I have Slackware64. HP dv2500 with Athlon Turion X2 I have broadcom wireless.(4312 I think) This is the third time I've updated over the last year or so. (Slack 12.0 / SlamD64 / Now Slack64) I never get the wireless right. I took out my notes for the previous but where I'm not using ndiswrapper, They aren't really applying. In short, here is what I get it someone can tell me where I've messed up.

lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_dummy 3172 0
snd_seq_oss 33536 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7264 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 56320 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 7188 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 42976 0
snd_mixer_oss 16768 1 snd_pcm_oss
appletalk 34352 20
ipv6 288704 14
pcmcia 36824 0
pcmcia_core 36804 1 pcmcia
cpufreq_ondemand 8016 1
powernow_k8 13764 1
freq_table 4160 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8
lp 11972 0
ppdev 8488 0
parport_pc 28200 0
parport 36752 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
fuse 60096 5
snd_hda_codec_conexant 25728 1
nvidia 9618952 40
joydev 11968 0
snd_hda_intel 27176 2
snd_hda_codec 60192 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
lib80211_crypt_tkip 9600 0
snd_hwdep 8456 1 snd_hda_codec
wl 1280320 0
sdhci_pci 8384 0
snd_pcm 80872 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
sdhci 17700 1 sdhci_pci
snd_timer 22256 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
mmc_core 52192 1 sdhci
uvcvideo 63436 0
video 20148 5
snd 65000 15 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,sn d_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
rtc_cmos 11928 0
thermal 18880 0
rtc_core 19652 1 rtc_cmos
output 3136 1 video
processor 43960 2 powernow_k8,thermal
soundcore 7168 1 snd
videodev 43168 1 uvcvideo
led_class 4360 1 sdhci
wmi 7456 0
rtc_lib 2880 1 rtc_core
snd_page_alloc 9616 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
button 7328 0
ac 5000 0
battery 12488 0
thermal_sys 13088 3 video,thermal,processor
k8temp 5344 0
psmouse 46748 0
v4l1_compat 15364 2 uvcvideo,videodev
lib80211 6308 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
forcedeth 59696 0
sg 29920 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 10912 1 videodev
hwmon 2728 2 thermal_sys,k8temp
serio_raw 6116 0
evdev 11392 13

lspci00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
01:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
01:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
01:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
01:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
01:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
01:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
01:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.


Sorry for the length but I don't know any other way to convey the data.

Thanks for any and all help
Ace

Have you used the b43-fwcutter tool to extract the firmware from your windows driver for this laptop??

download b43-fwcutter from linuxwireless.org and the current wl_apsta.o (do a google search, it's all over the place)

Untar/Unzip the fwcutter package and install it (make && make install)
change to the directory where you downloaded wl_apsta.o and issue b43-fwcutter -w /usr/lib/firmware wl_apsta.o

reboot the machine and you should be good to go.

It looks like the driver for your device is loaded. You just need to configure it in /etc/rc.inet1.conf.

Alien Bob has a great wiki on configuring wireless networks including WPA. http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...ckware:network

This should give you a good start.