HOWTO: Use b43 driver with 14e4:4315 (Broadcom bcm4312 rev 01)

[MarioHaddad]

thats pretty quick for me !! ... thank you ! gonna try it now..

and one other thing, is there a Linux dist that would run 14e4:4315 in DMA with monitor mode ?

[chenxiaolong]

All Linux distros would be same. It's the kernel that provides the new drivers. A new kernel is release about every two months. Hopefully kernel 2.6.35 will support DMA mode with this card.

[TironN]

All Linux distros would be same. It's the kernel that provides the new drivers. A new kernel is release about every two months. Hopefully kernel 2.6.35 will support DMA mode with this card.

We can always hope! Someone is going to have to fix this soon!

[MarioHaddad]

aaah I see.. or you could just wait for me to finish my studies in computer science

btw 10.04 is working perfectly for me now

EDIT: Except Bluetooth but doesn't really matter to me for now..

[chenxiaolong]

Kernel 2.6.35 RC1 is out! I'll test b43 in DMA mode sometime after my school finals are over.

MarioHaddad: You can PM me about the bluetooth and I'll try to help you fix it .

[underplay]

2.6.34-020634-generic locks up for me as well, the lockup time is random, anywhere from 0 seconds to 20 minutes.

Doesnt matter if im just using wlan0 or airmon-ng to start mon0, both lockup. Seems there are still some I/O issues, im using a Compaq Mini

Im not sure if its related but im having trouble doing fake authentication on one of my specific routers(WRT54GS v4)

Please let us know if you ever get DMA mode working.

[orengolan]

I have 10.4, 2.6.32-22-generic.
I get the following dependency error when trying to follow the instructions on the first post.

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb

Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic.
(Reading database ... 98189 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic (from linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic:
 linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic depends on linux-headers-2.6.34-020634; however:
  Package linux-headers-2.6.34-020634 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic

[chenxiaolong]

You need to download all three files to a new directory and then run:

sudo dpkg -i linux*2.6.34*.deb

You can also install the linux-image*.deb package first, then linux-headers*.deb, and then linux-headers*-generic.deb.

Hopefully this is a quick enough response (I've never responded within 10 minutes before ).

[orengolan]

works, but after boot i don't see the wireless networks (using wicd).

I also purged and installed b43-fwcutter but it didn't help.

here is some info that can help in troubleshooting:
lshw -C network

*-network UNCLAIMED

yuka@yuka-laptop:~$ iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.

thank you so much for the quick reply!

[chenxiaolong]

It seems like the b43 module isn't loading.

You can load it with:

sudo modprobe b43

and you can make it load automatically on boot by adding "b43" (on a separate line) to /etc/modules.

Hope this helps.