[SOLVED]please help me with Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 wifi driver

rohu1990 · 2010-04-03 15:17:37

[SOLVED] see the 4th reply by me:D
Please friends some one tell me exact steps to make Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 wifi card work in my laptop.

I want to
1)successfully install Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 driver and load it when system boots
2)install a good network manager to work with my wifi networks and it should be able to work with my wifi card.

I just migrated from ubuntu to arch, I really want to know each steps for above issues.
here is my lspci details

04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

(note:I have a broadband internet working, which is connected by LAN port.)

Last edited by rohu1990 (2010-04-04 03:17:31)

ewaller · 2010-04-03 17:28:50

No NOT follow this linkhttp://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312 It applies to older kernels

Try this one. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup and look for BCM43XX. It used to not be applicable, except that now that the 4312 has native support in the kernel it applies again.

--EXCEPT--

The version of B43-fwcutter in core does not support your chip. You must use this one, in the AUR:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34093

and the firmware from:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32338

rohu1990 · 2010-04-03 17:41:11

Really thanks for your valuable reply let me try that and tell !

rohu1990 · 2010-04-03 17:58:04

Hey i just tried this steps but got stuck some where i installes B43-fwcutter from aur
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34093

and when tried to install firmware using makepkg i got dependency problem

==> Missing Dependencies:
-> b43-fwcutter-patched

So i tried to install using -d comand and package got downloaded and when installing got stuck here

==> Validating source files with md5sums...
broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
-> Extracting broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2 with bsdtar
==> Starting build()...
Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter.
This file has an unknown MD5sum bb8537e3204a1ea5903fe3e66b5e2763.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...

Please guide me to solve this waiting for your reply

pyther · 2010-04-03 18:26:43

It is very clear

==> Missing Dependencies:
-> b43-fwcutter-patched

You need that dependency. Install it.

rohu1990 · 2010-04-03 21:38:26

ewaller wrote:

--EXCEPT--
The version of B43-fwcutter in core does not support your chip. You must use this one, in the AUR:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34093
and the firmware from:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32338

Here he told me to use this version of B43-fwcutter so if i install the dependency it will automatically get replaced by that version thats why am stuck here

pyther · 2010-04-03 21:47:42

Sorry, I did not follow that. I'm not sure I can't be of any help.

rohu1990 · 2010-04-04 03:16:25

[SOLVED] I just solved my issue by installing the driver from the broadcom linux driver site here are the steps i followed

1-Download the driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
2-Extract it to a folder in home
3-Read readme and understand the depedencies and follow the steps to disable the other wifi modules
for me solved with installing :kernal26-headers and base-devel
4-follow the steps in the read me and make then make install
5-insert module into kernal
6-make it automatic to load on startup

Hope some one find this usefull cheers !!!:)

cesura · 2010-04-04 06:35:03

rohu1990 wrote:

[SOLVED] I just solved my issue by installing the driver from the broadcom linux driver site here are the steps i followed
1-Download the driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
2-Extract it to a folder in home
3-Read readme and understand the depedencies and follow the steps to disable the other wifi modules
for me solved with installing :kernal26-headers and base-devel
4-follow the steps in the read me and make then make install
5-insert module into kernal
6-make it automatic to load on startup
Hope some one find this usefull cheers !!!:)

I know this will help many people, even though I don't use this card.

Thing to add to 5 and 6:
5 - Command: modprobe XXXXX (module name)
6- Add module name to MODULES=() in /etc/rc.conf

brianhanna · 2010-04-04 12:42:13

While this will work, it's usually better to allow pacman to install stuff on your machine so it can be more easily upgraded. There's a broadcom-wl pkgbuild in AUR that will build this driver so that you can install/upgrade it using pacman.

One thing to be aware of with this driver, whichever way you install it, is that you'll have to rebuild & reinstall it every time you upgrade the kernel so keep that package on your hard drive so you can rebuild & reinstall without an internet connection.

Last edited by brianhanna (2010-04-04 12:43:25)

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