wifi stopped working aftter updating Kernel

blueboy · #1 2009-10-16, 02:27 AM CDT

I have a Lenovo 77579QQ, the wifi card is Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g it was working previously on 2.6.27.35-170.2.94.fc10.i686 now after i updated the Kernel to 2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10.i686 the wifi stopped working.but wifi is working in the older kernel.
pls tel me how to solve the problem,
P.S I enabled wifi after i installed F10 by doing yum install broadcom-wl

jbeuree · #2 2009-10-16, 06:49 AM CDT

I ran into the same problem. In my case I'm using the wl kernel module and it doesn't appear to have been updated for the 37 kernel. Latest is kmod-wl for 2.6.27.35. Hopefully the 2.6.27.37 version will be out soon so we can complete the update and move to the latest.

blueboy · #3 2009-10-16, 07:34 AM CDT

hope they fix the problem as soon as possible.

blueboy · #4 2009-10-16, 08:41 AM CDT

Got it working by running he command modprobe wl as root, u need to run this command every time u boot ur F10, to do it automatically do this su -c 'echo "modprobe wl" >> /etc/rc.local Hope this helps U.

davidvandoren · #5 2009-10-16, 10:06 AM CDT

I tried blueboy's fix however, it did not work. Seems I have executed the script incorrectly.

During the last update I saw removing broadcom-wl. It's installed but not working.

**stoat** · #6 2009-10-16, 07:05 PM CDT

Hello everybody,

Well, the kmod-wl for the new kernel is sitting there in the RPM Fusion Nonfree repo. Take a moment to confirm that things are right vis-a-vis your installed kernels and the kmods regarding the i586 and i686-PAE issue. It's not unheard for all of that to get mixed up after updates for some reason. It won't hurt to look anyway...

Code:

rpm -qa | grep -e kernel -e kmod | sort

The result of that should make sense.

P.S.: I just realized that you people are talking about Fedora 10. That i586/i686-PAE thing relates only to Fedora 11. But the kmods for the new Fedora 10 kernels are in the repos, too. That part of what I said does apply here.

davidvandoren · #7 2009-10-16, 10:01 PM CDT

kernel-2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686
kernel-2.6.27.35-170.2.94.fc10.i686
kernel-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.27.35-170.2.94.fc10.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10.i686
kernel-firmware-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10.noarch
kernel-headers-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10.i386
kerneloops-0.12-2.fc10.i386
kmod-wl-2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686-5.10.91.9-2.fc10.6.i686
kmod-wl-2.6.27.35-170.2.94.fc10.i686-5.10.91.9-2.fc10.8.i686
kmod-wl-5.10.91.9-2.fc10.8.i686
libmikmod-3.2.0-4.beta2.fc10.i386

**stoat** · #8 2009-10-16, 10:10 PM CDT

Hello davidvandoren,

To me, what you have installed looks right. You just don't have the kmod-wl for the third (and latest) kernel. I would try the update again. Or you could try downloading the rpm file from RPM Fusion and manually installing it with rpm.

davidvandoren · #9 2009-10-16, 10:26 PM CDT

@stoat
thanks
I just restarted into a previous kernel and everything is fine.

So for those few occasions where i need the wireless I can use this kernel.

There will be an update in the future, Right?

**stoat** · #10 2009-10-16, 10:30 PM CDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidvandoren

There will be an update in the future, Right?

It's there right now...

http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...fc10.i686.html

blueboy · #11 2009-10-16, 10:41 PM CDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidvandoren

I tried blueboy's fix however, it did not work. Seems I have executed the script incorrectly.

During the last update I saw removing broadcom-wl. It's installed but not working.

type this as root echo "modprobe wl" >> /etc/rc.local if u got broadcom-wl installed and if u r using the same kernel as mine it will work.

davidvandoren · #12 2009-10-16, 10:58 PM CDT

@stoat
I am a bit farsighted. Therefor didn't want to dig myself through the numbers.

installed the package and everything works.

Thanks

BurningFool · #13 2009-10-17, 08:58 AM CDT

Hi, first time poster here.

I'm having the same problem, and I can't seem to find a package that will remedy the situation. I've booted into the older kernel for wifi, but I can't seem to find a package that'll enable it for 2.6.30.8-64.fc11.1586. I tried using this package, but the graphical and terminal installs keep spitting this at me:

Code:

wl-kmod-common >= 5.10.91.9 is needed by package kmod-wl-2.6.30.8-64.fc11.i586-5.10.91.9-4.fc11.3.i586 (/kmod-wl-2.6.30.8-64.fc11.i586-5.10.91.9-4.fc11.3.i586)

However, I can't seem to find that wl-kmod-common version for 1586, which leaves me stuck. Any help would be much appreciated.

Nokia · #14 2009-10-17, 09:37 AM CDT

This might be your answer

Code:

su
yum install akmod-wl

BurningFool · #15 2009-10-17, 10:06 AM CDT

EDIT: Nevermind, forgot to add RPMfusion nonfree repositories. Stupid Burning Fool is stupid.

EDIT: Installed the packages, but my wireless card still doesn't appear when I click on the network icon in the status bar.