How to install native broadcom drivers for BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, and BCM4322

[slugicide]

ERROR: Module ssb is in use by b43
ERROR: Module wl does not exist in /proc/modules
FATAL: Module wl not found.
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:256 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:256 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:15868 (15.8 KB) TX bytes:15868 (15.8 KB)

[PinkFloyd102489]

sudo apt-get install linux-restriced-modules-`uname -r`

Then run the script.

[Ayuthia]

sudo apt-get install linux-restriced-modules-`uname -r`

Then run the script.

Just a correction. It should read:

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`

If you did not know already, you will need to have 2.6.24-21 or higher to get the Broadcom STA (wl) driver. Otherwise it will not be in linux-restricted-modules.

[PinkFloyd102489]

Sorry, I typo'd.

[slugicide]

linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic is already the newest version.

[Ayuthia]

Do you have an internet connection in Ubuntu? If so, you need to run an update on your computer:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

If you don't, you will need to do the steps in the first post of this thread.

EDIT: Ok, I might be confused. This thread says you are trying to get the wl driver in 2.6.24 (Hardy) and this thread shows you are using 2.6.27 (Intrepid). Are you trying to do both?

[slugicide]

I'm terribly sorry about talking in two threads. It's kind of rude.
I have never had wireless in 2.6.27 (but I did have fglrx), but was trying to figure out how. In the course of doing this I was advised to get rid of ndiswrapper, but when I did that I lost wireless in the kernel I had been logging into, 2.6.24 Intrepid (which did not have fglrx).
I'm still just trying to get wireless. 3D effects can totally wait, as long as I can turn my homework in on time. Thanks for your patience and help!

[Ayuthia]

I'm terribly sorry about talking in two threads. It's kind of rude.
I have never had wireless in 2.6.27 (but I did have fglrx), but was trying to figure out how. In the course of doing this I was advised to get rid of ndiswrapper, but when I did that I lost wireless in the kernel I had been logging into, 2.6.24 Intrepid (which did not have fglrx).
I'm still just trying to get wireless. 3D effects can totally wait, as long as I can turn my homework in on time. Thanks for your patience and help!

Don't worry about the two threads. I was thinking that you were trying to get the wireless working in both versions. The wl driver comes with Intrepid (2.6.27) and in Hardy it came in the 2.6.24-21 release (for your card).

If you were using Intrepid with 2.6.27, the wl driver should be there for you. However, if you installed 2.6.27 in Hardy yourself, it will not because Ubuntu packaged the wl driver in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27.

I have heard that the wl module works better than ndiswrapper for your card, but you should still be able to use either one.

[slugicide]

OK, I'm going to log into 2.6.27 Intrepid right now. Afer that, what should I do to get the wl driver working?

[Ayuthia]

OK, I'm going to log into 2.6.27 Intrepid right now. Afer that, what should I do to get the wl driver working?

It should just be a matter of going into System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and enabling the Broadcom STA option.