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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller
Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express
Linux Forum Topics Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
Linux Forums Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Linux Forums Site Kernel modules: i915
News 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML
Your Distro Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Arch Linux 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio
Debian Linux Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
Gentoo Linux
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Knoppix Linux
Mandriva Linux Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Mint Linux Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
PCLinuxOS 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
Slackware Linux [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
SuSE Linux Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Red Hat / Fedora 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2
Linux [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
Ubuntu Linux Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Other Linux
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3
Distributions
[8086:27d4] (rev 02)
Everything BSD
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Linux Resources 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
Linux Tutorials,
HOWTO's & Reference
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Material Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
GNU Linux Zone Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
Newbie Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Installation Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Applications 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
Hardware / Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
Peripherals Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Desktop / X-Windows Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Gaming / Multimedia 00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI
/ Entertainment Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
Laptops / Netbooks / Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Minibooks
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Mobile Devices
Wireless Internet 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI
Networking Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
Servers Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Kernel Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Programming / 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
Scripting 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
Graphic Arts / Digital [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
Imaging Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Security Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
Miscellaneous
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE
Wine
Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
The Community Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
Coffee Lounge
Feedback /
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
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[8086:27da] (rev 02)

Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315]
(rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E
PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

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Quote:

Module Size Used by

vfat 8744 1
fat 41836 1 vfat
fuse 52712 2
ip6t_REJECT 4620 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 17548 2
ip6table_filter 3168 1
ip6_tables 11144 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 239420 14 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 6160 2
acpi_cpufreq 8848 0
dm_multipath 14472 0
uinput 6852 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 199204 1
snd_hda_intel 25080 2
snd_hda_codec 60584 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6900 1 snd_hda_codec
dell_laptop 4504 0
snd_seq 46960 0
snd_seq_device 6232 1 snd_seq
rfkill 16220 1 dell_laptop
dcdbas 8484 1 dell_laptop
usb_storage 47028 1
uvcvideo 51116 0
snd_pcm 64772 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
videodev 30160 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 12312 2 uvcvideo,videodev
joydev 9320 0
iTCO_wdt 10432 0
iTCO_vendor_support 2812 1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_i801 10284 0
snd_timer 17992 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 50908 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,
snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 5672 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7832 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
r8169 28252 0
ssb 37072 0
mii 4120 1 r8169
i915 189860 3
drm_kms_helper 22688 1 i915
drm 134548 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 4820 1 i915
i2c_core 23120 5 videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video 19088 1 i915
output 2468 1 video

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Quote:

platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02

platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02

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Quote:

2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686

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03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb

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This is your wireless card. You need the broadcom wl driver.
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su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http:

Install the driver

Code:

su -c 'yum install broadcom-wl'

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Is it possible to do this without having any internet connection at all? I've seen this solution before and can't get it
pigeonpie to work. Trying just now I received the following:
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2010
Posts: 4 Retrieving [redacted- I haven't made enough posts yet]
curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '[rpm download site]'
error: skipping [redacted- I haven't made enough posts yet]
Retrieving [redacted- I haven't made enough posts yet]
curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'rpm download site'
error: skipping [redacted- I haven't made enough posts yet]
transfer failed

03-19-2010 #4 (permalink)

It is possible. You can download the package to a flash driver, transfer it over and install. I'm not sure in Fedora
reed9 what all you need though.
Linux Guru

I think you just need the following three packages:

broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3-1.fc12.noarch.rpm
kmod-wl-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686-5.10.91.9.3-3.fc12.6.i586.rpm
kmod-wl-5.10.91.9.3-3.fc12.6.i586.rpm

Join Date: Feb All are available for download here:

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Location: Boston,
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Posts: 4,266 Just to make it easy, make a sub-directory in your home directory called broadcom and put the files there. Either
use your filemanager or do
Code:

mkdir ~/broadcom

Then to install do
Code:

cd ~/broadcom
su -c 'rpm -ivh *.rpm'

Load the module (or reboot)

Code:

su -c '/sbin/modprobe wl'

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03-19-2010 #5 (permalink)

This looks like it may have worked! I can't tell because there's no wireless here [Work = other
pigeonpie machines to access internet on but no wireless, home opposite, sadly] but now it's showing 'wireless
Just Joined!
enabled' where before it didn't even have that option. Fingers crossed, anyway.
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03-21-2010 #6 (permalink)

Okay. So it worked. Until I rebooted, at which point it no longer worked.

pigeonpie
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Fortunately, my roommate's belkin wireless adapter *started* working so I was able to:
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 4 yum -y install broadcom-wl kernel-PAE-devel kmod-wl
akmods --akmod wl

and then reboot and it was fine. Might this solve it? Or are things randomly not 'taking' after a
reboot normal?

12-10-2010 #7 (permalink)

Hi everybody!
cagnarrogna
Just Joined!
I have the very same problem here, but when I try to install those packages I got this message
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1 broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3-1.fc12.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID
a3a882c1
error: Failed dependencies:
kernel-uname-r = 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 is needed by kmod-wl-
2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686-5.10.91.9.3-3.fc12.6.i586

what does it mean/ what shoul I do?

many thanks!

Leo

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