Broadcom Wireless

[pclinuxguru]

I have 2 4311 broadcomes in house and each work flawless with ONLY 3.0.0-8.10 kernel installed.

So I know it works, very common wireless card.

No idea why it isn't working for you, perhaps other packages are missing.

Doubt it, they both worked out of the box for lite and gamers.

BUT, I do have a plan b now that 3.0.0-8.10 kernel is installed

[pclinuxguru]

download and install

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/76848886/b43-fwcutter_014-9_i386.deb

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/76848883/firmware-b43-installer_014-9_all.deb

then run

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sudo modprobe b43
dmesg | grep b43
iwconfig

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sudo su
echo b43 >> /etc/modules
exit

Lets hope that does it.

[Killer boi]

still nada, its not even giving me the option to enable wireless like it usually does even though it usually just doesnt see the card i can still usually enable wireless.

[pclinuxguru]

odd

I do have a few alternatives for you to try if interested.

PM me.

[cowboy]

This may have been suggested already, but this link might help..
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1144398

[Killer boi]

So, I decided to try again, removed fwcutter to install the one you recommended I download, and the firmware-b43-installer says "Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: b43-fwcutter (>=1:014-9)"

[pclinuxguru]

b43-fwcutter has to be installed first and then the installer.

They MUST be installed in the very order I listed them.

[Killer boi]

Thats what I tried, unless I need to reboot between the install.

I'm starting to think of reverting to what I know works, instead of trying to screw with a 6 year old laptop anymore.

[pclinuxguru]

Thats what I tried, unless I need to reboot between the install.

You have the wrong version of cutter installed ?

[Killer boi]

Well, I installed the one you recommended I download and install.