig" will show your listed wireless card if it is recognised.

In theory, after that, just try Wicd to see if it shows you any essids.

[chadfluegge]

I figured that you would be in shortly.

yoshi, Rich has a good blog post that gives some wireless commands for the cli. Maybe something there will help too?

later,
Ch@d

[yoshiki2]

dreamer@DL:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800 Host Bridge (rev 14)
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Error Reporting
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Host Bus Control
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Power Management Control
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 APIC and Central Traffic Control
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Scratch Registers
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 North-South Module Interface Control
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 1122 (rev 11)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 PCI Express Root Port
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 PCI Express Root Port
00:03.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 PCI Express Root Port
00:0d.0 FLASH memory: VIA Technologies, Inc. Secure Digital Memory Card Controller (rev 01)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800 Serial ATA and EIDE Controller
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 90)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Bus Control and Power Management
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 South-North Module Interface Control
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device b353
00:14.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 20)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
dreamer@DL:~$



There's also another problem.. I cannot even turn on my wireless.. tried everything.. switch.. also the keyboard configuration... any ideas?

[gs]

I have the lenovo s10 with the same broadcom 4312....
It does not work with the driver included in DL.
I followed the procedure als outlined in wiki.debian.org/wl and had the 4312 working within minutes....
of course you have to have internet connection via cable during the procedure.

[richs-lxh]

So then.

First: (load the module)

Code:

sudo b43load b43

or

Code:

sudo modprobe b43

then check: (look for b43)

Code:

lsmod

now check to see your wireless card (should say wlan0)

Code:

sudo iwconfig

Now start the card up:

Code:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

See if you can scan for essids:

Code:

sudo iwlist scanning

If no go, first check for physical switch-on (Fn+Fx) or on the laptop case.
Then open Wicd, and in settings make sure your wireless card is called "wlan0" and hit refresh.

You could also try adding b43 to /etc/modules and rebooting, see if the b43 module loads at boot.

rich

[Michael]

I have the exact same card, and the above method never worked for me.  Instead I had to go directly to Broadcoms site, download the SATA drivers that were released for *Nix, and install and build them myself.  I posted a link to the drivers here.

http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php/topic,6386.0.html

So if the above method fails to work, give the Broadcom drivers a try.  That was the only method I could find that actually worked.

[richs-lxh]

Thanks Michael, we have most Broadcom cards covered with the in-built B43 kernel module, but you know how hardware manufacturers are 

Let's hope that the drivers from the website will help others with similar cards.

Maybe you could post a Howto for your specific chipset?

I will also check that the devs are going to include these different/new drivers in DL4.0

rich

[yoshiki2]

It didn't work. even though I follow those steps. Do I need to worry about 3.5 or should I just wait for 4.0? When are u launching the beta (with  Openchrome drivers included)

[richs-lxh]

It didn't work. even though I follow those steps. Do I need to worry about 3.5 or should I just wait for 4.0? When are u launching the beta (with  Openchrome drivers included)

Your card should work, I use different Broadcom wireless cards on 3 laptops and a netbook, so I know it works. You just need to check if you have missed something.

As for the DL4.0 Beta, the devs are on it now, but there is no scheduled release date.

rich