All,

I am running SlamD64 on an HPdv2500 laptop. I have a Broadcom (Blah) wireless card. Vista runs no problem. This is the same issue I had on my old laptop with the BCM43XX card. I believe that I'm not getting the preset card blacklisted but don't know enough about the newer cards/controllers to get the problem fixed. I am using ndiswrapper and the bcmwl6 drivers. From what ndiswrapper tells me the driver is loaded. But KDM (KDE3.5) tells me no wireless cards availble.

Below is my lsmod results
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_dummy 7428 0
snd_seq_oss 36736 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11520 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 59136 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 11412 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 45728 0
snd_mixer_oss 20480 1 snd_pcm_oss
appletalk 39664 0
ipv6 277288 16
lp 16068 0
parport_pc 31912 0
parport 40716 2 lp,parport_pc
fuse 51248 5
snd_hda_intel 372516 0
battery 16776 0
snd_pcm 85000 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
ac 9480 0
sdhci 21252 0
snd_timer 25608 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
video 22804 0
thermal 19488 0
snd_page_alloc 12688 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mmc_core 54280 1 sdhci
processor 37576 1 thermal
k8temp 9472 0
rtc_cmos 12344 0
output 7552 1 video
snd_hwdep 12424 1 snd_hda_intel
rtc_core 21900 1 rtc_cmos
psmouse 46620 0
snd 60008 9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwd ep
hwmon 6920 1 k8temp
forcedeth 52876 0
rtc_lib 7040 1 rtc_core
evdev 14976 6
button 11680 0
soundcore 11168 1 snd
serio_raw 10372 0
sg 35608 0

And here is my lspci results

00:00.0 0600: 1002:cbb2 (rev 02)
00:01.0 0604: 1002:7010
00:06.0 0401: 10b9:5451 (rev 02)
00:07.0 0601: 10b9:1533
00:08.0 0703: 10b9:5457
00:09.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 02)
00:0a.0 0607: 104c:ac50 (rev 02)
00:0b.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 50)
00:0b.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 50)
00:0b.2 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 51)
00:10.0 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c4)
00:11.0 0680: 10b9:7101
00:12.0 0200: 100b:0020
01:05.0 0300: 1002:4337
00:00.0 0600: 1002:cbb2 (rev 02)
00:01.0 0604: 1002:7010
00:06.0 0401: 10b9:5451 (rev 02)
00:07.0 0601: 10b9:1533
00:08.0 0703: 10b9:5457
00:09.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 02)
00:0a.0 0607: 104c:ac50 (rev 02)
00:0b.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 50)
00:0b.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 50)
00:0b.2 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 51)
00:10.0 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c4)
00:11.0 0680: 10b9:7101
00:12.0 0200: 100b:0020
01:05.0 0300: 1002:4337
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 GeForce 7150M (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 BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)

Its the BCM4310 USB controller I don't understand?

iwconfig tells me

eth0 - No adapter availble ( or equivilant terminoligy)

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Ace

Not familiar with SlamD64. Are there several windows drivers for the card, and which one did you use? Have you checked to see if there is source code for that type of wireless card or chip so that you don't need to use ndiswrapper? Post the outputs from ndiswrapper, and from ndiswrapper version and kernel version.

Here is the data your requested.

ndiswrapper -1

bcmwl6 : driver installed
device (14E4:4315) present

ndiswrapper -v

utils version: '1.9', utils version needed by module: '1.9'
module details:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.24.5/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
version: 1.53
vermagic: 2.6.24.5 SMP mod_unloa

Kernel = 2.6.24.5 (? Sound right?)

The main problem I see is that ndiswrapper is not listed in your lsmod output. You need the ndiswrapper module loaded in order for it to work.

What driver are you using from the vendor cd (95/98/NT/XP/VISTA)? As the guru mentioned, did you use ndiswrapper correctly...post commands used if in doubt.

Does the kernel have support for wireless or for the card as modules, and do you have udevd or hotplug enabled? Is the kernel built for the laptop?

I have gotten ndiswrapper to install. lsmod notes it on the top line. However I still have

io no wireless blah blah blah
and
eth0 no wireless whatever.

Last time I had this issue I didn't have bcm43xx blacklisted correctly. This time I don't know what driver slamd64 installed and what title I should use to blacklist it. Is there any way to find this out? lspci just said Broadcom BCM4310 USB Controller. I don't know what driver name gives me that.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
Ace

The bcm43xx driver has been replaced by b43 (or b43-legacy) and ssb. However, I'm not seeing any of those in your original lsmod output. Have a look in your log files and see if ndiswrapper is complaining when it loads. Since the 4310 is the most difficult Broadcom chipset to get working, I suspect that there are some errors.