Bcm4312 LP-PHY hel please(SOLVED)

[podagee]

hi mint people.its been a while...anyways heres my problem(s):
ive done an install of mint 13 kde to my dell inspiron 1545 bcm4312 lp-phy and i cant get the dang wireless working.ive downloaded so may deb files and none work.in order to get it working the install of the bcmwl kernel source deb file says that i need 2 packages which are libc6-dev and libc-dev-bin.
when i try installing those it tells me error:lib)=2.11.3-4
same with the other package.what does this mean cause ive downloaded a few others and it says it cant be installed.what is the problem?
ubuntu's install was way easier now mint is being very pesty.your help will be appreciated.

[Schoelje]

Maybe you could try Device Driver Manager (DDM):
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=113559

[podagee]

dont really want to try ddm after reading all the posts on it.seems like it doesnt do much since i know the driver i just cant get it installed using additional driver.was wondering if i had to do a dpkg --configure -a in terminal to get it working?but anyhow im going with opensuse 12.2 kde for the time being.actually kinda liking its speed.would like to see a working method though on this post.thanks

[Schoelje]

For anyone else coming to this thread and if you need to check which driver you need for your Broadcom chipset and are reluctant to let DDM do the job for you:

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   lspci -n -d 14e4:

2. Check your PCI ID here: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
3. Check the Supported and Alternative columns for the driver you need to install
   I've copied below the list DDM is using:
   

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   PCI ID   |   Debian driver   |   Ubuntu driver
576   |   firmware-brcm80211   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4301   |   firmware-b43legacy-installer   |   firmware-b43legacy-installer
4306   |   firmware-b43legacy-installer   |   firmware-b43legacy-installer
4307   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4311   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4312   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4313   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4315   |   firmware-b43-lpphy-installer   |   firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
4318   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4319   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4320   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4321   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4324   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4325   |   firmware-b43legacy-installer   |   firmware-b43legacy-installer
4328   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4329   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
432a   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
432b   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
432c   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
432d   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4331   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
4353   |   firmware-brcm80211   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4357   |   firmware-brcm80211   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4358   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4359   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
435a   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
4727   |   firmware-brcm80211   |   bcmwl-kernel-source
a8d6   |   firmware-b43-installer   |   firmware-b43-installer
a99d   |   broadcom-sta-dkms   |   bcmwl-kernel-source


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   sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

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   sudo modprobe -rf b44
sudo modprobe -rf b43
sudo modprobe -rf b43legacy
sudo modprobe -rf ssb
sudo modprobe -rf brcmsmac

6. Install the driver as listed above, e.g.:

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   sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer

7. If you installed broadcom-sta-dkms or bcmwl-kernel-source:
   

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   sudo echo "blacklist b43 brcmsmac bcma ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom.conf
sudo modprobe wl

   
   If you installed one of the b43 drivers:
   

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   sudo modprobe b43

   
   If you installed the brcmsmac driver
   

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   sudo modprobe brcmsmac

You should now have wireless.

If you have problems installing any dependencies like podagee described above, you might want to try:

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sudo apt-get -f install

or try to install the problematic dependencies manually until you find the culprit.

[podagee]

easier way i found was by downloading the LP-PHY firmware installer deb file and installing it and it worked instantly.how beautiful it is.

[podagee]

almost forgot...here is the correct steps i did for my bcm4312:if you have no ethernet like me,use whatever other os(if dual-booted or triple)such as windows to download the deb files(only posting for the 32bit...lpphy only) as i will post the link:

http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main ... 9_i386.deb

http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/mult ... -9_all.deb

http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/mult ... 14_all.deb

1.install in the same order as above
2.put these commands in terminal:
# rmmod b43
# echo "options b43 pio=1 qos=0" > /etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf
# modprobe b43

these commands are for a non reboot.
that is exactly how i got my mint 14 wifi bcm4312 working.no other way succeeded offline.enjoy your wifi