Broadcom BCM4312 drivers installing on ubuntu server 13.04

[diavol]

Hi,
I am trying to install drivers for my bcm4312 wireles card on ubuntu server 13.04. I have followed instructions on http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt and tried to both compile source and using apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source.

First, compiling:

diavol@MusicServer:~/broadcom$ make
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-25-generic'
Wireless Extension is the only possible API for this kernel version
Using Wireless Extension API
  CC [M]  /home/diavol/broadcom/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/home/diavol/broadcom/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:43:24: fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/home/diavol/broadcom/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/diavol/broadcom] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-25-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2

and I do not understand why it would not compile, can some one please explain?



Second, using apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source:
Well, it was no problem to install but after i rebooted ifconfig still not showing some wlan0 interface. In all guide that I found on google i have to go to Driver Manager and enable the driver but i do not have some X, it is a server and well, how can i do it in a terminal?



Thankful for help, I have tried to search fo the problem but did not found something that have work for me. I have only used ubuntu with GUI or Arch linux before, so see this post like a ubuntunewbe post.

\\diavol

[Hadaka]

Hi,Let's see what dirver will work best for you..
please copy and paste the following commands.

lspci - nn | egrep '0200|0280'
lsmod
rfkill list all

please post the output.
thanks.

[diavol]

diavol@MusicServer:~/broadcom$ lspci -nn | grep '0200|0280'
diavol@MusicServer:~/broadcom$
diavol@MusicServer:~/broadcom$ lspci -nn
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8132 Fast Ethernet [1969:1062] (rev c0)
diavol@MusicServer:~/broadcom$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
wl                   2902185  0
cfg80211              436177  1 wl
snd_hda_codec_realtek    63791  1
snd_hda_intel          38307  0
snd_hda_codec         117580  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
coretemp               13131  0
snd_hwdep              13272  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80890  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
acer_wmi               27592  0
lib80211_crypt_tkip    17160  0
joydev                 17097  0
sparse_keymap          13658  1 acer_wmi
snd_page_alloc         14230  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi           13132  0
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            25114  1 snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo               71279  0
snd_seq                51280  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
lib80211               14040  2 wl,lib80211_crypt_tkip
snd_seq_device         14137  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              24411  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
videobuf2_vmalloc      12920  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       13042  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd                    56485  9 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
microcode              18286  0
videobuf2_core         39161  1 uvcvideo
lpc_ich                16925  0
soundcore              12600  1 snd
videodev               95806  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
psmouse                81038  0
serio_raw              13031  0
ext2                   63166  1
lp                     13299  0
mac_hid                13037  0
parport                40753  1 lp
xts                    12749  1
gf128mul               14503  1 xts
dm_crypt               22321  2
i915                  535544  1
i2c_algo_bit           13197  1 i915
atl1c                  36175  0
drm_kms_helper         47545  1 i915
drm                   228489  2 i915,drm_kms_helper
ahci                   25507  2
libahci                26108  1 ahci
wmi                    18590  1 acer_wmi
video                  18894  2 i915,acer_wmi
diavol@MusicServer:~/broadcom$ rfkill list all
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

[Hadaka]

Hi, your wireless card..

Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] <- This number determines the card

does not use the broadcom-kernel-source dirver

please Copy and paste the following commands..

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
sudo modprobe b43

remove your wired connection,,boot
and your wireless should work

[diavol]

Well, it did not help, at least still no wlan interface in ifconfig output.
Is it something else that I could do?

post output for

lspci -nn | egrep '0200|0280'
lsmod
rfkill list all

again:

diavol@MusicServer:~$ lspci -nn | egrep '0200|0280'
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8132 Fast Ethernet [1969:1062] (rev c0)
diavol@MusicServer:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
coretemp               13131  0
joydev                 17097  0
acer_wmi               27592  0
sparse_keymap          13658  1 acer_wmi
snd_hda_codec_realtek    63791  1
snd_hda_intel          38307  0
snd_hda_codec         117580  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13272  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80890  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc         14230  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
microcode              18286  0
snd_seq_midi           13132  0
uvcvideo               71279  0
videobuf2_vmalloc      12920  1 uvcvideo
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
videobuf2_memops       13042  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_rawmidi            25114  1 snd_seq_midi
videobuf2_core         39161  1 uvcvideo
psmouse                81038  0
lpc_ich                16925  0
snd_seq                51280  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
serio_raw              13031  0
videodev               95806  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
snd_seq_device         14137  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              24411  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    56485  9 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
soundcore              12600  1 snd
mac_hid                13037  0
lp                     13299  0
parport                40753  1 lp
ext2                   63166  1
xts                    12749  1
gf128mul               14503  1 xts
dm_crypt               22321  2
i915                  535544  1
ahci                   25507  2
libahci                26108  1 ahci
atl1c                  36175  0
i2c_algo_bit           13197  1 i915
drm_kms_helper         47545  1 i915
wmi                    18590  1 acer_wmi
drm                   228489  2 i915,drm_kms_helper
video                  18894  2 i915,acer_wmi
diavol@MusicServer:~$ rfkill list all
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no

[Hadaka]

Hi, yes...please do..

echo "blacklist acer_wmi" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

then from a wired connection do..

rkill unblock all
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
sudo modprobe b43

post any errors
thanks.

[diavol]

Despite of acer_wmi are not i the output of lsmod now, still no wlan interface.

[Hadaka]

ok, lets see if that wireless soft block is still there
please do..

sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo rfkill list all

you may have to power cycle the computer also.
thanks

[diavol]

No, no soft block anymore, but still not working after reboot.

[Hadaka]

ok, lets do this, i am finding several posts from dr chili
that have this wifi card [14e4:4315] using the wl driver
so my cheat sheet may be in error.
please do..

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

then do..

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl

and post..

lsmod
dmesg | tail -n 20

thanks