14e4:4311 broadcom driver not working

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14e4:4311 broadcom driver not working

Post by dirtyred138 »

I am using a Dell Inspiron E1405 with Broadcom wifi card. The standard linux drivers will not work, so I have been trying to install the hybrid driver provided by broadcom. I have copied and pasted what I did so far following the website provided directions. I have also tried using ndiswrapper, which tells me the the hybrid driver is invalid. This is on Mint17 32bit xfce.
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~ $ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
[sudo] password for tyson:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
linux-headers-generic is already the newest version.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 35 not to upgrade.
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~ $ cd hybrid_wl
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ tar xzf /home/tyson/Downloads/hybrid-v35-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_248.tar.gz
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ make
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Building modules, stage 2.
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/wl.o
see include/linux/module.h for more information
WARNING: modpost: Found 1 section mismatch(es).
To see full details build your kernel with:
'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic'
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ make API+CFG80211
make: *** No rule to make target `API+CFG80211'. Stop.
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ make API=WEXT
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic'
Wireless Extension API specified in command line
Using Wireless Extension API
CC [M] /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/src/shared/linux_osl.o
CC [M] /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
CC [M] /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
CC [M] /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o
LD [M] /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/wl.o
Building modules, stage 2.
Wireless Extension API specified in command line
Using Wireless Extension API
MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/wl.o
see include/linux/module.h for more information
WARNING: modpost: Found 1 section mismatch(es).
To see full details build your kernel with:
'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
CC /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/wl.mod.o
LD [M] /home/tyson/hybrid_wl/wl.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic'
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ modprobe wl
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted
modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:959 command_do() Error running install command for wl
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ modprobe lib80211
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ modprobe cfg80211
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ insmod wl.ko
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module wl.ko: Operation not permitted
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ modprobe ieee80211
modprobe: FATAL: Module ieee80211 not found.
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ ^C
tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $

Obviously, I am a noob. Any mistakes that you can point out are appreciated!
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PatH57

Re: 14e4:4311 broadcom driver not working

Post by PatH57 »

tyson@tyson-MXC061 ~/hybrid_wl $ modprobe wl
hi you need to add sudo for all modprobe commands:

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sudo  modprobe wl
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