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puedovolar

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Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 2

broadcom-wl driver not working after 2.6.37 kernel upgrade [SOLVED]

Hi everyone.

I know there are many threads regarding this driver but i already searched them and couldnt find someone with a similar problem.
I have a broadcom BCM4312 wireless card on my dell 1440 laptop.

Until yesterday i had the wl driver installed and working flawlessly (version 5.100.82.38 downloaded and compiled from the broadcom site). Then i did a full system upgrade (apparently there was a kernel upgrade involved) and recompiled the driver, but it never worked again.
I also tried installing the broadcom-wl AUR package, same problem. The networkmanager doesnt even show a wireless option.
If i load the default b43 module, a wireless option shows up, but says "missing firmware".

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance and please excuse my poor english.

Regards

Last edited by puedovolar (2011-03-27 22:38:22)

CPU Gastronomy

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From: Québec, Canada

Registered: 2010-12-29

Posts: 69

Re: broadcom-wl driver not working after 2.6.37 kernel upgrade [SOLVED]

Check out this thread dedicated to roadcom-wl : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82613
It has helped me a lot when I got problem with it. 

Mine, with a hp mini 1137, it was not working after installation and reboot, but after a complete shutdown (not a reboot), I got it working.

puedovolar

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Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 2

Re: broadcom-wl driver not working after 2.6.37 kernel upgrade [SOLVED]

thanks for the info. I didnt use it though.

I wired myself to the router and checked for updates. There were some new kernel updates! So i recompiled the driver sources, rebooted and voila! wireless works fine again. weird.

Thanks anyway!

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: broadcom-wl driver not working after 2.6.37 kernel upgrade [SOLVED]

If i load the default b43 module, a wireless option shows up, but says "missing firmware".

Maybe you should, uhmm, install the firmware....

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: broadcom-wl driver not working after 2.6.37 kernel upgrade [SOLVED]

You should only mark it solved after posting your solution.

hgabreu

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From: Brasil

Registered: 2009-10-19

Posts: 34

Re: broadcom-wl driver not working after 2.6.37 kernel upgrade [SOLVED]

Hi, I have the exact same device and problem, but I could not solve just by upgrading and recompiling.
What the exact version of your kernel? Did you installed the package from AUR (broadcom-wl)?
Can you share your rc.conf modules list?

Thanks