[SOLVED] kernel 2.6.x and Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (kmod-wl)

Dario Lesca d.lesca at solinos.it
Thu Oct 25 08:21:48 UTC 2012


Il giorno mar, 23/10/2012 alle 12.36 -0400, tim.lauridsen at gmail.com ha
scritto:
> my laptop has 
> 
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) 

like mine

> and it works great with the 3.6.x kernel in F18 out of the box, in
> earlier releases I had to use the kmod-wl driver. 

I do not try f18, this test would have made ​​if rebuild the driver
failed

> Have you tried to remove all the wl stuff and see if it work without,
> if you have kmod-wl installed it will black list the kernel buildin
> BCM4313 drivers. 

Without kmod-wl the wireless do not work.

> You can also try to boot an F18 Live cd to check if it works. in tree
> drivers is preferred over out of tree ones :) 

This weekend I'll try to use a f18 live cd or install a f18 ... then I
will update you.

Many thanks

-- 
Dario Lesca - sip:dario at solinos.it
(Inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 17 Gnome3)



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