[Solved] Yet another boradcom thread

Avarice · 2012-05-08 17:06:20

First of all sorry about posting another broadcom question but at the moment I have no ethernet connection on a laptop ( live in rural area, internet comes from a wifi access point).

I have the BCM4313 and am wondering if there is an offline install package or anything like that out there, I could download the files manually the debian wiki tells me to but they come to about 50 files altogether including the dependencies and no OS is worth installing that many files manually every time i try I end up in dependency hell.

There must be a quicker way to do it?

It seems like the debian distros are the only ones left that don't work out the box with this chipset now, a free software ethic is all well and good, but it's arrogant to assume everyone has access to ethernet.

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TitanMech · 2012-05-08 17:15:52

Myabe this will help:

http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211

It says it supports the BMC4313, and there are links to get the driver for debian Squeeze, which is what the current stable crunchbang is based on

Avarice · 2012-05-08 17:42:43

Thanks for the help but ill leave it, linux obviously isnt for me.

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 17:45:29

How can you possibly know that if you are so new to linux?

If you like i could take you through all those steps and explain them to try and get this to work

VastOne · 2012-05-08 17:51:42

^ Incredible offer and gesture T-Mech, nice... cool

snowpine · 2012-05-08 17:53:40

AFAIK, Broadcom doesn't work out-of-the-box in Windows either (correct me if I'm wrong). So you'll need to take action to get your wifi working whichever OS you choose. The difference is that if you choose #! you have a very friendly person who just offered to walk you through step-by-step. smile

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 17:55:33

VastOne wrote:

^ Incredible offer and gesture T-Mech, nice...

Thanks, i would usually pm with the instructions but ive learned it may be of benefit to more people if its here where they can see it.

el_koraco · 2012-05-08 17:55:42

Avarice wrote:

Thanks for the help but ill leave it, linux obviously isnt for me.

That card will work out of the box on http://crunchbang.org/dl/crunchbang-10- … 64.bpo.iso

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 17:57:16

el_koraco wrote:

Avarice wrote:
Thanks for the help but ill leave it, linux obviously isnt for me.
That card will work out of the box on http://crunchbang.org/dl/crunchbang-10- … 64.bpo.iso

In that case it would be far simpler to give the sources and preferences from waldorf, which i have in my dropbox and upgrade the system

Avarice · 2012-05-08 18:56:41

Your right I should try and get this working sorry for overreacting, I just tried the 'Waldorf' version but it doesnt detect my wireless either.

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 19:01:28

This is taken from the link i posted earlier.

Type this into a terminal:

 sudo modprobe -r brcm80211 ; modprobe brcm80211

Then hit enter, see if the network manager applet detect the component.

If not reboot and then see if it works

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Avarice · 2012-05-08 19:20:47

That gives:

FATAL module brcm80211 not found

machinebacon · 2012-05-08 19:25:20

Just to be sure: please post the output of

lspci -nnk

Avarice · 2012-05-08 19:34:44

machinebacon wrote:

Just to be sure: please post the output of
lspci -nnk

That gives:

06:00.0 Network controller [0280] : Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727]

machinebacon · 2012-05-08 19:37:13

Wouldn't the line be - in Waldorf, as root:

modprobe -r brcmsmac ; modprobe brcmsmac

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 19:40:01

Have you run:

 apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

since you installed waldorf?

And maybe you could try this:

 sudo apt-get install firmware-brcm80211

Avarice · 2012-05-08 19:48:03

Thats part of the problem I have no ethernet connection, ill install firmware-brcm80211 and the dependencies manually now and post back.

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 19:57:31

I see, i had to do exactly that on my netbook which needs the same firmware, its a pain in the ass. but it can be done eventually.

Avarice · 2012-05-08 20:01:48

Is there a command to install all of the .deb packages at once or should I do it one at a time?

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 20:06:23

The only way to do it is one at a time, because they follow a chain, meaning one dependancy has to be installed before another, you will know which one needs installing first, as you will try them all, and they will also say they depend on one of the others in bold red text, until you pick the last one and it installs, then you have to work backwards through the list.

I say last one cause that what happened to me, maybe your luck will be better and you will pick the correct ones to install in order the first time round

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Avarice · 2012-05-08 21:22:48

Ok I got it installed and working now, thanks for the help and been patient with me.

TitanMech · 2012-05-08 21:37:10

Thats great Avarice

Now go take a look around the rest of the forums and learn how to modify the look and fell and then post a screenshot of your desktop Oh and don't forget to introduce yourself in the intro forums.

machinebacon · 2012-05-08 21:39:41

How did you manage it? It will help others who have the same problem.

apt-cache depends firmware-brcm80211
firmware-brcm80211
  Suggests: initramfs-tools

Not that much of a dependency-hell there big_smile

Avarice · 2012-05-08 21:52:46

No lol it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

2ManyDogs · 2012-05-08 22:08:12

Awesome job, avarice (and tmech) -- from "linux obviously isn't for me" to "I got it installed and working now" in four hours... smile

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