Install Wireless on Fedora 16 on Dell Studio 1535

amc206 · #1 11th November 2011, 11:01 PM

Hello, I just installed Fedora 16 on my Studio 1535 and does not recognize my wireless card. I had already installed Fedora 12 on this laptop, and follow these steps and it worked fine,

Code:

su -
yum update --enablerepo=u*g
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install akmod-wl --enablerepo=u*g --enablerepo=rpm*g
reboot
yum update --enablerepo=u*g --enablerepo=rpm*g

but now with Fedora 16 I did the same, but not working anymore. If you can help me, thank you very much!

bbfuller · #2 11th November 2011, 11:13 PM

Hello amc206

Things have changed a bit since F12 in that there is now a kernel module that manages some of the broadcom wireless cards. It seems to block the 'wl' driver you have downloaded.

Try running:

Code:

lsmod | grep bc

and

Code:

lsmod | grep b4

If you find a "b43" module loading, or a "bcma" try the effect of blacklisting them.

amc206 · #3 11th November 2011, 11:27 PM

This is my network card ...

Code:

Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

I have only run the above code and ready?

bbfuller · #4 11th November 2011, 11:51 PM

Hello amc206

I'm afraid I don't understand your reply.

Did you find either of those modules I asked about?

Have you blacklisted either of them?

amc206 · #5 11th November 2011, 11:57 PM

That's the name of my wireless network card...

I already run these two codes, and nothing, still does not recognize my wireless card...

What should I do? please help ...

bbfuller · #6 12th November 2011, 12:23 AM

Hello amc206

OK. So does:

Code:

lsmod | grep wl

show your broadcom-wl module as loading?

RHamel · #7 12th November 2011, 12:32 AM

Try:

Code:

su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

su -c 'yum install akmod-wl'

amc206 · #8 14th November 2011, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Hello amc206
OK. So does:

lsmod | grep wl
show your broadcom-wl module as loading?

Quote:

Try:

su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...ble.noarch.rpm'

su -c 'yum install akmod-wl'

nothing happens, still does not recognize my wireless card.
Please help ... thank you!

bbfuller · #9 14th November 2011, 07:35 PM

Hello amc206

I'm afraid we are not getting enough information here.

When you ran:

Quote:

su -c 'yum install akmod-wl'

Did it install anything?

What did it install?

Please copy and paste back the output from the command:

Code:

yum list installed | grep wl

and the same for the command:

Code:

lsmod | grep wl

By the way, I assume that after installing the akmod-wl, you did reboot the machine to give it a chance to build the kernel module?

amc206 · #10 14th November 2011, 08:05 PM

I already restart the machine, and these are the results of the above commands ...

Quote:

yum list installed | grep wl

akmod-wl.x86_64 5.100.82.112-1.fc16.1
broadcom-wl.noarch 5.100.82.112-1.fc16
iwl100-firmware.noarch 39.31.5.1-2.fc15 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl1000-firmware.noarch 1:39.31.5.1-1.fc16 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl3945-firmware.noarch 15.32.2.9-5.fc15 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl4965-firmware.noarch 228.61.2.24-3.fc15 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl5000-firmware.noarch 8.83.5.1_1-1.fc16 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl5150-firmware.noarch 8.24.2.2-2.fc15 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl6000-firmware.noarch 9.221.4.1-2.fc15 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl6000g2a-firmware.noarch 17.168.5.3-1.fc16 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl6000g2b-firmware.noarch 17.168.5.2-1.fc16 @koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl6050-firmware.noarch 41.28.5.1-3.fc15 @koji-override-0/$releasever
kmod-wl-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64.x86_64
ppl-pwl.x86_64 0.11.2-3.fc16 @fedora
python-iwlib.x86_64 1.1-1.fc16 @koji-override-0/$releasever

Quote:

lsmod | grep wl

Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

Still does not recognize my wireless ...

bbfuller · #11 14th November 2011, 09:42 PM

Hello amc206

There are a couple of odd things on your system. The "lsmod" command was not intended to fix anything, just to supply information. It shouldn't be trying to look for repository metadata. It should just return a list of running modules.

Try it again as just:

Code:

lsmod

I don't need to see the output of that if it returns a long list of modules, and then:

Code:

lsmod | grep wl

again.

The other peculiar thing is that if you were installing the broadcom-wl package without using akmod it would bring in:

Code:

kmod-wl-5.100.82.112-1.fc16.i686.rpm

which you don't have.

It might be worth trying:

Code:

yum install kmod-wl-5.100.82.112-1.fc16.i686.rpm

to see if that helps.

amc206 · #12 14th November 2011, 10:23 PM

No, this is the result after applying the above command...

Quote:

Setting up Install Process
No package kmod-wl-5.100.82.112-1.fc16.i686.rpm available.

bbfuller · #13 14th November 2011, 10:35 PM

Hello amc206

We really do have to work on our communications here!

What does "no" mean in this context? Does it mean there is no output from either of the "lsmod" commands?

Try:

Code:

yum install kmod-wl-5.100.82.112-1.fc16.i686

instead

amc206 · #14 14th November 2011, 10:56 PM

Well, now the package is already installed, but my wireless still does not work ...

I do not know why, but the bluetooth does not work ...

bbfuller · #15 14th November 2011, 11:10 PM

Hello amc206

You still haven't answered my question about lsmod.