I just installed Debian's daily build (January 2nd) w/ newly compile Broadcom STA binary drivers (updated December 31st). The system freeze still exists. I'm going to try Fedora now... :(
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I just installed Debian's daily build (January 2nd) w/ newly compile Broadcom STA binary drivers (updated December 31st). The system freeze still exists. I'm going to try Fedora now... :(
Wifi on Alpha 2 kernel 2.6.28-4-generic still crashes my Lenovo S10.
pend, I'm using 2.6.28-3-generic.
I've confirmed that the new STA binary works. If you don't want to compile it yourself, the binary seems to be included in the new alpha 2 release (just make sure your wireless is enabled using the...
Owen, thank you for the information. I've yet to try NDISwrapper yet; I was going to try another distribution first. That said, I had no idea there was a button to turn on/off wifi. I'll get back to...
larseko, pulseaudio is (as usual) the problem. It caps ALSA at 50% If you killall pulseaudio then run alsamixer, you can bump the volume up to audible levels. I'm trying to work out my wifi issues;...
If anyone would like to troubleshoot wifi issues with me, please see my detailed thread here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1010751
Also, I recently installed the new Alpha 2 and...
Yes, I have tried with and without Network Mangler. No Luck. I just installed Jaunty Alpha 2 and have the exact same problem. It appears that this build is using the most recent driver from Broadcom...
Thanks for the link. I wish they would have posted detailed hardware information. Lenovo could have changed wifi cards since then. :sad:
Kevbert, thank you for the reply; unfortunately, this chipset isn't supported by any open source implementation.
From the B43 site: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Note: Broadcom...
jron@jron-laptop:~$ lspci -nnm
00:00.0 "Host bridge [0600]" "Intel Corporation [8086]" "Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [27ac]" -r03 "Lenovo [17aa]" "Device [386f]"
00:02.0 "VGA...
jron@jron-laptop:~$ dmesg|grep wl
[ 15.608596] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 15.780460] wl 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 15.780484] wl...
lsmod|grep -e b43 -e ssb -e wl -e ndiswrapper
wl 1080068 0
ieee80211_crypt 13572 2 wl,ieee80211_crypt_tkip
lshw -C Network (just the wifi output)
*-network
...
Ayuthia, thank you for the reply. I've removed the Ubuntu's default wl module and inserted my newly compiled / patched binary blob. insmod wl.ko
islist scan gives the following output: eth1 ...
The Lenovo S10 netbook comes equipped with the following Broadcom chipset:
lspci | grep Broadcom
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
The above output...
I'm working on this too. I'll post my results shortly (I hope!).
results:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1010751
I just purchased a Lenovo S10 and installed Ubuntu 8.10 on it. The wireless card causes the system to lock. This happens almost 3-5 seconds after it connects to my access point. The system must be...