HOWTO: Broadcom 4318 Wireless Cards

[birdman3131]

Oh! I know what the problem is

easy fix: just gotta compile some stuff...don't worry, not hard:

• download --> Attachment 21980
• extract using GUI or terminal
• open terminal
• navigate to directory in terminal
• type make
• type sudo make install
• reboot
• use the internet

if you have trouble, ask!

that worked up until i ran the command "sudo make install"

i then got this

dennis@mystery-laptop:~/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.33$ sudo make install
Password:
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dennis/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.33/driver'
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.18.5/build;
give the path to kernel build directory with
KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dennis/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.33/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2
dennis@mystery-laptop:~/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.33$

is this because i used the kernel you had compiled already?

how do i fix it?

[compwiz18]

Did you also install the kernel headers from the download site? This problem can also come from installing the headers and the image in the wrong order I believe, although that is unconfirmed - and I don't know what the so-called "correct order" is, so if you installed both, uninstall everything and install them in the opposite order.

[birdman3131]

Did you also install the kernel headers from the download site?

yes i did

should i try with the other kernel you uploaded?

[compwiz18]

yes i did

should i try with the other kernel you uploaded?

I edited my post above, reread it - I would retype but I'm too lazy I didn't notice you'd replied until I'd finished editing it

[zes]

hi, i fllow that guide a works for me, only i have to install ndiswrapper, copy the broadcom driver from xp partition to my home folder on edgy, after that a run ndiswrapper and load the driver.

now i run that lines:

sudo rmmod bcm43xx
sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo ifdown eth1
sudo ifup eth1
sudo dhclient

.....and wirelesscard works fine


......but i have to wrote those lines every boot, can i do something to system make it for me?, i mean, that wirelesscard broadcom works from the beginning of sesssion

thx

[compwiz18]

hi, i fllow that guide a works for me, only i have to install ndiswrapper, copy the broadcom driver from xp partition to my home folder on edgy, after that a run ndiswrapper and load the driver.

now i run that lines:

sudo rmmod bcm43xx
sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo ifdown eth1
sudo ifup eth1
sudo dhclient

.....and wirelesscard works fine


......but i have to wrote those lines every boot, can i do something to system make it for me?, i mean, that wirelesscard broadcom works from the beginning of sesssion

thx

You can put those lines in /etc/rc.local - put them at the top, and they will be run automatically at boot.

[birdman3131]

I edited my post above, reread it - I would retype but I'm too lazy I didn't notice you'd replied until I'd finished editing it

i believe that i installed the kernel then headers so ill try the other way

[zes]

i will try now......

[zes]

hi, again

donŕ works here is my rc.local:

sudo rmmod bcm43xx
sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo ifdown eth1
sudo ifup eth1
sudo dhclient

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

exit 0


do i something wrong?

thx

[zes]

how change execution perimission on that file forever?