I have have just finished installing Ubuntu 8.04 64bit and I'm very happy with how it runs. That is without the exception of my Broadcom wireless not being detected on my HP Compaq 6820s.
I tried installing b43-fwcutter but that did not sorted the problem. It downloads the firmware but there seems to be something wrong with b43 and ssb modules. One of them, or both.. not sure, although i suspect ssb being screwed up from what dmesg shows. To get the darn wireless working I compiled from source the latest compat-wireless from Linux Wireless.
Here goes:
1. Install b43-fwcutter (select Yes when asked to have the scripts fetch the firmware)
$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
2. Install tools needed to compile
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
3. Download latest compat-wireless tarball (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Directlydownloadingthetarball)
$ wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6/2008/04/compat-wireless-2008-04-29.tar.bz2
4. Extract the files
$ tar jxvf compat-wireless-2008-04-29.tar.bz2
5. Compile and install compat-wireless
$ cd compat-wireless-2008-04-09
$ make
$ sudo make install
6. Testing the install
$ sudo make load
At this point you should have wireless working.
7. Make sure b43 module gets loaded before ssb on system reboot by adding the following to your /etc/rc.local file:
modprobe -r ssb # unloading ssb
modpobe b43 # loading b43
modprobe ssb # loading ssb
8. Reboot. Your wireless should work just fine now :)
I tried installing b43-fwcutter but that did not sorted the problem. It downloads the firmware but there seems to be something wrong with b43 and ssb modules. One of them, or both.. not sure, although i suspect ssb being screwed up from what dmesg shows. To get the darn wireless working I compiled from source the latest compat-wireless from Linux Wireless.
Here goes:
1. Install b43-fwcutter (select Yes when asked to have the scripts fetch the firmware)
$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
2. Install tools needed to compile
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
3. Download latest compat-wireless tarball (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Directlydownloadingthetarball)
$ wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6/2008/04/compat-wireless-2008-04-29.tar.bz2
4. Extract the files
$ tar jxvf compat-wireless-2008-04-29.tar.bz2
5. Compile and install compat-wireless
$ cd compat-wireless-2008-04-09
$ make
$ sudo make install
6. Testing the install
$ sudo make load
At this point you should have wireless working.
7. Make sure b43 module gets loaded before ssb on system reboot by adding the following to your /etc/rc.local file:
modprobe -r ssb # unloading ssb
modpobe b43 # loading b43
modprobe ssb # loading ssb
8. Reboot. Your wireless should work just fine now :)
