Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g

[Rykkan]

Hi Everyone.
I just installed Fedora Project 8 on my Gateway Laptop and am Dual-Booting XP. I installed it from the 64 Bit LiveDVD Torrent. I am doing Live Updates on it right now, because my Wired Connection works. But my Wireless Doesn't. I have used ndiswrapper for the drivers, but it doesn't show up in the Network Device Control Service. Also, how do I make my touchpad not tap to click. its annoying.

[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480/RS482/RX480/RX482) Chipset - Host bridge (rev 01)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
03:05.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
03:07.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:25:33:2FA
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::203:25ff:fe33:2fda/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:183042 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133659 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:263939778 (251.7 MiB) TX bytes:9378442 (8.9 MiB)
Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:5635 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5635 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3219776 (3.0 MiB) TX bytes:3219776 (3.0 MiB)

Any Help would be appreciated. My Computer also uses the FN+F2 to turn it on and off.
Thank you for any help you can give me.

[bbfuller]

Hello Rykkan

Usually, Fedora would use the b43 driver already included in the kernel for a broadcom 4318.

Much easier than ndiswrapper.

However, with ndiswrapper installed it's probably best to follow it through. It's usual for Fedora not to list wireless cards in Network Device Control Service.

Look instead in NetworkManager on the top Gnome Panel by the clock.

If ndiswrapper is installed correctly you should see wireless networks listed there just by left clicking.

[Rykkan]

I only see wired connections on the top by the clock. My wireless Card isn't even turned on because its light isn't on. Usually i use function f2 to turn it on in windows,

[Rykkan]

Just found this out as well:

ndiswrapper (check_nt_hdr:150): kernel is 64-bit, but Windows driver is not 64-bit;bad magic: 010B
ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:210): couldn't prepare driver 'bcmwl5'
ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:112): couldn't load driver bcmwl5; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'

How do i get the 64 bit driver? or is there a way to get the standard b43 driver to work?

[bbfuller]

Hello Rykkan

The 64 bit driver for your card would come from the card manufacturers web site. There's no single source of drivers.

If you decide to try the b43 driver then at least you would have to add an entry in the file:

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

reading:

blacklist ndiswrapper

might be easier to just uninstall it though.

Below are my general b43 notes.

Download this file and put it into a directory somewhere:

http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/b...0.10.5.tar.bz2

Acquire full root rights over your machine with this command in a terminal window:

su -

That's a space and a minus sign after the su. It gives you full root rights over your machine rather than just root rights over your ordinary users environment without it.

Use the cd command to navigate into the directory where you downloaded the above file. Issue the command:

tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

That unpacks the file archive you downloaded and will create you a new directory where you are working called 'broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5'.

cd into that and then the 'driver' directory within that and use the command:

b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o

That cuts the required firmware for your card from the downloaded file and places it in the correct place for the b43 driver to find it.

Check and see if you have NetworkManager showing on the top Gnome Panel to the right in the notification area. If you have ignore the next part.

Go to the "Gnome System Menu - Administration - Services", tick NetworkManager and NetworkMangerDispatcher, make sure they are started and the settings are saved so they start at next boot.

{The above paragraph is only necessary for Fedora 8 definitely not for Fedora 9}

Restart the machine and left clicking on the NetworkManager icon should bring up a list of wireless access points to connect to.

Post back if you have any questions.

[Rykkan]

Just updated fwcutter:
I also believe i uninstalled ndiswrapper. The command is still there, but i deleted the driver with ndiswrapper -d command.
[root@localhost driver]# b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o
This file is recognised as:
ID : FW13
filename : wl_apsta_mimo.o
version : 410.2160
MD5 : cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c
Extracting b43/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43/pcm4.fw
Extracting b43/ucode15.fw
Extracting b43/ucode14.fw
Extracting b43/ucode13.fw
Extracting b43/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43/ucode9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode4.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals15.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals14.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/n0absinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals11.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals4.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals4.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals4.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals4.fw
[root@localhost driver]#

Still only shows Wired Network. No Wireless. Cause my card isn't turned on. How do i get my FN+F2 to work to turn my card on and off.

[bbfuller]

Hello Rykkan

Just re-read your first post. I'm not sure about your setup.

It's Fedora 9 where everyone has been having trouble with touchpads not 'tapping to click'.

I've never heard of the problem with F8. Are you sure you haven't got 9?

[Rykkan]

no it taps to click, just wondering if u know how to turn it off

[bbfuller]

Hello Rykkan

Goodness, no I don't.

I've just spent a lot of time getting mine to click just how I want to under Fedora 9, especially tap and drag. I've never even thought of wanting to turn it off.

I seem to recall posts on the Forum about it though. I've no doubt they will surface in a search.

Incidentally, the Fedora Forum search tool is a bit odd sometimes.

It's quite easy to use Google to search the forum and there's a good post on it here thanks to 'Dan'

Edit:

Forgot to post the thread address earlier, it's:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...+Search+Fedora

[Rykkan]

ahh cool. so any other ideas on my wireless card? i think its cause its not turning on.

[bbfuller]

Hello Rykkan

Just a note on my post about searching, the thread I mentioned but didn't list is here:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...+Search+Fedora

I'll be back about the main topic in a few minutes.

[bbfuller]

Hello Rykkan

Let's see if we can trap any messages about your wireless card as the machine starts.

Reboot the machine and run:

dmesg | grep b43

Post back the result. That will show us any intiialisation messages as the b43 wireless driver loads.

[Rykkan]

There is no b43 in the startup.

[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep b43
[root@localhost ~]#

[bbfuller]

Hello Rykkan

No more real answers here, it does look, as you say, as if the electronic switch is keeping the card off.

I've found one reference to that sort of problem so far and that was someone editing their xorg.conf file. I've appended what they did. Be careful here to make a backup of your original xorg.conf first and be sure you know how to put it back in place of the modified one from the command line if X won't start after the modification.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, CRT"
Option "MergedFB" "true"
Option "BIOSHotkeys" "on"
Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050-1280x1024"

EndSection

The only relevant part is that I've marked in red.

The other possibility is Fedora 9. That has its problems but the new X in it may cope better with your keyboard. You could try from a live cd without disturbing your existing install.

Otherwise a new thread on the forum about "Fn keys and your particular laptop model" might bring forth some specific knowledge.

[Rykkan]

I had fedora core 9, but it kept giving kernal errors, and my windows wouldn't boot again, maybe i just did it wrong that time, maybe thats what i'll just try.