Broadcom Driver Installation
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Broadcom Driver Installation
Folks I'm brand new to Linux and having trouble with ethernet and wifi drivers after installing mint xfce on a Dell inspiron laptop.
I have no networking at the moment as no wired or wireless adapters are recognised. I have identified the Broadcom drivers I need and downloaded them as a tar.gz file.
So far I have extracted the files/folders. There are two folders called "src" and "lib" which contain more folders and files. There is also a file called "Makefile" which when viewed looks like some kind of a script.
All of the help I can find refers to running an install file or compiling the binaries. I have no install file and when I try the ./configure command I regularly see, I get an error that there is no such file or directory.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
I have no networking at the moment as no wired or wireless adapters are recognised. I have identified the Broadcom drivers I need and downloaded them as a tar.gz file.
So far I have extracted the files/folders. There are two folders called "src" and "lib" which contain more folders and files. There is also a file called "Makefile" which when viewed looks like some kind of a script.
All of the help I can find refers to running an install file or compiling the binaries. I have no install file and when I try the ./configure command I regularly see, I get an error that there is no such file or directory.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
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Re: Broadcom Driver Installation
Post the result from terminal for
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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
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barbara@barbara-Inspiron-1520 ~/Desktop $ lspci -nnk | grep -ia2 net
Subsystem: Dell 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [1028:01f1]
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [1028:01f1]
Kernel modules: b44
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Kernel driver in use: r852
Kernel modules: r852
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007]
Kernel driver in use: wl
Subsystem: Dell 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [1028:01f1]
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [1028:01f1]
Kernel modules: b44
--
Kernel driver in use: r852
Kernel modules: r852
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007]
Kernel driver in use: wl
Re: Broadcom Driver Installation
You might be able to get wired going again with
Somehow you installed the broadcom proprietary wl module that can be installed at least 3 different ways and the installation of this module blacklisted the modules your wired needs
Please post results for
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sudo modprobe b44
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dpkg -l | grep -i broadcom; dkms status
Re: Broadcom Driver Installation
TheJeremyB wrote:You might be able to get wired going again withSomehow you installed the broadcom proprietary wl module that can be installed at least 3 different ways and the installation of this module blacklisted the modules your wired needsCode: Select all
sudo modprobe b44
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dpkg -l | grep -i broadcom; dkms status
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sudo modprobe b44
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dpkg -l | grep -i broadcom; dkms status
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barbara@barbara-Inspiron-1520 ~ $ dpkg -l | grep -i broadcom; dkms status
ii bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8 amd64 Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source
bcmwl, 6.30.223.248+bdcom, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
ndiswrapper, 1.59, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-guest, 5.0.18, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed (original_module exists)
Re: Broadcom Driver Installation
Ok, from the dkms status results it shows bcmwl installed, so lets remove it
Reboot and hopefully the ethernet will work, if it doesn't it is likely blacklisted in another file, to find it use
If ethernet does work install the firmware for wifi with
Reboot and wifi should function
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sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
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grep [[:alnum:]] /etc/modprobe.d/* | grep b44
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sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
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Jeremy B you're a genius.
Wired and wireless both up and running. Once bcmwl removed wired worked and allowed me to run the apt-get to install the wireless drivers.
Thanks for your help.
Wired and wireless both up and running. Once bcmwl removed wired worked and allowed me to run the apt-get to install the wireless drivers.
Thanks for your help.
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Did everything as indicated in this post. But Wi-Fi never appeared.please help me with Wi-Fi settings.
Re: Broadcom Driver Installation
Please start a new thread and include the results from the wireless script link in my signature