Monday, February 5, 2018

wireless - Can't get Broadcom 43142 drivers to work after installation on 5420 Inspiron

I'm a complete newbie to ubuntu, I've already installed and reinstalled the Broadcom driver required done a numerous amount of steps on terminal but I can't seem to get wireless working. However, my wired connection seems to work just fine.



also I have tried to follow the instructions but get stuck at step number 2 when i get told "No package dpkg is available":




1) Download the file from the link



2) sudo yum install dpkg



3) mkdir BCM43142



4) dpkg-deb -x Downloads/wireless-bcm43142-dkms-6.20.55.19_amd64.deb BCM43142



5) cd BCM43142/usr/src/wireless-bcm43142-oneiric-dkms-6.20.55.19~bdcom0602.0400.1000.0400/src/wl/sys




6) sudo yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers



7) vi wl_linux.c



8)
around line 43, remove the line






9) save the file (:wq)



10) cd ../../..



11) make



Things should work, and you'll have a file called "wl.ko" in the current directory.



12) sudo yum remove broadcom-wl




13) sudo mkdir -p /lib/modules/3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64/extra/wl



14) sudo cp wl.ko /lib/modules/3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64/extra/wl



15) sudo depmod -a



16) sudo modprobe wl



I really need help :/

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