BRCM 4318 freezes Fedora

Beas · #1 17th October 2009, 11:59 PM

I just finished installing Fedora 11 on a Dell Inspiron 6000. After some tinkering, I was able to get the Broadcom 4318 wireless card to start working. After a restart, I booted into Fedora and attempted to connect to my wireless network.

Five seconds later Fedora freezes. I cannot move the mouse, execute any commands (except hold the power button down), or access any log files. The only confirmation I get is that my router does receive a signal from the wireless card, shortly before dying.

I do have a a LiveUSB version of Fedora, would that allow me to access any relevant log files?

stoat · #2 18th October 2009, 03:59 AM

Hello Beas,

Well, unless somebody else has a better idea, I recommend that you take a moment to publish some additional information including the basic stuff that we usually start with. That is, if you can boot successfully without trying to connect. And if you're willing, of course. It's all up to you.

Code:

uname -r

Code:

lspci -nn | grep -i -e network -e wireless

Code:

lsmod | sort

And lastly, mention what you have done about a driver for the card. Maybe this stuff will give someone an idea for something you can try.

P.S.: Yes, a live version of Fedora can be used to access the filesystem on the hard drive.