Broadcom 4365 wireless driver with 3.4 / 3.5 kernel [duplicate]
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How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I used this package to install the driver on 3.2 Kernel and it was working perfectly.
Unfortunately the system used to freeze randomly with 3.2 kernel so I installed 3.4 kernel, now there is no freezing, the only problem is that my wifi card is not working, I tried to re-install the package, but didn't work.
I can see the driver in the "additional drivers" and it say that it is active, but when I execute iwconfig it doesn't show up. I've even tried ndiswraper and that didn't work either.
my lspci:
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4365 (rev 01)
Updated, some additional fixes, and kernels 3.6.x now also supported
http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian/pool/main/w/wireless-bcm43142/wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb
You may also want to look at notes and changelog here:
http://jas.gemnetworks.com/wireless-bcm43142/
If you have problem loading this module under stock Ubuntu 12.04 kernel 3.2.x there might be problem with installed backported modules. In my case it's linux-backports-modules-cw-3.4-3.2.0-* containing cfg80211 and lib80211 modules which conficts with stock kernel ones. I need this package because it contains alx driver for my ethernet network adapter.
If you try to modprobe wl it tends to load dependencies from backported cfg80211 and lib80211 drivers and fails to load with
FATAL: Error inserting wl (/lib/modules/3.2.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/wl.ko): Invalid argument
I've solved it by creating modprobe configuration /etc/modprobe.d/wl.conf which forces loading of stock kernel modules
install cfg80211 /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`/bin/uname -r`/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
install lib80211 /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`/bin/uname -r`/kernel/net/wireless/lib80211.ko
I had the same problem after upgrading to kernel 3.5.0 and found the solution in the following thread: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg97247.html
After installing the mentioned package (http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian/wireless-bcm43142-dkms-6.20.55.19_amd64.deb) the wireless started working again.