[SOLVED] broadcom -_- network card not detected linux mint debian edition-xfce

shadogamon · 06-25-2011, 09:11 PM

Just ran a fresh install and love it. but unfortunately and as usual, my wireless card is causing problems. I've got a BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) and its not being detected at all. the only changes I've made in the way of networking is installing the broadcom sta package from synaptic. help!

Peacedog · 06-25-2011, 09:57 PM

Hi shadogamon, Welcome to LQ. Please post the output from the following.

Code:

$ sudo lsmod
$ sudo ifconfig -a
$ sudo iwconfig

Good luck. ;-)

shadogamon · 06-26-2011, 03:20 PM

sorry for the delay I've been way to busy x-x

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peacedog

Hi shadogamon, Welcome to LQ. Please post the output from the following.

Code:

$ sudo lsmod
$ sudo ifconfig -a
$ sudo iwconfig

Good luck. ;-)

lsmod yeilds

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             15799  0 
ppdev                   4058  0 
lp                      5570  0 
parport                22554  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
sco                     5857  2 
bnep                    7444  2 
rfcomm                 25171  0 
l2cap                  21705  6 bnep,rfcomm
acpi_cpufreq            4951  1 
cpufreq_conservative     4018  0 
bluetooth              36319  6 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
cpufreq_userspace       1480  0 
cpufreq_stats           1940  0 
cpufreq_powersave        602  0 
binfmt_misc             4907  1 
ipt_REJECT              1517  1 
ipt_LOG                 3570  5 
xt_limit                1088  7 
xt_tcpudp               1743  8 
ipt_addrtype            1345  4 
xt_state                 927  7 
ip6table_filter         1908  1 
ip6_tables              8560  1 ip6table_filter
nf_nat_irc              1002  0 
nf_conntrack_irc        2535  1 nf_nat_irc
nf_nat_ftp              1519  0 
nf_nat                 10568  2 nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ipv4       7597  9 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4           779  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp        4272  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack           38075  7 xt_state,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter          1790  1 
ip_tables               7690  1 iptable_filter
x_tables                8327  8 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6_tables,ip_tables
fuse                   44033  1 
loop                    9765  0 
snd_hda_codec_idt      35293  1 
snd_hda_intel          16811  6 
snd_hda_codec          46002  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4054  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            28671  0 
snd_mixer_oss          10461  3 snd_pcm_oss
joydev                  6739  0 
snd_pcm                47226  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
i915                  222254  2 
drm_kms_helper         18309  1 i915
snd_seq_midi            3576  0 
snd_rawmidi            12513  1 snd_seq_midi
drm                   112088  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_seq_midi_event      3684  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                35463  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
i2c_i801                6462  0 
i2c_algo_bit            3497  1 i915
snd_timer              12258  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          3673  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i2c_core               12696  5 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit
snd                    34375  19 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
dell_laptop             1557  0 
pcspkr                  1207  0 
psmouse                44657  0 
evdev                   5609  14 
soundcore               3450  3 snd
rfkill                 10264  3 bluetooth,dell_laptop
dcdbas                  3892  1 dell_laptop
serio_raw               2916  0 
video                  14605  1 i915
snd_page_alloc          5045  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
wmi                     3575  0 
output                  1204  1 video
button                  3598  1 i915
battery                 3782  0 
ac                      1640  0 
processor              26327  3 acpi_cpufreq
ext4                  257803  2 
mbcache                 3762  1 ext4
jbd2                   56155  1 ext4
crc16                   1027  2 l2cap,ext4
btrfs                 366823  0 
zlib_deflate           15822  1 btrfs
crc32c                  2172  1 
libcrc32c                762  1 btrfs
sg                     15968  0 
sd_mod                 25977  4 
crc_t10dif              1012  1 sd_mod
sr_mod                 10770  0 
cdrom                  26487  1 sr_mod
usb_storage            30585  0 
uhci_hcd               16057  0 
ahci                   27270  3 
libata                115753  1 ahci
thermal                 9206  0 
thermal_sys             9378  3 video,processor,thermal
sky2                   34040  0 
ehci_hcd               27851  0 
scsi_mod              101429  5 sg,sd_mod,sr_mod,usb_storage,libata
usbcore                98453  4 usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
nls_base                4541  1 usbcore

ifconfig -a

Code:

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:ae:1d:ac:bd  
          inet addr:192.168.2.4  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:aeff:fe1d:acbd/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3544 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3052 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:3805675 (3.6 MiB)  TX bytes:523346 (511.0 KiB)
          Interrupt:18 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:240 (240.0 B)  TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)

and iwconfig

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

Peacedog · 06-26-2011, 06:50 PM

Okay, I don't see the wl module loaded. Did you follow these instructions?

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt

Good luck. ;-)

syg00 · 06-26-2011, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadogamon

Jthe only changes I've made in the way of networking is installing the broadcom sta package from synaptic. help!

Hopefully this means you (successfully) installed bcmwl-kernel-source.
On Ubuntu you then need to go to "Additional Drivers" to activate it - haven't looked at Mint (for this).

darkduck · 06-28-2011, 04:20 AM

I had issues with my Broadcom 4311 card, and it was solved. Read here: http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2011/0...mint-xfce.html

shadogamon · 06-28-2011, 07:53 AM

I actually found the solution thanks to an old forum post http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=57056 thanks for the suggestions anyway! ^_^

Peacedog · 06-28-2011, 08:37 PM

Glad you got it sorted!

Good luck. ;-)