WMP54GS installation

HaTeMe
   14 years ago
  -1

For all who have a Problem with the WMP54GS Wireless Drivers. Most Parts are from Ubuntuusers from elektronenblitz63 who has solved this Problem with me. This should be Work with the Main Edition, Community Editions and the Debian Edition too (perfectly for me). If you dont have a Cable Connection you can use a USB Stick or burn the Files to a CD.

 

  1. Load b43-fwcutter: http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/b43-fwcutter (Main & CE) or http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/b43-fwcutter (LMDE) then http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o then http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
  2. Save all of them into your Home Folder.
  3. Install b43-fwcutter with "sudo dpkg -i YourPackageNamehere.deb"
  4. Create a Folder with "sudo mkdir /usr/share/b43-fwcutter"
  5. Copy the other Packages into this Folder with "sudo cp wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o /usr/share/b43-fwcutter" and "sudo cp broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 /usr/share/b43-fwcutter"
  6. Go into the new Folder with "cd /usr/share/b43-fwcutter"
  7. Now we install the Driver with "sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o" then "sudo tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2" then "sudo b43-fwcutter --unsupported -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o" then "sudo chmod o+rx /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43legacy"
  8. Now restart the Driver with "sudo modprobe -rf b43" then "sudo modprobe b43"
  9. Check the results with "sudo iwconfig"

Full Thread here (German): http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/wmp54gs-treiber/

Comments
HaTeMe 14 years ago

I use it for 8 Main, 9 KDE CE and now LMDE - works fine.

And no - if the Applet do that i wouldn't need this Steps every time.

remoulder 14 years ago

Note this appears to be written for Mint 8 Helena, not Mint 9 Isadora, also the Hardware Drivers applet should be able to install the necessary files.