Fedora 15 wireless internet not working (firmware not found etc)

[joshuamhenrich]

Hi all;

I just upgraded from Fedora 14 to 15 and am having problems getting my wireless internet to work.
I never had it working in Fedora 14 as it told me "firmware was missing."
I have tried many different approaches described online and non have seemed to help me.

I have an HP dv6700 laptop with a Broadcom "Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)" chipset.
I have installed the Broadcom-wl set from yum as well.

What am I doing wrong? Why can't I get it to work?

Thank you!
Josh

[pythonsyntax]

Try downloading fedora 15 dvd with Kde desktop that how i got my broadcom wireless to work.

[stoat]

Originally Posted by joshuamhenrich

I never had it working in Fedora 14 as it told me "firmware was missing."

Originally Posted by joshuamhenrich

I have an HP dv6700 laptop with a Broadcom "Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)" chipset.

The message about missing firmware probably was referring to firmware for the b43 driver that comes with Fedora kernels. Many BCM4312 cards work with b43, and the kernel will detect them and load the b43 module. But you have to install the firmware, and you apparently never did that. Anyway, the BCM4312 chipset also works well with broadcom-wl which you specifically mentioned. In fact, I don't recall an example of one not being able to work with it.

Originally Posted by joshuamhenrich

I have tried many different approaches described online and non have seemed to help me.

Sometimes, trying a bunch of things without undoing or removing things that didn't work can lead to issues with subsequently tried methods.

Originally Posted by joshuamhenrich

What am I doing wrong? Why can't I get it to work?

I don't know. But you should take a moment to review (and post) the relevant installed packages, the running kernel, the installed kernel modules, etc. Often, the answers to your questions above will be found amongst that information.

rpm -qa | grep -e kernel -e kmod-wl -e broadcom-wl | sort
uname -r
lsmod | sort
iwconfig
iwlist

The installed package versions should make sense vis-a-vis each other and the running kernel. The wl module should be loaded. An IP address should have been acquired. Networks should be available. Etc, etc. IMO, nothing more can be said until that kind of stuff is published.

If that stuff is turns out to be perfectly appropriate and correct, then some other common things to consider are an on/off switch (it happens all the time) and rfkill.

[joshuamhenrich]

Hey Mr. Stout.

I did as you asked and entered those commands in. Keep in mind I am a Fedora n00b (i was asked to install it for myself for Math research purposes) also that I am on my windows pc right now ergo why the message on the wired and wireless both have no connections.

[Josh@Josh ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -e kernel -e kmod-wl -e broadcom-lm | sort
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.3-1.fc15.i686
akmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc15.1.i686
kernel-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686
kernel-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686
kernel-2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686
kernel-headers-2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686
kmod-wl-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686-5.100.82.38-1.fc14.5.i686
kmod-wl-2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686-5.60.48.36-2.fc15.1.i686

[Josh@Josh ~]$ lsmod | sort
acpi_cpufreq 6257 1
bluetooth 77680 5 sco,bnep,l2cap
bnep 12069 2
cpufreq_ondemand 7674 2
crc_itu_t 1251 1 firewire_core
drm 152267 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
drm_kms_helper 24432 1 i915
fat 38076 1 vfat
firewire_core 41048 1 firewire_ohci
firewire_ohci 21864 0
fuse 53420 5
hp_wmi 4985 0
i2c_algo_bit 4214 1 i915
i2c_core 21384 6 videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo _bit
i2c_i801 7957 0
i915 306373 3
ip6table_filter 1227 1
ip6_tables 9798 1 ip6table_filter
ip6t_REJECT 3387 2
ipv6 234769 19 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_defrag_ipv6
iTCO_vendor_support 2082 1 iTCO_wdt
iTCO_wdt 9288 0
joydev 7296 0
l2cap 45458 3 bnep
microcode 11108 0
mii 3598 1 r8169
mmc_core 61565 1 sdhci
Module Size Used by
mperf 1145 1 acpi_cpufreq
mtd 18099 2 sm_common,nand
nand 38523 2 r852,sm_common
nand_ecc 3448 1 nand
nand_ids 3786 1 nand
nf_conntrack_ipv6 6637 2
nf_defrag_ipv6 7574 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
r8169 30200 0
r852 8081 0
rfkill 13096 4 bluetooth,hp_wmi
sco 13425 2
sdhci 16308 1 sdhci_pci
sdhci_pci 7240 0
sm_common 6584 1 r852
snd 48042 13 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda _intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_dev ice,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_hda_codec 69923 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda _intel
snd_hda_codec_realtek 244866 1
snd_hda_codec_si3054 3100 1
snd_hda_intel 20284 2
snd_hwdep 4986 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_page_alloc 6120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_pcm 63650 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 43761 0
snd_seq_device 5118 1 snd_seq
snd_timer 15551 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
soundcore 5039 1 snd
sparse_keymap 2650 1 hp_wmi
uas 6235 0
usb_storage 36099 1
uvcvideo 49026 0
vfat 7095 1
video 10797 1 i915
videodev 54777 1 uvcvideo
wmi 7722 1 hp_wmi

[Josh@Josh ~]$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

[Josh@Josh ~]$ iwlist
Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [essid NNN] [last]
[interface] frequency
[interface] channel
[interface] bitrate
[interface] rate
[interface] encryption
[interface] keys
[interface] power
[interface] txpower
[interface] retry
[interface] ap
[interface] accesspoints
[interface] peers
[interface] event
[interface] auth
[interface] wpakeys
[interface] genie
[interface] modulation

---------- Post added at 12:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:31 PM ----------

Sorry, I meant *stoat*

[stoat]

Reboot and choose kernel-2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686 in the GRUB menu. Check NetworkManager again for networks.

[joshuamhenrich]

Hey;

If NetworkManager is the upper right corner drop down menu, then I still am not picking anything up. Also the light on my wireless switch is orange, and is normally blue when it is on on my windows side

[stoat]

The NetworkManager panel icon looks like two monitors with a red X when wireless is enabled but not connected. It changes to signal strength bars with a wireless connection established. Anyway, left-click that icon and look for available networks. If none are there when some are known to be in range, then I think I'm out of ideas for the moment. After a Fedora version upgrade, I guess it could be anything. Always check lsmod for wl when you try something. If wl is not loaded, then none of the other variables matter. If wl is loaded, then try the rfkill idea mentioned already. Try connecting by wired NIC and update the whole system. Check /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state for something to enable. Try blacklisting the ssb module if it is listed in lsmod with wl.

[joshuamhenrich]

Hey. I dont even have the option to see any wireless networks.

[stoat]

The last information that you posted nine days ago showed that the wl module is not loaded. There is no use looking at anything else until the driver module is loaded. That akmod-wl package will create the kmod whenever you boot into a kernel that does not already have one. So if you have the driver packages installed, then perhaps something is disabling the device (as already mentioned) such as a simple switch, a BIOS setting, rfkill.

You could study the current results of these again...

rpm -qa | grep -e kernel -e kmod-wl -e broadcom-wl | sort
uname -r
lsmod | sort
iwconfig

There should be a kmod-wl package corresponding to the currently running kernel. The wl module should be loaded. A wireless interface should be present. Until that stuff happens, no connection is possible.

[joshuamhenrich]

Stoat:

The rfkill worked for me. I ran it, rebooted and my light on the wireless switch was blue!
Thanks for the help!

---------- Post added at 10:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 PM ----------

Stoat:

The rfkill worked for me. I ran it, rebooted and my light on the wireless switch was blue!
Thanks for the help!