*OFFICIAL* Broadcom Linux driver BCM4312
October 22, 2008
My wireless got messed up for some reason over the weekend. I’d left my laptop over at a friend’s for a couple of days while I hung out with my brother, and when I got back and powered it up, wireless was mysteriously not working (maybe NOT mysteriously since I vaguely remember doing a dist-upgrade before shutting down the last time, but anyway). I’d been using ndiswrapper with WinXP drivers I downloaded from the Compaq driver site (my laptop is a Compaq Presario V3000 - Broadcom 4312 Wireless).
Here’s what it says from lspci:
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)
If you’ve got the same controller or laptop, then this might be useful.
So anyway, I tried uninstalling ndiswrapper, reinstalling it, no go. Tried purging all my old ndiswrapper configs and such, grabbed new drivers from Compaq, reinstalled ndiswrapper, and for a while it worked. Then after a few more power cycles, it went missing again. Tried b43-fwcutter, which detected my controllers nicely, but wouldn’t let me connect to any wireless networks.
That’s when I tried looking for other drivers, other than from the Compaq site (I heard Dell drivers would work as well), in the hopes of using those with my ndiswrapper, when lo and behold! I stumbled upon this bit of news! Oh joy! Excited, I hurried over to their download page here and downloaded the 32-bit version and read the readme while waiting.
Here’s the gist of what the instructions were:
Untar the file hybrid-portsrc-x86_32_5_10_27_6.tar.gz (hybrid-portsrc-x86_64_5_10_27_6.tar.gz if you’re running on a 64-bit kernel) in its own folder:
tar -xvzf hybrid-portsrc-x86_32_5_10_27_6.tar.gz
You should now see this in your directory listing:
hybrid-portsrc-x86_32_5_10_27_6.tar.gz
lib
Makefile
src
Now build the Loadable Kernel Module (LKM) like so:
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
Of course, you need to make sure you have all the required kernel headers before building it. Once that’s done, your directory listing should look like this:
built-in.o
hybrid-portsrc-x86_32_5_10_27_6.tar.gz
lib
Makefile
modules.order
Module.symvers
src
wl.ko
wl.mod.c
wl.mod.o
wl.o
The magic file we need is wl.ko. Make sure you don’t have b43, b43legacy or b43xx loaded by running this:
rmmod bcm43xx; rmmod b43; rmmod b43legacy
And for good measure remove ndiswrapper modules:
rmmod ndiswrapper
Now load the module ieee80211_crypt_tkip:
modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
And finally load the wl.ko module:
insmod wl.ko
Now if you do an ifconfig, you should see wlan0 right after your eth0 and lo devices. Yippee-kay-yay! Test it out by scanning and connecting to a network. If it works, then you might want your module to load upon boot, which is something the Broadcom readme doesn’t touch on. Let me school you how.
Copy the wl.ko file to /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/net/wireless/
cp wl.ko /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/net/wireless/
Create the module dependencies:
depmod -a
Try loading your new module!:
modprobe wl
If you get no error on modprobe, then it worked perfectly! Next you have to tell your system to load the module at startup. On my debian system, I do this by editing the file /etc/modules to include the following:
ieee80211_crypt_tkip
wl
Now, reboot and you’ve got official Broadcom wifi goodness! Hooray! Ubuntu 8.10 (due out the end of this month) will have this driver bundled with it, here’s hoping that Debian will have it in its repositories soon! Of course, all the above was done on my GNU/Debian Lenny/Sid system, so let me know if you tried it out on yours and tell me how it worked for you. Cheers!
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thank you very much thanks to your help finally reached
I set my card after 2 months of struggle
thanks from El Salvador
I’m stillstuck on the LKM. When I type everything, it says that there is no such file or directory. I’ve been working on this for 4 hours. Any suggestions?
Zoomy, what you need are the kernel headers and source files. Refer to the howtos for your distro on how to get them. Then make again, and it should work. Cheers!
I’m having the same problem as faced by Zoomy. I hate to ask this, but can anyone direct me to a link or provide instructions from scratch (I’m new to linux and a complete n00b) on how to install the driver, including installing kernel headers and source files on Ubuntu 8.10?
Thanks.
To install header files on Ubuntu, you just need to run apt-get update; apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
Then you can continue as mentioned above.
I’m pretty sure you can find out more about kernel headers and compiling stuff on google. Hope this helps. Tell us about it!
Thanks for the advice. I managed to get past the LKM, but now I am stuck on the last step at insmod wl.ko. It gives me a “permission denied” error and when i try sudo insmod wl.ko, it says “-l File exists”. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
great! it worked fine… is the unique howto that was useful for me on my Debian 2.6.26-1-686 system. thank you very much, you saved me a lot of time!
well these instructions did not work for me in the slightest… HOWEVER!!! they did provide me with enough information that i could quarter ass it into working. THANK YOU A TON! the b43, bcm43xx, and ndiswrapper all gave me the same thing (no interface and no connection) but this one worked most of the way (didnt correctly report signal strength in the network thing on the system tray). now with that said lets see if we can get it to work with LinuxMint instead of Debian! THANKS AGAIN!
mint appears to be more resistant than the rest of the distros…
b43 does not work
b43legacy does not work
ndiswrapper does not work
wl does not work
none of these give me an interface. im running LinuxMint release 8.04 (Hardy)
Kernel version 2.6.24-16-generic
gnome 2.22.3
i have a HP Compaq 6820s
broadcom 4312 wireless adapter build in (rev 2)
im running the 32bit edition of the os but am capable of the 64bit.
ive blacklisted all other posible drivers and followed the instructions to a t (except were i needed to improvise to get it to do anyhting)
Dunno why but when i’m trying to MAKE it, some errors are popping up… and even if i can handle them i have only eth1 instead of wlan0… maby you know why? (Arch 2.6.27 on HP Compaq 6720s)
Say, Juzio, I’ve never tried the 2.6.27 kernel, maybe you can post your errors here? have you tried it even if it is eth1? Let me know how it goes.
@Atomsk: any luck with mint yet?
For the kernel 2.6.27 you need a patch, you can download here http://jaux.net/uploads/2008/10/hybrid_wl-5.10.27.6_patch-2.6.27-ARCH
Works for me.
So… Ubuntu havn’t the new drivers of Broadcom…
Excellent How To. The driver is installed and now Network Manager shows both the wireless and wired connections on my Debian Lenny box, kernel 2.6.26-1-686. However, I’m having trouble getting the wireless activated even though it is enabled as eth0 keeps taking over instead of eth1. Do you have any suggestions?
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Works like a charm on Gentoo 2.6.27-gentoo-r7! Thanks!
Nice how-to. worked like a charm on my Dell Vostro 1510 with debian Lenny 2.6.26-1-amd64
Thanks a ton!!!!!! I was looking all over for a howto on installing this in debian lenny. It worked perfectly and the first time….in linux….that’s a godsend.
Thanks!!!
Did work on Scientific Linux 5.2 with 2.6.18 kernel.
Looks like it only works for newer kernels.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
After 3 days of nightmare, It works !
So I translate in french your great documentation in my blog :
http://linuxmanua.blogspot.com/2009/02/installation-du-wifi-avec-le-driver.html
For Linux French people
so just in case anybody is on debian and still running a 2.6.26 kernel or below, the driver references a symbol named ieee80211_get_crypto_ops which has since been aliased to ieee80211_crypto. i got mine to work by manually upgrading my kernel to a custom 2.6.28
Hello. Great work! This should be an official howto on debian wiki! I have a similar device (actually it’s probably the same one, but it identifies itself in lspci as BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01), not a/b/g) and I have no interface with either b43 (I’m sure the firmware was okay) or ndiswrapper (I’m sure the win driver was okay), but wl just works. Btw I’m on amd64 and my ntb is HP 550.
Hello. very nice. Thanks for this very good work
It works fine on my debian AMD64
hi,
before a remove the b43 module linux dont recognice the wlan device anymore… I tried with ndiswrapper and didn’t work too… I had a hp dv6000 series… and debian 5 amd64
some help????
thank you so much! This worked perfectly the first time on my dell inspiron 1525 AMD64 with a fresh lenny install. rebooted and it still found the interface. sweet.
Hi,
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build M=`pwd`
‘/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic’
scripts/Makefile.build:41: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic/pwd/Makefile: No such file or directory
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic/pwd/Makefile’.Stop
make: ***[module_pwd] Error 2
some help????
You have to change M=’pwd’ to M=$(pwd) if you are using Ubuntu.
I have a hp550 with kubuntu 8.10. Knetworkmanager worked fine with Broadcom-wireless till I tried to set a fixed ip-adr. Then, networkmanager stopped working at all. Also, iwlist and iwconfig did not seem to bring up the connection.
Following the instructions above made my wireless work again as eth1 (not as wlan0). Now, I am able to use fixed ip as well dhcp. I just have to restart eth1 at EACH connection - even to same essid:
>iwconfig eth1 essid “the_essid”
Else, there will be no connection although the card with ip-adr is seen if I run:
ifconfig
Perhaps, this commands could even have made the original ubuntu configuration work?
Networkmanager doesn’t work any more. I have scrapped it.
Three examples:
>iwconfig eth1 essid “the_essid”
>dhclient eth1
Switching to fixed ip-adr:
>iwconfig eth1 essid “the_essid”
>ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.99 netmask 255.255.255.0
Using /etc/network/interfaces configuration:
>iwconfig eth1 essid “the_essid”
>/etc/init.d/networking restart
i have the same problem as juzio running a 2.6.27-7-generic
how do i implement the patch (http://jaux.net/uploads/2008/10/hybrid_wl-5.10.27.6_patch-2.6.27-ARCH)? i tried pasting it into the terminal and i got a reaction but it didn’t solve my problem.
any suggestions?
When i try make i only get:
make: *** No Targets.
but the makefile is in the directory?
I get the same problem as DEB:
make: *** No Targets.
but the Makefile is indeed in the directory. Even tried to just make without any arguments but got the error. I think I have all the headers but I can’t get make to work.
Jeje I have a v3000 too. When I installed that driver I imagined that it would be better than other drivers like bcm or b43, but… were a bit complicated for me to install the official driver with a recent kernel.
I recommend to install b43 driver instead official one, because the wireless card can be put into monitor mode and work with aircrack xD. Using debian sid too.
when i try to run the command
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
this error comes up
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.i686.PAE’
make: *** No rule to make target `Net’. Stop.
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.i686.PAE’
And how to tell my Fedora 10 to load the module at startup?
thnxs, working perfectly on a hp dv4-1212LA with a broadcom 4312 wifi
Thanks a lot mate!
Works great on dell xps 16 + Debian 5.0;
I use this driver successfully in my slackware, kernel version 2.6.29, I made a patch to make the driver pass the building due to the network api changes.
But After I upgrade to git current (post 2.6.29), it doesn’t work, I don’t know the reason, maybe wireless changes?
I really wish the b43 driver can support bcm4312…
Have used this on all kernels on Debian Sid with no problems until 2.6.29 Seems that Debian have changed something in the headers that makes the build fail….
Peoples using 2.6.29 kernel have to apply the following patches:
http://leprosys.net/arch/PKGBUILD/broadcom-wl/files/linux-2.6.29.patch
http://leprosys.net/arch/PKGBUILD/broadcom-wl/files/wl_iw_v2.patch
http://leprosys.net/arch/PKGBUILD/broadcom-wl/files/hidden-essid.patch
To apply (I supose you have saved the patch in the directory you extract the driver):
patch -p1 -d src/wl/sys < linux-2.6.29.patch && patch -p1 -d src/wl/sys < wl_iw_v2.patch && patch -p1 -d src/wl/sys < hidden-essid.patch
Then you can compile using the procedure given above…
Enjoy !
first… thanks a lot…!!
second….. i did have a trouble with this… but in the network manager, i disable the “wireless network” check box…. after again enable this, and…. “voila” the light, of wireless in the keyboard recover its “blue” light… i mean… works… jajaja ….. and thanks!!!!!!!!!
first… thanks a lot…!!
second….. i have a trouble with this The network every time disconnect!
first.. thank a lot. my lenny finally can use wireless. but i have any problem. i use 2.6.26-1-686 before and work nicely.
but, after i upgrade my kernel to 2.6.26-2-686, i cant use my BCM4312 anymore..
i try to configure again, downloaded linux-headers and i can’t still install it.
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686′
make: *** No rule to make target `BCM4312′. Stop.
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686′
any assistant? thx
Thank you very much, it worked outright for me, 100%, on a 32-bit Fedora 10 system.
the device is shown not as wlan0, but as an eth1. However, it works fine anyway.
Hardware: HP/Compaq 6730s (BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)
Software: fedora 10 32bit (i386) with latest updates
2 lines in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist added:
—————————-
alias ieee80211_crypt_tkip ieee80211_crypt_tkip
alias wlan0 wl
—————————-
Once again thank you
This driver works very well on Fedora 10 by editing my network-scripts :); but I can’t use with NetworkManager:
“If the driver isn’t upstream, work with the provider of the driver to clean it up and submit it for inclusion into the kernel. If the driver is not completely open-source (ex. ndiswrapper, madwifi, and Broadcom’s wl.o), then driver bugs cannot be fixed quickly and easily, and NetworkManager cannot be guaranteed to work with it.”
Anyway, I can get WiFi works for me.
Hi, Im using dell inspiron 15 with BackTrack 3…but not able to install my wireless network.
ifconfig just gives loopback…Pl tell me how to install the driver provided with dell motherboard CD
Hello,
I was following the note and I run into the following issue, hope you can help in resolving this issue, so as to enable me to install and configure the wireless card on my laptop.
[root@akbalaji hybrid-portsrc]# make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-128.el5-xen-x86_64′
CC [M] /u03/OS-Reqs/WiFi/hybrid-portsrc/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
In file included from /u03/OS-Reqs/WiFi/hybrid-portsrc/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:33:
/u03/OS-Reqs/WiFi/hybrid-portsrc/src/include/typedefs.h:83: error: conflicting types for ‘bool’
include/linux/types.h:36: error: previous declaration of ‘bool’ was here
make[1]: *** [/u03/OS-Reqs/WiFi/hybrid-portsrc/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/u03/OS-Reqs/WiFi/hybrid-portsrc] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-128.el5-xen-x86_64′
[root@akbalaji hybrid-portsrc]#
Please send me an e-mail on steps to resolve this issue.
AKB
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hey guys thx ALOT! am from Uganda(yeah we also program!) and this was totally helpful. the extra comments also help coz i run into some problems but after reading on they were solved. again, thank you!
I have tried to install the last version of the wl driver (hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5_10_91_9) with a BCM4322 abgn chip on a Mandriva 2009.1 (also applied the 2.6.29 patch). It works well with b/g wireless connection, but not with n connection (french DSL Freebox). Error message given by iwevent:
01:46:28.254290 eth1 Set Frequency:24.57 GHz
01:46:30.980079 eth1 Custom driver event:Conn ConfigMismatch 01 00
It works ok with windows 7. Any idea about that ?
WOW! Good thing you kept your wits enough to fight off the bugger. Glad you’re ok. The worse thing to happen to me on that street was when I encountered a pack of dogs late one night. I kept a safe distance behind them until I got home. Take care.
for anyone wanting to set this up on ubuntu 9.04 with 2.6.29, replace ieee80211_crypt_tkip with lib80211_crypt_tkip. this took me hours! works well now i have speaker sound and wireless on my HP mini 110!! thank you so much
Hi,
I’m using Ubuntu 9.04 - kernal - 2.6.28-3-rt trying to get my BCM4312 to work.
the build works okay but when I try to execute
modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip
I get
WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module lib80211_crypt_tkip not found.
I’ve tried with out the lib as and it still produces the smae results. Help me pleeeease.
S
This worked great on my Dell studio 540 running Ubuntu 9.04. Thanks!!!
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A million thanks!!!!!
Works perfectly with Debian Lenny on Lenovo S10-2 !
Thank you so much
Dell Latitude D620 here with Broadcom BCM4312.
When I got through all this, I get no errors, but nothing seems to happen at all either
It can ofc be that Im just too noob…
works great for my Dell inspiron 1525 with Debian 5 !!! Thank you a lot.
Holy ****! That actually worked on the first try! Thanks a million!
Great work, but I have similar problem as SAD up there. I’m running Backtrack3 on Dell Latitude D630.
Everything seemed to work fine during setup, no error prompt came up, but the BT3 just won’t recongise the dell 1395 mini card.
running the ifconfig showed only a eth0 and lo.
Just not getting anywhere after even redoing it over 20 times.
Would be so grateful if you could help solving this.
Greetings - i’m pretty new to linux (about a year now but i’ve got over 15 years in windows so this is still ‘new’) and fortunately until now i’ve been able to fight my way through all issues without having to post these requests for help but i’m surrendering now:
i have a dell inspiron 1750 with broadcom 4312 - i had wifi working well with wicd and had never gotten network manager working with my wifi card - now i have a verizon broadband usb so i have to abaondon wicd (if you know how i can use ppp with wicd let me know that otherwise please help with this network manager option…).
so, i follow these instructions, as found on other sites too .. all attempts go well until i “sudo rmmod wl”, and then make the file, then “sudo modprobe wl” to load the newly “make”d (read made), file… seconds after loading the wl module again, my screen goes blank and PC seems to freeze… i have to hold the power button to reload.
Notes that in some instances, the PC seemed to be restarting “dbus” because it would actually re-login for me but then i had no mouse or keyboard… this is the same as when i run “/etc/inid.t/dbus restart”… i end up having to power-button restart the machine. … anyway, now that stopped happening and the screen stays blank and i get no apparent function of the keyboard / mouse still.
so, my questions are can i keep wicd and use PPP for verizon wireless broadband, or if i have to use the above method, what can i do to troubleshoot / stop the screen going blank and pc freezing?
PS: will post my /var/log/messages from the freeze below
thanks!
-d
Dec 3 16:23:42 roamer kernel: [ 77.044434] sr: Sense Key : No Sense [current]
Dec 3 16:23:42 roamer kernel: [ 77.044437] sr: Add. Sense: No additional sense information
Dec 3 16:23:42 roamer kernel: [ 77.065415] sr: Sense Key : No Sense [current]
Dec 3 16:23:42 roamer kernel: [ 77.065418] sr: Add. Sense: No additional sense information
Dec 3 16:23:42 roamer kernel: [ 77.150418] sr: Sense Key : No Sense [current]
Dec 3 16:23:42 roamer kernel: [ 77.150422] sr: Add. Sense: No additional sense information
Dec 3 16:53:53 roamer kernel: [ 1887.896312] type=1503 audit(1259877233.438:28): operation=”open” pid=2796 parent=2782 profile=”/usr/sbin/cupsd” requested_mask=”w::” denied_mask=”w::” fsuid=0 ouid=0 name=”/dev/ttyUSB0″
Dec 3 16:53:53 roamer kernel: [ 1887.896345] type=1503 audit(1259877233.438:29): operation=”open” pid=2796 parent=2782 profile=”/usr/sbin/cupsd” requested_mask=”w::” denied_mask=”w::” fsuid=0 ouid=0 name=”/dev/ttyUSB1″
Dec 3 16:53:53 roamer kernel: [ 1887.896375] type=1503 audit(1259877233.438:30): operation=”open” pid=2796 parent=2782 profile=”/usr/sbin/cupsd” requested_mask=”w::” denied_mask=”w::” fsuid=0 ouid=0 name=”/dev/ttyUSB2″
Dec 3 16:53:53 roamer kernel: [ 1887.896404] type=1503 audit(1259877233.438:31): operation=”open” pid=2796 parent=2782 profile=”/usr/sbin/cupsd” requested_mask=”w::” denied_mask=”w::” fsuid=0 ouid=0 name=”/dev/ttyUSB3″
Dec 3 16:57:33 roamer kernel: [ 2107.901124] ieee80211_crypt: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
Dec 3 16:57:33 roamer kernel: [ 2107.920913] ieee80211_crypt_tkip: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
Dec 3 16:58:43 roamer kernel: [ 2177.913077] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
Dec 3 16:58:44 roamer kernel: [ 2179.258072] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Dec 3 16:58:45 roamer kernel: [ 2179.276368] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9
Dec 3 17:13:58 roamer kernel: imklog 4.2.0, log source = /var/run/rsyslog/kmsg started.
Dec 3 17:13:58 roamer rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="4.2.0" x-pid="786" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] (re)start
Dec 3 17:13:58 roamer rsyslogd: rsyslogd’s groupid changed to 102
Dec 3 17:13:58 roamer rsyslogd: rsyslogd’s userid changed to 101
Dec 3 17:13:58 roamer kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Dec 3 17:13:58 roamer kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
can anyone tell me how to install the driver, including installing kernel headers and source files on CentOS 5..pls
Heloo and Happy New Year
I followed this tutorial,and my wireless working
on debian squeeze 2.6.30-2-686 on lenovo s-10.
But i have a very big problem and you too.
Rkhunter detect a XZIBIT rootkit in this “magic file” wl.ko
I’m just a litle bit paranoid,and i reinstall
my sistem several times,before building modules everything is ok with rkhunter,but after that it detects a rootkit,a 4 of them.
rkhunter say this:
Checking for possible rootkit strings[Warning}
Checking for hidden files and directories [ Warning ]
Rootkit checks…
Rootkits checked : 242
Possible rootkits: 4
Rootkit names : Xzibit Rootkit, Xzibit Rootkit, Xzibit Rootkit, Xzibit Rootkit
When i build module i noticed something suspicious,it says something unknown string
in wl.ko.
What do you think abouth that peolpe,am i crazy
or what,the driver is from official site.
Thanks, everyone, for the appreciation.
Unfortunately, I don’t really have access to that machine anymore, as I found out that the V3000 has a factory defect. The screen fncks up after a couple years, and mine soon after this post (it was second hand you see), so I wouldn’t be able to help you guys much (not that I’m some kind of Linux Wizard, any roads).
However, I am slightly worried about the rootkit as ZVR pointed out. I couldn’t google any information on it (admittedly, I’m flying sky high at the moment, and not really motivated to look beyond the first couple results, and the first result I found was this site anyway, haha) but if anyone could verify and hopefully offer a solution, that would be kinda nice.
@LEE I’ve never used CentOS on my machine, but I think you could probably ask one of those Fedora guys how they fixed theirs up and it should be *just* about the same
@DGLAGBRO Sorry mate, I’m from Malaysia and I’m afraid I wouldn’t know the first thing about Verizon, although I would assume that ppp *should* work with it. I guess you’d look for ppp and broadband and you might be able to find something you can use. I hope.
G’luck dude!
@Simon Katan Try modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip
instead. I think they only changed it to lib80211_crypt_tkip in later kernels. 2.6.32? Something.
@everyone else who didn’t manage to compile/load
All the best! And happy new year, albeit almost a week late.
sorry I never checked your comments earlier. I’ve been really lazy with this blog. My apologies (but really, I doubt I would’ve been able to help in most of the cases).
Just try and make sure you got the linux headers, the right ieee80211_crypt thinggy, and ask mr google I guess.
I just need some help starting out the headers
Help?
I friggin’ love you man !
worked perfectly on my HP Compaq Notebook 615 running Debian 5 !
I have it almost working - I get to this:
“And finally load the wl.ko module:
insmod wl.ko
Now if you do an ifconfig, you should see wlan0 right after your eth0 and lo devices. Yippee-kay-yay! ”
Which seems to have inserted - when I repeat it it says file already exists, so it must have done, right? Anyway, when I do ifconfig and iwconfig, I still only get eth0 and lo.
Please help, i’m so close!
hi!, can you make a video, i’m noob in linux and my card is the same model