Hello,

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 15:02 -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> I'm attempting to get Debian Testing up and running on my Pavilion DV6100
> (DV6458). The installation was pretty easy, but there are two things that
> aren't working.
>
> I can't get the kernel to recognize my Broadcom BCM4328 WiFi chipset,
> even though it's theoretically supported. Nor can I get ndiswrapper to work
> with the Windows driver.

This page should help : http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx

If you still have problems with it, try to be more descriptive about your actual problem (situation, error messages ...)

Hope this helps,

Franklin


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Hi !

> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:09 -0400
> From: carlf@panix.com
> Subject: Setting up HP Pavilion DV 6458
>
> I'm attempting to get Debian Testing up and running on my Pavilion DV6100
> (DV6458). The installation was pretty easy, but there are two things that
> aren't working.

i've a pavilion DV6270EU, i hope i can help you ;-)


> One, I can't get the kernel to recognize my Broadcom BCM4328 WiFi chipset,
> even though it's theoretically supported. Nor can I get ndiswrapper to work
> with the Windows driver.

i've linked on linuxonlaptop my installation [1] but it's in italian...
i've tried to use the kernel module bcm43xx on my vanilla 2.6.24.4 kernel but it won't work...
if "lspci" tells you about this hardware
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
you can use wifi with ndiswrapper and this [2] windows driver...
you've to execute these commands, briefly:
# m-a prepare
# m-a a-i ndiswrapper
# depmod -a
# modprobe ndiswrapper
# unzip -a /path/to/downloaded/R151517.EXE
# cd /path/to/downloaded/ && cd to the created directory form extraction and in subdirectory DRIVER
# ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf

done!


> Two, I use my RIM BlackBerry Curve as a tethered modem. I hear there's
> support for this in Linux these days. This one, I confess, I haven't even
> researched, but if anyone just happens to have a pointer to a HOWTO it would
> be appreciated.

for this problem i can't help you.


> Thank you.

of nothing.


[1] http://www.freemodding.it/modules/ne...forumpost89058
[2] http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R151517.EXE

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Hi,

El lun, 21-04-2008 a las 15:02 -0400, Carl Fink escribió:

> Two, I use my RIM BlackBerry Curve as a tethered modem. I hear
> there's
> support for this in Linux these days. This one, I confess, I haven't
> even
> researched, but if anyone just happens to have a pointer to a HOWTO it
> would
> be appreciated.

As far as I know, part of the modem functionality is provided by
Desktop Manager (a Windows-only desktop application), so unless somebody
manages to port it to Linux we won't be able to use a Blackberry as a
tethered modem.

Maybe you heard about Barry, a project that provides support for
Blackberry in Linux, but it's initial goal was to provide
backup/restore/syncing functionality. I don't know about the status of
the modem support:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/barry


XmBlackberry seems to be focused on the modem support and maybe it's
what you are looking for:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmblackberry


There are people reporting success using *both* projects simultaneously:

http://wiki.colar.net/tethering_with...pearl_on_linux


Regards,

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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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Rafael Varela Pet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> El lun, 21-04-2008 a las 15:02 -0400, Carl Fink escribió:
>
>> Two, I use my RIM BlackBerry Curve as a tethered modem. I hear
>> there's
>> support for this in Linux these days. This one, I confess, I haven't
>> even
>> researched, but if anyone just happens to have a pointer to a HOWTO it
>> would
>> be appreciated.
>
> As far as I know, part of the modem functionality is provided by
> Desktop Manager (a Windows-only desktop application), so unless somebody
> manages to port it to Linux we won't be able to use a Blackberry as a
> tethered modem.

Depends on how you tether. MacOSX works fine with Bluetooth tethering
to my Pearl with no special software. Thus, whatever they've done
should be able to be done on Linux.

Tethering via USB is more problematic, at least that's my understanding
of it anyway. For Blackberry products.

Nate


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Long delay, but I haven't had a lot of time to work on this. Over the last
couple of days I've made some progress.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:43:36PM +0200, Gabriele Pongelli wrote:

> i've tried to use the kernel module bcm43xx on my vanilla 2.6.24.4 kernel but it won't work...
> if "lspci" tells you about this hardware
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
> you can use wifi with ndiswrapper and this [2] windows driver...
> you've to execute these commands, briefly:
> # m-a prepare
> # m-a a-i ndiswrapper
> # depmod -a
> # modprobe ndiswrapper
> # unzip -a /path/to/downloaded/R151517.EXE
> # cd /path/to/downloaded/ && cd to the created directory form extraction and in subdirectory DRIVER
> # ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf

Thanks. I do not have that hardware, I have the 4328. Unfortunately, this
chip is explicitly NOT supported by the b43 driver, so I had to go with
ndiswrapper. (I'd prefer Free software end-to-end, but I'd also like to use
my computer.)

I followed the steps above, and ndiswrapper reports success.

NitpickingHP2:/home/carlf# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:130 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:B49A-A3D8-FD55-C799-1E7A-D5D6-2B Security mode:restricted
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

However:

NitpickingHP2:/home/carlf# dhclient wlan0
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 4340
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.0
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1a:73:67:9c:08
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1a:73:67:9c:08
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

So, I'm assuming I'm missing a step?

Honestly, I did read the Wireless-HOWTO and search the Debian Wiki among
other places, but I have no idea what I'm missing. I will as before
appreciate any help--I really do appreciate it, Gabriele.
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On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Carl Fink wrote:
> Long delay, but I haven't had a lot of time to work on this. Over the last
> couple of days I've made some progress.
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:43:36PM +0200, Gabriele Pongelli wrote:
>
> > i've tried to use the kernel module bcm43xx on my vanilla 2.6.24.4 kernel but it won't work...
> > if "lspci" tells you about this hardware
> > 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
> > you can use wifi with ndiswrapper and this [2] windows driver...
> > you've to execute these commands, briefly:
> > # m-a prepare
> > # m-a a-i ndiswrapper
> > # depmod -a
> > # modprobe ndiswrapper
> > # unzip -a /path/to/downloaded/R151517.EXE
> > # cd /path/to/downloaded/ && cd to the created directory form extraction and in subdirectory DRIVER
> > # ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
>
> So, I'm assuming I'm missing a step?
>
> Honestly, I did read the Wireless-HOWTO and search the Debian Wiki among
> other places, but I have no idea what I'm missing. I will as before
> appreciate any help--I really do appreciate it, Gabriele.
> --
> Carl Fink nitpicking@nitpicking.com
>

Carl,

You appear to be doing Ndiswrapper right. Make sure you uninstall the
BCM43xx and the B43 driver from your repo completely, I would go as
far as manually deleting the drivers from /lib/firmware (If any
drivers exist?) to take care of any possible conflicts.

Also blacklist both BCM43xx and B43, because this is what I had to do,
to get my friends laptop going without it sending his wifi card to
sleep while trying to use ndiswrapper.

This card is being worked over at:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...43#unsupported

For the new future B43 driver. It may take time due to Broadcoms
lovely willingness to help...... LOL!!!! Anyway, report back and let
us know.


Regards,

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On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 04:13:19AM -0600, JD. Brown wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Carl Fink wrote:

> You appear to be doing Ndiswrapper right. Make sure you uninstall the
> BCM43xx and the B43 driver from your repo completely, I would go as
> far as manually deleting the drivers from /lib/firmware (If any
> drivers exist?) to take care of any possible conflicts.

I removed /lib/firmware/*

> Also blacklist both BCM43xx and B43, because this is what I had to do,
> to get my friends laptop going without it sending his wifi card to
> sleep while trying to use ndiswrapper.

They were already blacklisted.

No dice.

> This card is being worked over at:
>
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Dr...43#unsupported
>
> For the new future B43 driver. It may take time due to Broadcoms
> lovely willingness to help...... LOL!!!! Anyway, report back and let
> us know.

Do you supposed the b43 developers need a beta tester?

The frustrating thing is, I could buy a USB WiFi device for $20 and it would
work. I'm refusing out of what amounts to sheer stubbornness.
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> Thanks. I do not have that hardware, I have the 4328. Unfortunately, this
> chip is explicitly NOT supported by the b43 driver, so I had to go with
> ndiswrapper. (I'd prefer Free software end-to-end, but I'd also like to use
> my computer.)
if b43 driver doesn't support your hardware why are you trying to use it :-D ?
maybe the right way is using ndiswrapper (like me) ;-)


> NitpickingHP2:/home/carlf# iwconfig
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSIDff/any
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> Bit Rate:130 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
> RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
> Encryption key:B49A-A3D8-FD55-C799-1E7A-D5D6-2B Security mode:restricted
> Power Managementff
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> However:
>
> NitpickingHP2:/home/carlf# dhclient wlan0
> ----cut---
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
>
> So, I'm assuming I'm missing a step?
have you tried to set up essid before doing dchlient?
maybe you don't receive DHCPOFFERS because your hardware doesn't find any net that match with essid off/any ...
so, set your correct essid and then make dhclient...

if you can't solve you problem try to set up all manually with iwconfig, ifconfig and route (check its man's page for all trouble to how use them)...

Regards.



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On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:20:37PM +0200, Gabriele Pongelli wrote:

> if you can't solve you problem try to set up all manually with iwconfig,
> ifconfig and route (check its man's page for all trouble to how use
> them)...

I happen to be able to do this. In fact, I just did it with my new network
device. However: isn't this a failure in Debian, that it's so absurdly
difficult to set up WiFi devices?
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