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17th July 2011, 02:56 PM
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No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
I just installed Fedora (15) for the first time. However I do not have a wired internet connection, and have the infernal BCM4312 and I understand the STA works with this (It has worked for me with other distros).
In another thread, I read that I can download the relevant files (using another computer) from FedoraFusion, transfer them to the wireless computer and install.
Can someone suggest which files, within the FedoraFusion 15 are needed?
i686.
Many thanks, and I hope to enjoy Fedora!
Last edited by Diabellical; 17th July 2011 at 03:00 PM.
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17th July 2011, 03:04 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
To me, the BCM4312 is not "infernal". It works well for many people in Fedora with either the b43 driver or broadcom-wl. The problem is with Fedora IMO, not the chipset. Fedora does not include the broadcom-wl driver nor the firmware needed by b43 for that chipset.
If you want to try the broadcom-wl driver in Fedora 15, then you easily can install the kmod version while in an offline situation. The akmod version is difficult because of an unpredictable set of dependencies. The files you need for the kmod verson are kernel version specific, so return and post your running kernel verson... P.S.: Thinking about it some more, none of this is a "problem" with Fedora as I said above. Fedora (and most Linux distros) include many wireless drivers and firmware. And that's nice. But every wireless device I ever bought required me to install something for it to work in Windows. So why should I expect a Linux distro to be ready to run anything in the universe of hardware? Windows sure can't do that. The main difference (and real problem, IMO) is that most hardware makers include what I need for Windows in the box with their gizmos, and very few include Linux drivers in the box. And even that I can understand (what's their incentive to do that?).
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17th July 2011, 03:17 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
kernel: 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686
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17th July 2011, 04:13 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
can you explain what the does as this noted as an unrecognized option.
Many thanks for the help!
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17th July 2011, 04:22 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
Try it again without that. Or, install them this way... Then restart NetworkManager or reboot. Check NetworkManager for networks.
If the wireless works after that, you still need to install the RPM Fusion repos... http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
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17th July 2011, 04:41 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
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Originally Posted by stoat
Try it again without that. Or, install them this way... Then restart NetworkManager or reboot. Check NetworkManager for networks.
If the wireless works after that, you still need to install the RPM Fusion repos... http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration |
sorry for so many newbie questions: i am getting an response to that. When I try installing via gui though folder (install package) it just sends me though dependencies.
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17th July 2011, 05:53 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
yum --disablerepo=* localinstall *.rpm
yum localinstall *.rpm
rpm -ivh *.rpm
The option "--disablerepo=" is a valid yum command option. The option "-i" is a valid rpm command option. Maybe you're typing something incorrectly.
The dependency issue arises when you attempt to install the packages one at a time. They are dependent upon each other and must all be included in the same yum or rpm command. That's what the wildcard was for. In your GUI app, maybe you can select all three to be installed. Or you can try these (after changing directories in the terminal)...
yum localinstall kmod-wl-2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686-5.60.48.36-2.fc15.1.i686.rpm kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc15.1.i686.rpm broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh kmod-wl-2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686-5.60.48.36-2.fc15.1.i686.rpm kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-2.fc15.1.i686.rpm broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
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17th July 2011, 06:43 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
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So like a fool, I hadn't moved yet to root, so I suppose some of the commands were unacceptable without superuser status. Coming from Ubuntu this was a silly mistake on my part. Everything worked great, and wireless is now fixed.
Many thanks to you Stoat!
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17th July 2011, 07:16 PM
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Re: No Wired: which tools from Fedora(15) Fusion --> broadcom STA for wireless?
Very well.
You aren't finished until you install the RPM Fusion repos.
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