Paul Philippov

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

over 13 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

over 13 years ago

cygnl7 to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala

It looks like that package should be "build-essential".

about 13 years ago

Paul Philippov to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala

@cygnl7 Thank you for the heads-up. I corrected the package name.

about 13 years ago

furqonwd to Restricted modules in Ubuntu Karmic Koala

thanx....it helps me much........

over 12 years ago