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### How to make the wifi module of Lenovo B590 work with Linux ### |
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This is actually pretty trivial, but I struggled with this for a few hours, so … |
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On this Lenovo B590 laptop, it appears that the wifi chipset is a 'Broadcom BCM… |
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02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless… |
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By default, OpenSUSE 12.2 and 12.3 are both using the opensource B43 driver for… |
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The solution to this problem is simple: forget the open-source B43 driver. Broa… |
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How to use the broadcom proprietary driver on OpenSUSE? |
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First I took care to remove all packages related to b43, to be sure that the ke… |
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Then, I installed following packages: |
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broadcom-wl |
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broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop |
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Finally, I rebooted. And since then, the wifi connectivity is working flawlessl… |
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