Linksys wlan card Wpc54g ver 1.2 does not work

nyshiro · posted: 2014-04-29 09:04

Hallo,
I have a Pbell easy one silver laptop with a celeron 800mhz cpu and 378 mb memory.
it has one pci slot in which i put a xircom card for wired ethernet and replace it with the wlan card when i want to work wireless.
Yesterday i installed Anthix m14 and the xircom worked out of the box.
The wlan card won't connect.
I don't know what i have to install or to do to get it working.
I read the other topic on the forum but it does not telling me anything.
In lspci the card is registered by the system as a Broadcom corporation Bcm4306 802.11b/g wlan controller.
Hopefully someone can help me please

fatmac · posted: 2014-04-29 10:20

Basically 2 things, did a module get loaded for you wifi card, Broadcom has a 'reputation' for being awkard.
If modules were loaded, then you need to set up your connection, (use ceni, wicd, etc).

nyshiro · posted: 2014-04-29 12:55

The card is in, there are to indicatorlamps on it . Both are burning green. The system says no network connection . I installed wcid , but the re no connections to configure. Please help .i have a usb sweex lw153 wlan connector which works also out of the box.
I don't want to use that cause my sytem only have 2 usb pports.

nyshiro · posted: 2014-04-29 12:57

Basically 2 things, did a module get loaded for you wifi card, Broadcom has a 'reputation' for being awkard.
If modules were loaded, then you need to set up your connection, (use ceni, wicd, etc).
What do you mean by" did a module get loaded....."

rokytnji · posted: 2014-04-29 15:14

Give us a inxi - F report.

anticapitalista · posted: 2014-04-29 15:24

You probably need to remove these broadcom drivers and choose on that works.

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url was:"https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx"
linktext was:"https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx"
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MX-14 comes with:

b43-fwcutter
firmware-b43-installer
firmware-b43legacy-installer
firmware-brcm80211

fatmac · posted: 2014-04-29 18:15

What do you mean by" did a module get loaded....."

If you type

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lsmod

you will get a list of all kernel modules that are loaded.
However, if you supply the output of

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inxi -F

somebody will be able to help you.

nyshiro · posted: 2014-05-01 21:47

Hereby the requested info. (lspci / lsmod / inxi -f

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$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630 Host (rev 31)
00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 IDE Controller (rev d0)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge)
00:01.2 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 07)
00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:08.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:08.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630/730 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 31)
06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

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lesly@PBELL:~
$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8               12416  0 
nls_cp437              12417  0 
vfat                   16967  0 
fat                    52568  1 vfat
usb_storage            43272  0 
fuse                   68759  3 
sis                    12788  1 
sisfb                 215815  2 sis
drm                   198253  2 sis
cpufreq_conservative    13964  0 
cpufreq_powersave      12422  0 
cpufreq_stats          12620  0 
cpufreq_userspace      12477  0 
bnep                   17185  2 
rfcomm                 32278  0 
bluetooth             191058  10 bnep,rfcomm
ppdev                  12590  0 
lp                     12766  0 
uinput                 17107  1 
nfsd                  228654  2 
auth_rpcgss            45632  1 nfsd
oid_registry           12387  1 auth_rpcgss
nfs_acl                12463  1 nfsd
nfs                   167499  0 
lockd                  69363  2 nfs,nfsd
fscache                36350  1 nfs
sunrpc                194079  6 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
arc4                   12453  2 
rt2800usb              21759  0 
rt2x00usb              17426  1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib              80672  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              41269  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
mac80211              401892  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
cfg80211              355997  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
snd_trident            32601  1 
crc_ccitt              12331  1 rt2800lib
rfkill                 18380  4 cfg80211,bluetooth
snd_util_mem           12659  1 snd_trident
snd_mpu401_uart        13299  1 snd_trident
snd_seq_midi           12744  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     13124  1 snd_seq_midi
xircom_cb              16896  0 
joydev                 16847  0 
snd_rawmidi            22278  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_ac97_codec         96241  1 snd_trident
snd_pcm                69459  2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_trident
snd_page_alloc         12882  2 snd_pcm,snd_trident
snd_seq                43264  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device         12980  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              22187  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    46746  10 snd_ac97_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_device,snd_trident
psmouse                85401  0 
pcmcia                 36077  0 
soundcore              12890  1 snd
ac97_bus               12462  1 snd_ac97_codec
serio_raw              12737  0 
pcspkr                 12531  0 
gameport               13280  2 snd_trident
evdev                  17174  11 
yenta_socket           26188  0 
pcmcia_rsrc            17292  1 yenta_socket
i2c_sis630             12622  0 
pcmcia_core            18055  3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
shpchp                 30673  0 
i2c_core               23506  2 drm,i2c_sis630
parport_pc             25991  1 
parport                35207  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
button                 12824  0 
processor              23338  0 
thermal_sys            22713  1 processor
battery                12949  0 
ac                     12588  0 
ext4                  434204  1 
crc16                  12327  2 ext4,bluetooth
mbcache                12938  1 ext4
jbd2                   64761  1 ext4
btrfs                 805248  0 
xor                    25716  1 btrfs
raid6_pq               95207  1 btrfs
crc32c                 12576  1 
libcrc32c              12394  1 btrfs
dm_mod                 78551  0 
sg                     25675  0 
sd_mod                 43552  3 
sr_mod                 21563  0 
crc_t10dif             12399  1 sd_mod
cdrom                  38861  1 sr_mod
crct10dif_common       12340  1 crc_t10dif
ata_generic            12450  0 
pata_sis               12970  2 
ohci_pci               12704  0 
ohci_hcd               25681  1 ohci_pci
libata                153280  2 pata_sis,ata_generic
ehci_hcd               43625  0 
usbcore               133766  6 rt2x00usb,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ohci_pci,rt2800usb,ehci_hcd
scsi_mod              151167  5 sg,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
usb_common             12484  1 usbcore

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$ inxi -f
CPU:       Single core Celeron (Coppermine) (-UP-) cache: 128 KB clocked at 801 MHz 
           CPU Flags: cmov cx8 de fpu fxsr mca mce mmx msr mtrr pae pge pse
           pse36 sep sse tsc vme

jdmeaux1952 · posted: 2014-05-02 01:05

You misunderstood! The request was for

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inxi -F

. That is a capital letter F.

rokytnji · posted: 2014-05-02 02:15

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx"
linktext was:"https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx"
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========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware"
linktext was:"https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware"
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========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse"
linktext was:"https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse"
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From
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://brianmasinick.blogspot.com/2012/03/initial-experiences-with-antix-120-test.html"
linktext was:"http://brianmasinick.blogspot.com/2012/ ... -test.html"
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If me and I am not broadcom savvy. I would maybe go with the wl driver and firmware.

I hope Brian sees 1/2 of these broadcom wireless threads and writes a how to for them.
I will make it a sticky if he does.

nyshiro · posted: 2014-05-02 09:41

Hereby the correct output . Sorry for the mistake.

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: PBELL Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-486 i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 27 March 2014 
Machine:   System: NEC S product: Easy One Silver
           Mobo: NEC S model: N/A Bios: NEC S v: 2.01 date: 10/04/2001
CPU:       Single core Celeron (Coppermine) (-UP-) cache: 128 KB clocked at 801 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630/730 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: sis (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator 
           driver: snd_trident 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.12-0.bpo.1-486
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
           Card-2: Sweex LW153 802.11n Adapter [ralink rt3070]
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 10.1GB (-)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHN2100A size: 10.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 8.1G used: 3.0G (39%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.10GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 113 Uptime: 5 min Memory: 119.5/366.2MB 
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.18

nyshiro · posted: 2014-05-02 12:14

This worked for me, mentioned by rokytnj on vr mei 02, 2014 4:15 a on
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url was:"http://brianmasinick.blogspot.com/2012/"
linktext was:"http://brianmasinick.blogspot.com/2012/"
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... -test.html
modprobe -r b43
echo options b43 pio=1 qos=0 >> (/)etc/modprobe.d/local.conf
modprobe b43

the next modules are installed in Synaptic
- b43-fwcutter
- firmware-b43-installer
- firmware-b43legacy-installer

But: after reboot all th settings were gone and the adapter did not work anymore.
- How can i keep the settings ?

The contents of these files are:
$ cat local.conf
options b43 pio=1 qos=0

$ cat broadcom-sta-dkms.conf
# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with the following modules:
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b44
blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb

nyshiro · posted: 2014-05-04 21:16

Hallo,

Can anybody help me ?

nyshiro · posted: 2014-05-07 13:01

No respons from any users. I finally found a solution on th Ubuntu site that works.

anticapitalista · posted: 2014-05-07 19:06

Could you post the solution to help others who may have this problem. Thanks.