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ulyss

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Registered: 2009-10-15

Posts: 2

modprobe wl issue

Hi,
It's my first message on this forum, i'm a noob with archlinux so please try to detail your explanation

My problem is a little bit strange, during the installation i chose the wl package, but when i write

#modprobe wl

The answer is FATAL: No found wl.
I try to connect on the Internet, with wireless card Broadcom b4312 that doesn't work...
ipconfig and iwconfig show No device ....

Thanks for help.

Last edited by ulyss (2009-10-15 16:40:34)

reed9

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Registered: 2008-06-12

Posts: 77

Re: modprobe wl issue

I haven't installed Arch for a while.  Is there really an option for the broadcom wl driver during the install now?

Whether or not there is, it doesn't appear to be installed.  The package in in the AUR.
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514

ulyss

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Registered: 2009-10-15

Posts: 2

Re: modprobe wl issue

I've already used this. I downloaded it and 'make' it but i've the same matter with modprobe.
This is boring because i can't use internet to continue my archlinux installation...
Plz help

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Re: modprobe wl issue

Building is not enough. Do you have it installed?

pacman -Q wl

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kgas

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From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: modprobe wl issue

For broadcom chip mentioned native is not working. This AUR package is working. Details can be read from the wirless wiki. In Dell mini 9 netbook with the same chip set wirless is working. I am using wicd for network manager.

Last edited by kgas (2009-10-15 17:44:57)

nathanhi

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Registered: 2007-09-02

Posts: 2

Re: modprobe wl issue

I know, this post is a bit old, but I've found an easy resolution for this problem:

Go into the bcm source-directory, then run "make && sudo make install"

After this, you can load 'wl' with insmod "insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko". To get the module run with modprobe you will need to run "depmod -a".

Greetings,
Nathan