[oclug] ubuntu & wireless network on a Dell D600

[howardk at zed.net]

I removed the ndiswrapper, but when I issued the <sudo rmmod b43> command, the
whole system froze. So I rebooted a-la-windows and did the rest. I still didn't
get the wireless to work - iwconfig reported that there was no device. So I
followed the instructions that came up as part of the error and went to
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware

There is a commandline that they recommend for Debian/ubuntu

# Ubuntu (all flavors) and Debian use the following command:
      sudo /usr/share/b43-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh

I did that, and it did install the drivers. The wireless network now shows me
the available networks

Ah, the sweet smell of success :-)

Quoting Stephen Gregory <oclug at kernelpanic.ca>:

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 08:18:14PM -0400, Howard Krakower wrote:
>
> > kept aside the Dell drivers - it is the TrueMobile 1450.
>
> This card should work with the native Linux drivers without
> Ndiswrapper. I am using the PCI-e version of that chip, Dell 1490,
> without issues  (however, 802.11a is unsupported).
>
> http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices
>
> I suggest you uninstall ndiswrapper in case it is causing
> a conflict.
>
> from the command line try:
>
> $ sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter
> $ sudo rmmod b43
> $ sudo modprobe b43
> $ iwconfig
>
> You should see the wlan device in the output. If not run the dmesg
> command to see if there are any interesting errors.
>
>
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