bcm4312 on backtrack 4

[-woFF-]

Hi!

Yesterday i found myself in the same situation, here it is what i did:

WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.29.4/Module.symvers is missing;
modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

-> this is the main problem... you should cd to '/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.29.4/' do a 'make menuconfig' (i did it, maybe it is not neccesary) and give it a 'make' command... this will run for some time but after then you will have the Module.symvers in place...

After this i tried to compile the broadcom linux_sta, but it gave me errors... for the 2.6.29.4 kernel you should download and apply a patch (same site where you can get the linux_sta driver).

I tried to compile the wl.ko module under the new 2.6.30.5 kernel as well, but no luck... if anyone did it plz share your knowledge

(sorry for my poor english...)

[admrt]

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to find a solution for my laptop wireless adapter since kernel 2.6.30.5 for BT4PR was released. But I have found nothing that works. I know that it won't work for auditing wireless networks, for which I have an USB dongle that works perfectly with total injection support, but for normal daily connection to my Internet router at home is more than enough.

To begin with, when I upgraded the kernel, when doing the "apt-get dist-upgrade", the broadcom-sta package was upgraded too, but the module that was packaged in it is for kernel 2.6.29.4. This is the result of "modinfo wl" after the upgrade:

filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.30.5/kernel/net/wireless/wl.ko
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004357sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004353sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d0000432Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004329sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004328sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004315sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004313sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004312sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00004311sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.29.4 SMP mod_unload 686
parm:           oneonly:int
parm:           piomode:int
parm:           nompc:int
parm:           name:string

So I decided to compile it myself using the instructions at http :// www . void . gr/kargig/blog/2009/07/18/trying-to-achieve-a-more-stable-hybrid-broadcom-wl-kernel-module-for-broadcom-4328 (Sorry but I can't post URLs yet...).

Everything compiles fine. I blacklisted the b43, ssb, b43legacy and bcm43xx modules. The module is loaded correctly but it doesn't create any interface. The problem is that a driver is being loaded somehow as can be seen from this "lspci -vnn":

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e003]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at d4600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
        Capabilities: [e8] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
        Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 23-00-9a-ff-ff-4d-10-46
        Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
        Kernel modules: wl

I'm stuck here. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

[zWiReDz]

Works great on my Dell mini 9 and 10

[-woFF-]

Hi admrt!

Any interesting error messages in dmesg related to the wireless card?

Is the ieee80211 module loaded? If i remember correctly it should be loaded if you want wl.ko to work correctly. (sudo modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip)

I have the same broadcom card, i will try to check it with the new kernel as soon as i can...

[spawn]

Hi admrt!

Any interesting error messages in dmesg related to the wireless card?

Is the ieee80211 module loaded? If i remember correctly it should be loaded if you want wl.ko to work correctly. (sudo modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip)

I have the same broadcom card, i will try to check it with the new kernel as soon as i can...

I have a HP dv4 Pavilion
with broadcom card ...
PCI ID [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
and subsystem : [103c:137c]

driver bcm43 not work
the driver broadcom-sta compile .. interface up
found network but not connect in it .
:@

[0tt0v0nc4t]

When I try to get the kernel it returns with

root@meh-laptop:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i --force-all linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb

Do I need to change the repositories or something? I am using a Dell Inspirion 1545.

Thanks in advance!

Linux meh-laptop 2.6.29.4 #1 SMP Thu Jun 18 10:57:32 EDT 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

[Archangel-Amael]

When I try to get the kernel it returns with

root@meh-laptop:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i --force-all linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb

Do I need to change the repositories or something? I am using a Dell Inspirion 1545.

Thanks in advance!

Linux meh-laptop 2.6.29.4 #1 SMP Thu Jun 18 10:57:32 EDT 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Maybe I am missing something here but does your post have anything to do with this thread?

[reza_243]

hi to all

I am sorry, I know that this thread is old, but I plan to buy lenovo ideapad s10e, with Broadcom BCM4312 card so if you can say 100% will it works with backtrack 4 pre final, monitor and injection? thank you...

I use the same laptop wich lcpsi result : [14e4:4315] (rev 01) which I think should't be able to work on injection and monitoring according to use of Aircrack-ng but I read somewhere I can patch the driver and use b43 to get injection working on ubuntu 9.xx but I couldn't fix it
I had to install Ubunti 10.04 which seems working but I can't make airodump-ng captures on mon0 (which is made by airmon-ng start wlan0), in fact no data is received (I uninstalled NetworkManager, WPA-Supplicant and Avahi-Daemon too because they made problems for airmon-ng)

the question is : IS B43 WORKING ON [14e4:4315] (rev 01) OR NOT ???!?!?

no one answered to this question

please somebody tell me is it possible to inject with new driver/patch b43 ?

[imported_hatake_kakashi]

You'll need at minimum kernel 2.6.32 at the very minimum with latest fwcutter and driver binary blob.