Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala
Upgrading my wife’s laptop I found out that Ubuntu Karmic Koala comes with Linux kernel version 2.6.30 which does not have linux-restricted-modules anymore. Instead you have to install DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package to build required modules on demand. Below is how I solved problem with Broadcom Wifi card driver on the laptop:
$ sudo apt-get remove linux-restricted-modules
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms bcmwl-kernel-source
$ sudo reboot
Don’t forget to load newly compiled module after rebooting.
$ sudo modprobe wl
After that NetworkManager recognized the WiFi card and connected home WLAN in a blaze.
Comments (5)
Praveen Markandu to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala
thank you
almost 14 years ago
Gilles to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala
This solved my problem Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 running on an hp pavilion dv2000 series laptop. lspci -vnn indentifies it as:
Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Thanks
almost 14 years ago
cygnl7 to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala
It looks like that package should be "build-essential".
over 13 years ago
Paul Philippov to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala
@cygnl7 Thank you for the heads-up. I corrected the package name.
over 13 years ago
furqonwd to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala
thanx....it helps me much........
over 13 years ago
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