<Solved> BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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<Solved> BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

Post by FredY42 »

I am brand spanking new, so don't hit me with tons of things.

I tried the http://linuxg.net/how-to-fix-broadcom-b ... inux-mint/ topic and it does not help. I tried a few other things and nothing works. Plus my Bluetooth won't work.

I have an Compaq nx6325 running from the DVD and yes I verified the MD5SUM. I used mintwifi to find my card. Wired works.

I have spent 2 hours restarting and retrying everything.

Thanks, Fred
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Re: Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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FredY42 wrote:I am brand spanking new, so don't hit me with tons of things.

I tried the http://linuxg.net/how-to-fix-broadcom-b ... inux-mint/ topic and it does not help. I tried a few other things and nothing works. Plus my Bluetooth won't work.

I have an Compaq nx6325 running from the DVD and yes I verified the MD5SUM. I used mintwifi to find my card. Wired works.

I have spent 2 hours restarting and retrying everything.

Thanks, Fred
Ok, we will find out the exact version with this

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 lspci -nn -d 14e4:
If you haven't installed mint to a hard drive anything you change is lost during a reboot
FredY42

Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

Post by FredY42 »

The answer is:

02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:169c] (rev 03)
30:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01)
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Re: Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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FredY42 wrote:The answer is:

02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:169c] (rev 03)
30:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01)
Try

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lsmod
there might be some modules that need removal before the instructions you followed to work
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Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

Post by FredY42 »

Here are the results of lsmod:

mint@mint ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
dm_crypt 22622 0
b43 356470 0
snd_hda_codec_analog 14537 1
snd_hda_intel 42730 3
joydev 17101 0
snd_hda_codec 164067 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_analog
bcma 42043 1 b43
hp_wmi 13702 0
sparse_keymap 13708 1 hp_wmi
mac80211 545990 1 b43
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 85501 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
dm_multipath 22402 0
snd_page_alloc 14230 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
kvm_amd 50537 0
snd_rawmidi 25135 1 snd_seq_midi
scsi_dh 14458 1 dm_multipath
snd_seq 55383 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
kvm 388083 1 kvm_amd
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
cfg80211 409394 2 b43,mac80211
btusb 27580 0
snd_timer 28584 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ssb_hcd 12749 0
pcmcia 51828 0
yenta_socket 40201 0
tifm_7xx1 13163 0
psmouse 91033 0
bnep 18895 2
tifm_core 15133 1 tifm_7xx1
snd 60871 16 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_seq_midi
rfcomm 53664 8
pcmcia_rsrc 18319 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 22328 3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
bluetooth 342263 24 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
serio_raw 13230 0
k8temp 12842 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
tpm_infineon 17164 0
shpchp 32128 0
i2c_piix4 17723 0
mac_hid 13037 0
parport_pc 31981 1
ppdev 17391 0
lp 13299 0
binfmt_misc 13140 1
parport 40836 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
squashfs 42874 1
overlayfs 27158 1
nls_utf8 12493 1
isofs 39203 1
dm_mirror 21756 0
dm_region_hash 20121 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18072 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
pata_acpi 12886 0
radeon 1416373 3
sdhci_pci 18535 0
sdhci 37779 1 sdhci_pci
tg3 152132 0
ptp 18445 1 tg3
firewire_ohci 35529 0
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 radeon
firewire_core 61867 1 firewire_ohci
ttm 72698 1 radeon
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
drm_kms_helper 46907 1 radeon
pps_core 18799 1 ptp
drm 243792 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
pata_atiixp 13058 1
ssb 51854 2 b43,ssb_hcd
wmi 18673 1 hp_wmi
ati_agp 13177 0
video 18903 0
sata_sil 13256 0
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Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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Try

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sudo modprobe -r bcma

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sudo modprobe -r b43
and then follow the instructions on http://linuxg.net/how-to-fix-broadcom-b ... inux-mint/
FredY42

Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

Post by FredY42 »

Hi Jeremy,

Well, that was a 50% success rate.
Here is what happened:

mint@mint ~ $ sudo modprobe -r bcma
modprobe: FATAL: Module bcma is in use.
mint@mint ~ $
mint@mint ~ $
mint@mint ~ $ sudo modprobe -r b43
mint@mint ~ $

Am I barking up the wrong tree with this laptop?
I think it is from 2005 and it has a dual AMD Turion64 processor, good graphics card, little shy on memory only 812Mb, but it can be bumpd to 4Gb.

Thanks, Fred
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Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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FredY42 wrote:Hi Jeremy,

Well, that was a 50% success rate.
Here is what happened:

mint@mint ~ $ sudo modprobe -r bcma
modprobe: FATAL: Module bcma is in use.
mint@mint ~ $
mint@mint ~ $
mint@mint ~ $ sudo modprobe -r b43
mint@mint ~ $

Am I barking up the wrong tree with this laptop?
I think it is from 2005 and it has a dual AMD Turion64 processor, good graphics card, little shy on memory only 812Mb, but it can be bumpd to 4Gb.

Thanks, Fred
You should be able to modprobe -r bcma after b43

You could always install lm17 and see if the instructions work after updates are done. If the system runs slow or has other issues you could always install LM Maya(13) over it. Maya still has a few years of support- until April 2017
FredY42

Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

Post by FredY42 »

Remembering I am brand new at this...

Interesting I was reading this site https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... /mint-xfce
13 Maya is the base(?) what desktop(?) would I want? Cinnamon, Xfce?
What is your opinion on dual boot and recovering from that if it goes astray?

Also I am going to try USB live do you feel will that emulate better?

Thanks, Fred
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Re: Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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FredY42 wrote:Remembering I am brand new at this...

Interesting I was reading this site https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... /mint-xfce
13 Maya is the base(?) what desktop(?) would I want? Cinnamon, Xfce?
What is your opinion on dual boot and recovering from that if it goes astray?

Also I am going to try USB live do you feel will that emulate better?

Thanks, Fred
I would pick MATE desktop and live USB is a lot faster than running the DVD in my experience.

I haven't had any problems installing as dual boot but back up what you have and have any additional recovery discs
FredY42

Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

Post by FredY42 »

I switched to Maya as you suggested, still had to go through all the rigamarole to get WiFi working, but at least it works.

Blue tooth doesn't, so my mouse is worthless. It keeps asking to me to authenticate my mouse, but it never does. I finally shut it off. I have looked for a solution, but everything is above my skill level. They "talk", but don't show how. When you are brand spanking new you need to led by the hand. Do you know of a solution.

BTW The first Maya I tried had a bad MD5 sum, the second one was an OEM version, so when I stopped the installer it jumped to live. I set up a persistent partition on the USB using PenDriveLunix. I am about to try a reboot and see what happens

So far I am pretty discouraged with all this. After a few years you would think they could get it straight. BlueTooth has been around a lot longer than Maya.

Thanks, Fred
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Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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It has been a while since I used a bluetooth mouse but usually there is a button you press and hold for a few seconds and then use the pc to scan for it- add device in LM. You may have to search to find the pairing code but usually it is a simple pin, 0000, 1111, 1234
FredY42

(Solved) BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

Post by FredY42 »

Totally forgot about the connect button on the mouse. So that cured that problem.

Pulled down another version (not OEM) put it on the USB, used the code below, fiddled a little bit and now everything is working. Even shut it down and restarted it to prove it.
++++++++++++++++++++++
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe -r bcma
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
sudo modprobe b43
sudo su
echo b43 >> /etc/modules
exit
+++++++++++++++++++++

Off to try installing my old network printer.
Thanks for all the help

Last question what is a good resource for understanding the code (what it accomplished) I used above and also how to modify the "distro" to my liking?

Cheers, Fred
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Re: BCM4311 not working in Cinnamon 17

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommandLineResources

Been a while since I looked at any of the sites listed there
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