On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 13:48 +0000, John Cooper wrote: > On 20/02/11 11:55, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the > > answer may interest some there too. > > > >> I tried this on my laptop and got this result :- > >> > >> $ lspci -n | grep 14e4 > >> 00:0a.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03) > >> 00:0c.0 0200: 14e4:169c (rev 03) > >> $ > > 14e4 is Broadcom's id > > /sbin/lspci -nnv | grep 14e4 > > 02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme > BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:169c] (rev 03) > 02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 > [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) > > So your results show a similar output, except 4320 not 4318, so that is > the wireless pci card and the other is the rj45 ethernet port. > > Forgot to say a USB device would be seen using > > lsusb > > Ubuntu should automatically work with these devices but if not you could > try the manual method :- > > http://www.omattos.com/node/6 > > For Broadcom's IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux® device driver for use > with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, > BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-based hardware > > http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php > > John. >
John et al, From the broadcom link above, the drivers are there, with full instructions on how to build and install them, then when you get to the bottom of the readme, it says: Ubuntu: ------ Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers Choose the Broadcom STA wireless driver Activate Sometimes the driver does not show up in the Hardware Drivers choices. In this case, try reintalling the driver from the GUI or shell like this: From the GUI: Package Manager (System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager). Click the Reload button in the upper left corner of Synaptic to refresh your index then search for and reinstall the package named bcmwl-kernel-source. From the shell: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source In either GUI or text case, after reinstalling, reboot your machine. ------------------ I am beginning to suspect this b****dy stick. No Leds alight, lsusb shows that it is present. knetworkmanager can't find it.. lspci -n | grep 14e4 as suggested, returns nothing. What other test can I do? btw, the reason I didn't go the NDIS wrapper route is because I haven't got it working on XP yet. Peter 'M' -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
