Hello CentOS admins.
I am an AIX admin bent on learning CentOS. Yesterday I downloaded CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso, burned a DVD and loaded it onto a Lenovo IdeaPad N585 laptop. All went well, except for getting the integrated wireless to work. Here is some info and what I tried so far.
# lspci|egrep -i wireless 06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
I found these instructions for building a driver for the BCM4313 chip set: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show
I went to this site: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and downloaded this file: hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz
No problem with this: yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc
I extracted the file: mkdir -p /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl cd /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl pwd tar xvfz /root/Downloads/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz chown -R root.root /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl
Now is where the issues begin, with the make (I know bug surprise): # make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/ M=`pwd` make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/build/: No such file or directory. Stop.
Build does not exist? Let's investigate this: # (cd /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/ ; ls -l)|egrep build lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 46 Jun 7 20:11 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Jun 7 20:11 source -> build
Ok, so build is a link, let's investigate further: # cd /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/ # cd ../../../usr/src/kernels/ # ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Jun 8 19:54 2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
Hmmm, so build is a link to: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 but what exists is: 2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
Ok, let's try fixing the link: # cd /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/ # mv build build.bad # ln -s ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 build [root@picard 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64]# ls -l |egrep build lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 Jun 9 21:50 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 46 Jun 7 20:11 build.bad -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Jun 7 20:11 source -> build # ls -ld build lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 Jun 9 21:50 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
Ok, build is now a link pointing to something that exists, lets try the make again: # cd /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl # ls -l total 20 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 8 Jun 8 20:27 built-in.o drwxrwxr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 1 2013 lib -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4101 Aug 1 2013 Makefile drwxrwxr-x. 6 root root 4096 Aug 1 2013 src # make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/ M=`pwd` make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64' CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API CC [M] /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:79: warning: ‘enum tx_power_setting’ declared inside parameter list /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:79: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_join_ibss’: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:726: error: ‘struct cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’ /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: At top level: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1092: warning: ‘enum tx_power_setting’ declared inside parameter list /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1092: error: parameter 2 (‘type’) has incomplete type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power’: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1103: error: ‘TX_POWER_AUTOMATIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1103: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1103: error: for each function it appears in.) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1105: error: ‘TX_POWER_LIMITED’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1111: error: ‘TX_POWER_FIXED’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: At top level: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1589: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1594: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1595: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1596: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1597: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type etc, etc, etc for many, many lines
Wow, I'm not sure where to even begin with this. Anyone got any ideas? What I'm trying to get is a CentOS 6.5 driver for a Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 chipset.
Thanks,
On 06/11/2014 06:21 AM, HM Johnson wrote:
Hello CentOS admins.
I am an AIX admin bent on learning CentOS. Yesterday I downloaded CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso, burned a DVD and loaded it onto a Lenovo IdeaPad N585 laptop. All went well, except for getting the integrated wireless to work. Here is some info and what I tried so far.
# lspci|egrep -i wireless 06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
I found these instructions for building a driver for the BCM4313 chip set: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show
I went to this site: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and downloaded this file: hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz
No problem with this: yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc
I extracted the file: mkdir -p /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl cd /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl pwd tar xvfz /root/Downloads/hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz chown -R root.root /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl
Now is where the issues begin, with the make (I know bug surprise): # make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/ M=`pwd` make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/build/: No such file or directory. Stop.
Build does not exist? Let's investigate this: # (cd /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/ ; ls -l)|egrep build lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 46 Jun 7 20:11 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Jun 7 20:11 source -> build
Ok, so build is a link, let's investigate further: # cd /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/ # cd ../../../usr/src/kernels/ # ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Jun 8 19:54 2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
Hmmm, so build is a link to: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 but what exists is: 2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
Ok, let's try fixing the link: # cd /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/ # mv build build.bad # ln -s ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 build [root@picard 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64]# ls -l |egrep build lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 Jun 9 21:50 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 46 Jun 7 20:11 build.bad -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Jun 7 20:11 source -> build # ls -ld build lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 Jun 9 21:50 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
Ok, build is now a link pointing to something that exists, lets try the make again: # cd /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl # ls -l total 20 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 8 Jun 8 20:27 built-in.o drwxrwxr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 1 2013 lib -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4101 Aug 1 2013 Makefile drwxrwxr-x. 6 root root 4096 Aug 1 2013 src # make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/ M=`pwd` make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64' CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API CC [M] /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:79: warning: ‘enum tx_power_setting’ declared inside parameter list /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:79: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_join_ibss’: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:726: error: ‘struct cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’ /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: At top level: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1092: warning: ‘enum tx_power_setting’ declared inside parameter list /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1092: error: parameter 2 (‘type’) has incomplete type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power’: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1103: error: ‘TX_POWER_AUTOMATIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1103: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1103: error: for each function it appears in.) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1105: error: ‘TX_POWER_LIMITED’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1111: error: ‘TX_POWER_FIXED’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: At top level: /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1589: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1594: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1595: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1596: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/local/src/hybrid-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1597: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type etc, etc, etc for many, many lines
Wow, I'm not sure where to even begin with this. Anyone got any ideas? What I'm trying to get is a CentOS 6.5 driver for a Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 chipset.
Visit www.elrepo.org and find kmod-wl package. Since firmware is not open source, you will get SRPM which, along with firmware you download manualy you can use to create RPM which will work on all later kernels (no need to rebuild for newer kernels).
Forgive me for using Facebook links, but here are link where to start with CentOS, from our global FB group:
1. Resourcies for the beginers (Documentation, repositories, etc.): https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150604562857728/ 2. How To Ask a Question: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150312666807728/ 3. What CentOS IS, and what is NOT?: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10151427940017728/ 4. STOP Disabling SELinux!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150515843882728/ 5. Software RAID on RHEL 6: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10151254589767728/ 6. Mounting NFS and Windows/CIFS/Samba filesystem via AutoFS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150312742892728/ 7. How to Provide Information About Your System: https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9219 8. Installing Software: https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9218 9. Where to Find Answers: https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9216 10. Tutorials and presentations: http://www.redhat.com/summit/2013/presentations/ 11. Wireless, nVidia, ATI, Intel, and other drivers: http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs
(I should really see to create similar page on our Wiki)
On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 10:01 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
- STOP Disabling SELinux!:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150515843882728/
So I clicked on the link and got:-
"Facebook Login You must log in to continue."
Regretfully one has to become a FB subscriber to read the advice.
On 06/14/2014 04:37 AM, Always Learning wrote:
On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 10:01 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
- STOP Disabling SELinux!:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150515843882728/
So I clicked on the link and got:-
"Facebook Login You must log in to continue."
Regretfully one has to become a FB subscriber to read the advice.
Heh, OK. Here is everything again but with direct links:
1. Resourcies for the beginers (Documentation, repositories, etc.): https://www.facebook.com/notes/centos/resourcies-for-the-beginers/1015060456... 2. How To Ask a Question: https://www.facebook.com/notes/centos/how-to-ask-a-question/1015031266680772... 3. What CentOS IS, and what is NOT?: https://www.facebook.com/notes/centos/what-centos-is-and-what-it-is-not/1015... 4. STOP Disabling SELinux!: https://www.facebook.com/notes/centos/stop-disabling-selinux/101505158438827... 5. Software RAID on RHEL 6: https://www.facebook.com/notes/centos/software-raid-on-rhel-6/10151254589767... 6. Mounting NFS and Windows/CIFS/Samba filesystem via AutoFS: https://www.facebook.com/notes/centos/mounting-nfs-and-windowscifssamba-file... 7. How to Provide Information About Your System: https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9219 8. Installing Software: https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9218 9. Where to Find Answers: https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9216 10. Tutorials and presentations: http://www.redhat.com/summit/2013/presentations/ 11. Wireless, nVidia, ATI, Intel, and other drivers: http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs
On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 12:56 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
On 06/14/2014 04:37 AM, Always Learning wrote:
On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 10:01 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
- STOP Disabling SELinux!:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150515843882728/
So I clicked on the link and got:-
"Facebook Login You must log in to continue."
Regretfully one has to become a FB subscriber to read the advice.
Heh, OK. Here is everything again but with direct links:
Thanks :-)
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 03:37:53AM +0100, Always Learning wrote:
On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 10:01 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
- STOP Disabling SELinux!:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150515843882728/
So I clicked on the link and got:-
"Facebook Login You must log in to continue."
Regretfully one has to become a FB subscriber to read the advice.
There is some irony here. They insist you join facebook, yet worry about security.
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 06:57:50AM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote:
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 03:37:53AM +0100, Always Learning wrote:
On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 10:01 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
- STOP Disabling SELinux!:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150515843882728/
So I clicked on the link and got:-
"Facebook Login You must log in to continue."
Regretfully one has to become a FB subscriber to read the advice.
There is some irony here. They insist you join facebook, yet worry about security.
Sorry Ljubomir, didn't realize that was you--that's why one shouldn't jump in on a conversation, I suppose. I thought it was some nameless facebook user.
On 06/14/2014 01:18 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 06:57:50AM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote:
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 03:37:53AM +0100, Always Learning wrote:
On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 10:01 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
- STOP Disabling SELinux!:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371797727/doc/10150515843882728/
So I clicked on the link and got:-
"Facebook Login You must log in to continue."
Regretfully one has to become a FB subscriber to read the advice.
There is some irony here. They insist you join facebook, yet worry about security.
Sorry Ljubomir, didn't realize that was you--that's why one shouldn't jump in on a conversation, I suppose. I thought it was some nameless facebook user.
Not a problem. I originally joined Facebook just to connect with high-school friends, our class made a group there. And then I was asked if I would admin CentOS group there, with some 300 members. And here I am several years later with main thing keeping me active on Facebook being CentOS group :)
Luckily, permalinks for others to see Facebook content is available, but you have to open that content and then copy direct URL, so I just did that even on Facebook post I copied that list from.
On 06/11/2014 06:21 AM, HM Johnson wrote:
Hello CentOS admins.
I am an AIX admin bent on learning CentOS. Yesterday I downloaded CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso, burned a DVD and loaded it onto a Lenovo IdeaPad N585 laptop. All went well, except for getting the integrated wireless to work. Here is some info and what I tried so far.
# lspci|egrep -i wireless 06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) # uname -r 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
you are running an older kernel
I found these instructions for building a driver for the BCM4313 chip set: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show
I went to this site: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and downloaded this file: hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz
No problem with this: yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc
this installed the latest kernel-*
if you install the latest kernel (matching your installed kernel-headers and kernel-devel), then reboot, all (or some?) problems should go away.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg@imag.fr wrote:
On 06/11/2014 06:21 AM, HM Johnson wrote:
I found these instructions for building a driver for the BCM4313 chip set: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show
I went to this site: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and downloaded this file: hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz
No problem with this: yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc
this installed the latest kernel-*
Try ELRepo's instructions:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
Akemi
Thanks everyone. I resolved the issue, since it was a new install I: - did a fresh reinstall of CentOS 6.5 - Updated the OS - rebooted - The wireless nic was then available, I set it up and it works great.
Thanks again!!!
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg@imag.fr wrote:
On 06/11/2014 06:21 AM, HM Johnson wrote:
I found these instructions for building a driver for the BCM4313 chip
set:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show
I went to this site: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and downloaded this file: hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz
No problem with this: yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc
this installed the latest kernel-*
Try ELRepo's instructions:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
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