Help with making wireless work on Gutsy with Broadcom4306

[Kristian F]

On 10/29/07, jerry <jerryturba at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Kristian F wrote:
> > On 10/28/07, jerry <jerryturba at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Kristian F wrote:
> >>
> >>> (continuation of earlier post with same subject line)
> >>>
> >>> I tried to set up wireless by following this thread
> >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201902
> >>> and result is that, when activating wireless (pressing the button)
> >>> everything freezes for extended periods of time when trying to do
> >>>
> >> anything
> >>
> >>> (moving the mouse, keyword etc).
> >>>
> >>> Don't know what went wrong
> >>> ndiswrapper -l gives:
> >>> bcmwl564 : driver installed
> >>> device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
> >>>
> >>> which is not really what was written in the tutorial/thread but
> >>>
> >> otherwise I
> >>
> >>> don't know.
> >>>
> >>> Any help or suggestions very appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> /
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I was able to install the bcmwl5 driver for the 4306 Broadcom chip on
> >> Feisty. Perhaps I can help out.
> >>
> >> Does lsmod show more than 1 ndiswrapper or bcm* driver installed?
> >>
> >> I had to *first* rmmod ndiswrapper and bcm43xx then
> >>
> >> ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf (I  have 32 bit proc)
> >> modprobe ndiswrapper.
> >>
> >> I restarted networking (/etc/init.d/networking restart).
> >>
> >> I hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Hi Jerry and thanks for helping out :)
> >
> > lsmod | grep ndiswrapper  gives this:
> > ndiswrapper           233632  0
> > usbcore               161584  7
> > ndiswrapper,usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
> >
> > lsmod | grep bcm*  gives this:
> > mbcache                11272  1 ext3
> > usbcore               161584  7
> > ndiswrapper,usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
> > which is basically nothing I guess (?_?) If I understand things right
> there
> > is only one ndiswrapper.
> >
> > I attach the whole output of lsmod | sort
> >
> > Doing sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl564.inf  gives this:
> > driver bcmwl564 is already installed
> >
> > Doing ndiswrapper -l
> > bcmwl564 : driver installed
> > device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
> > I think confirms it.
> >
> > Doing  sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart     gives this:
> >  * Reconfiguring network
> > interfaces...
> > Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
> > Ignoring unknown interface eth1=eth1.
> > Ignoring unknown interface eth2=eth2.
> > Ignoring unknown interface ath0=ath0.
> > Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.
> > dsl-provider: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> > Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
> >
> > Which to me look like a whole lot of trouble... but I honestly can't
> really
> > tell.
> >
> > Any more ideas?
> >
> >
>
> In my case I had to rmmod  the bcm43xx driver. It appears that you have
> already removed it or it was never installed. So no worry about that.
>
> Why did you install bcmwl564? I may be mistaken but I thought I saw
> somewhere in the info you you posted that you were using a 32 bit
> system. In step 13 of the tutorial you cited it says to  ndiswrapper -i
> bcmwl5.inf for 32 bit and bcmwl564 is for 64 bit system.  Disregard this
> if you are using a 64 bit system.
>
> Leo makes a critical point. I have not used the newer kernel and it is
> very possible that some change in the kernel has caused some
> incompatibility. I set up my broadcom under Feisty nearly a year ago.
>
> Why not post a question to the forum that you cited. They have answered
> many people with their problems.
>
> I know that I was pulling my hair out trying to get the broadcom to
> work.  I had to remove the ndiswrapper and bcm* drivers and then install
> first the ndiswrapper and then restart networking, any variation from
> that pattern would fail.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Jerry



I run a 64 bit system. Think I mentioned it in the first post.
To bad if ndiswrapper is having issues...
I posted to the forums and lets see if anything shows up there.
Thank you a lot for the input. Even though wireless on ubuntu feels like a
small hell it is at least nice to have someone to chat with down-there.

Kristian
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