Thread: Dell D630 and Broadcom 4311

i trying build dell d630 on ubuntu 12.10. have working on 2 other machines (hp pavilions) without issue, can't wireless card work on dell.
has b43 wireless chip (bcm4311) has i've had issues connecting with. have tried several fixes , can't working. thank goodness wired lan works!!
i've installed correct b43 firmware according archlinux wiki.
checking modules shows this:
tom@tom-d630:~$ lspci -vnn -d 14e4:
09:00.0 ethernet controller [0200]: broadcom corporation netxtreme bcm5755m gigabit ethernet pci express [14e4:1673] (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device [1028:01f9]
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, irq 45
memory @ f1ef0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64k]
expansion rom @ <ignored> [disabled]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: tg3
kernel modules: tg3

0c:00.0 network controller [0280]: broadcom corporation bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
subsystem: dell wireless 1390 wlan mini-card [1028:0007]
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, irq 17
memory @ f1ffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16k]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
kernel modules: wl, ssb
tom@tom-d630:~$ sudo rmmod ssb
error: module ssb in use ssb_hcd
tom@tom-d630:~$ sudo rmmod b43 ssb bcma
error: module b43 not exist in /proc/modules
error: module ssb in use ssb_hcd
error: module bcma in use brcmsmac
tom@tom-d630:~$



tom@tom-d630:~$ lshw -c network
warning: should run program super-user.
*-network
description: network controller
product: bcm4311 802.11b/g wlan
vendor: broadcom corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f1ffc000-f1ffffff
*-network
description: ethernet interface
product: netxtreme bcm5755m gigabit ethernet pci express
vendor: broadcom corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1c:23:3c:37:3a
size: 1gbit/s
capacity: 1gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.123 duplex=full firmware=5755m-v3.29 ip=172.34.56.100 latency=0 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1gbit/s
resources: irq:45 memory:f1ef0000-f1efffff
warning: output may incomplete or inaccurate, should run program super-user.



if go additional drives module, this: see attached screenshot

using broadcom 802.11 linux sta wireless drivers bcmwl-kernel-source (proprietary)


can me go in right direction?
brenda

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take at:

https://codeghar.wordpress.com/2012/...-ubuntu-12-04/

hth
otto-c

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