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vkumar

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 166

[Solved] Kernel 2.6.32.2-2 and "FATAL: Module wl not found."

I've got a Broadcom wireless controller that worked well before the latest kernel update. Now, at boot, modprobe cannot find wl.ko. I installed the kernel26-headers package (thinking that would help), but there is still no wl.ko on my system. I haven't touched any of my config files at all; the only change was the new kernel.

How can I get wireless working again?
thanks!

Relevant lspci details;
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

Items from rc.conf;

MODULES=(lib80211_crypt_tkip lib80211 wl !b43 !ssb fuse !pcspkr !snd-pcsp !snd-pcm-oss !snd_seq_oss snd_usb_audio)
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng @acpid @laptop-mode @crond @alsa @cups dbus fam hal networkmanager !network !netfs gdm)

edit: I did run updatedb before searching for wl.ko, as well as 'depmod -a'. No luck.

Last edited by vkumar (2009-12-31 20:45:03)

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,347

Re: [Solved] Kernel 2.6.32.2-2 and "FATAL: Module wl not found."

The kernel 2.6.32 b43 module supports your broadcom chip without the need for the broadcom-wl driver.

Remove wl from your modules and re-enable b43.

You can now follow the Broadcom instructions in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup, but you need the latest version of the firmware and b43-fwcutter (available in AUR).

see this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=87538

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vkumar

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Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 166

Re: [Solved] Kernel 2.6.32.2-2 and "FATAL: Module wl not found."

Thank you very much!

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torleif

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Registered: 2009-09-27

Posts: 16

Re: [Solved] Kernel 2.6.32.2-2 and "FATAL: Module wl not found."

The kernel 2.6.32 b43 module supports your broadcom chip without the need for the broadcom-wl driver.

Remove wl from your modules and re-enable b43.

You can now follow the Broadcom instructions in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup, but you need the latest version of the firmware and b43-fwcutter (available in AUR).

see this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=87538

Does not work for me!
I have bcm4328.
Removed wl driver and enabled b43 and ssb.
no luck. I use wicd.
Tried iwconfig, no wireless connection found!

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: [Solved] Kernel 2.6.32.2-2 and "FATAL: Module wl not found."

I have the same problem.

I think what we need to do is:
- upgrade kernel
- install kernel-headers
- reinstall the broadcom-wl-package.

and hope our chip will be supported by the b43-driver soon...

Zl.

kraven

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Registered: 2010-01-10

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved] Kernel 2.6.32.2-2 and "FATAL: Module wl not found."

udo /etc/rc.d/autowifi start
:: Starting autowifi                                                     [BUSY] SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
                                                                                    [DONE]

I tried this.

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