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So this happened in the middle of an install. I used b43 and b43-fwcutter to establish wireless(wired is not an option), and it worked fine. But it stopped working the first reboot after the system update.
I believe I have a BCM4311 card, but now I can't tell for sure: ( dmesg also doesn't recognize my card, either. And ifconfig -a doesn't see wlan0, as well. It's not in /sys/class/net either.
anyone know what steps I should try next?
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It sounds like you need to load a module at boot, check your /etc/rc.conf and find out what you need to load at boot. Update your system db with 'sudo updatedb' and then do 'locate b43' whatever without the quotes and try to find a file ending in 'ko'. Check the docs
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It sounds like you need to load a module at boot, check your /etc/rc.conf and find out what you need to load at boot. Update your system db with 'sudo updatedb' and then do 'locate b43' whatever without the quotes and try to find a file ending in 'ko'. Check the docs
Thanks for the reply! There is a b43.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43. There is also a b43legacy. What do I do with a .ko file?
I don't understand what you mean by rc.conf telling me what modules to load. I've tried putting b43 into the modules line, but it didn't help.
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So when I load b43 at start, dmesg says "Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]"
But it doesn't mention my wireless card. I tried reinstalling, and b43 still doesn't work, so now I'm really confused.
Last edited by Joe_Arch (2009-11-17 04:18:46)
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