Wireless driver not working now

Abu Noor Eddin · 07-09-2009, 02:41 AM

Hello all,

Everything was going fine. Once, I started my fedora 10 and I found out that no wirless driver is installed!!!

How can I check for this and fix this problem.

P.S. I am new to linux.

Thanks

nekawa · 07-09-2009, 03:57 PM

I believe fedora doesn't come with wireless drivers out of the box you have to compile the modules for them..
some more information would be nice..
what driver were you using?
are u using ndiswrapper w/ .inf or are you using native linux drivers
what kind of wireless device is it? Is it pci/pcmcia/usb/on-board. If it's pci then typing 'lspci' should tell you the vendor info IE: mine says

Code:

awaken@inmideb:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)

Abu Noor Eddin · 07-10-2009, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekawa

I believe fedora doesn't come with wireless drivers out of the box you have to compile the modules for them..
some more information would be nice..
what driver were you using?
are u using ndiswrapper w/ .inf or are you using native linux drivers
what kind of wireless device is it? Is it pci/pcmcia/usb/on-board. If it's pci then typing 'lspci' should tell you the vendor info IE: mine says

Code:

awaken@inmideb:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)

I am using fedora 10 on my hp 530 laptop. my wireless driver is broadcom. here is the result of running lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile (rev 01)
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

Larry Webb · 07-10-2009, 06:36 AM

Fedora 10 has the broadcom drivers installed, here is a tutorial on how to

http://www.linlap.com/wiki/configuri...s+in+fedora+10

Abu Noor Eddin · 07-10-2009, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Webb

Fedora 10 has the broadcom drivers installed, here is a tutorial on how to

http://www.linlap.com/wiki/configuri...s+in+fedora+10

Thanks all, I found a solution here http://djkaos.wordpress.com/2008/10/...ux-sta-driver/

Thanks Larry for the great link.