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Bigun
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It seems there is an issue with WEP and kernel 2.6.19-rc1:
| Code: | | ieee80211_crypt_wep: could not allocate crypto API arc4 |
Someone in #bcm-users on freenode is looking into it.
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nesl247,
I have a DELL 1390 card, which is a 4311 Broadcom.
What problem do you have right now?
Is the card recognized? Do you have a problem connecting?
Thank you.
P.S.: Also, I want to let everybody know, that the 4311/DELL1390 card is working with the 10-pcs. patchset that was mention in this particular thread.
At least it works for me. The card has been recognized, and it's working.
However, I have trouble with associating, but it's another story...
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ONEEYEMAN
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I also have a WRT54G Linksys router, and it set as a "Security Mode - WEP".
As far as I read the Handbook, neither wireless-tools, nor wpa_supplicant won't work with this configuration.
I'm thinking to change it to the "Security Mode - WPA Personal" or "Security Mode - WPA2 Personal". This way I will be able to use wpa_supplicant.
Am I correct with this?
Thank you.
P.S.: I am complete newbie with the wireless world, so please don't hit me so hard....  |
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nesl247
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| ONEEYEMAN wrote: | nesl247,
I have a DELL 1390 card, which is a 4311 Broadcom.
What problem do you have right now?
Is the card recognized? Do you have a problem connecting?
Thank you.
P.S.: Also, I want to let everybody know, that the 4311/DELL1390 card is working with the 10-pcs. patchset that was mention in this particular thread.
At least it works for me. The card has been recognized, and it's working.
However, I have trouble with associating, but it's another story...
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No the card isn't recognized, so I can't even connect it.. Care to post instructions for how you got it to work.. I don't mind the ndiswrapper workaround but I'd prefer to use native drivers. |
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ONEEYEMAN
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nesl247,
There is 10-pieces patchset mentioned somewhere in this thread. I just applied it on my 2.6.17-r7 gentoo-sources.
Then I followed an instruction on the first posting of this thread.
You also need the change I posted a couple of postings earlier...
The link to the patchset is here.
Thank you.
P.S.: Do you know the answer for my question? |
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nesl247
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:37 am Post subject: |
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| I really have no idea. I do know wep can be done via /etc/conf.d/wireless.. |
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| ONEEYEMAN wrote: | nesl247,
There is 10-pieces patchset mentioned somewhere in this thread. I just applied it on my 2.6.17-r7 gentoo-sources.
Then I followed an instruction on the first posting of this thread.
You also need the change I posted a couple of postings earlier...
The link to the patchset is here.
Thank you.
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Correct me if I'm wrong. I thought I've seen some posts saying that the current driver in the kernel tree won't work for 4311 because it doesn't support PCIE. Am I mistaken? |
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JoseJX
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saintpa:
Sort of. The version in the tree cannot be used for PCIe cards (0x4311/0x4312). However, as ONEEYEMAN suggests, there are some patches to get it working. Unfortunately, they haven't been accepted into the kernel yet, but it is possible to get a connection with these patches.
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ONEEYEMAN
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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nesl247,
There is 10-pieces patchset mentioned somewhere in this thread. I just applied it on my 2.6.17-r7 gentoo-sources.
Then I followed an instruction on the first posting of this thread.
You also need the change I posted a couple of postings earlier...
The link to the patchset is here.
Thank you.
P.S.: Do you know the answer for my question?
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Correct me if I'm wrong. I thought I've seen some posts saying that the current driver in the kernel tree won't work for 4311 because it doesn't support PCIE. Am I mistaken?
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There is at least one other posting here in this thread, saying that (s)he got connection with the patchset mentioned. But he had to downgrade dhcpcd to 2.0.0.
Now my problem is that I think AP is configured wrong for either wireless-tools and wpa_supplicant.
JoseJX, (or someone else), can you confirm that my action described in the previous post is correct in order to receive a connection with the wpa_supplicant.
Also, JoseJX, there is a problem with the driver, that I posted a small patch up in this thread. Can you take it to consideration for 2.6.17-r8, and further. If you need I can post releavant piece of E-mail from Larry.
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saintpa
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| JoseJX wrote: | saintpa:
Sort of. The version in the tree cannot be used for PCIe cards (0x4311/0x4312). However, as ONEEYEMAN suggests, there are some patches to get it working. Unfortunately, they haven't been accepted into the kernel yet, but it is possible to get a connection with these patches. |
I took a look at the patch mentioned by ONEEYEMAN, and it seems that all it does is to add some device ID's. I'm puzzled; perhaps there are some other patches? |
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ONEEYEMAN
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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saintpa:
Sort of. The version in the tree cannot be used for PCIe cards (0x4311/0x4312). However, as ONEEYEMAN suggests, there are some patches to get it working. Unfortunately, they haven't been accepted into the kernel yet, but it is possible to get a connection with these patches.
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I took a look at the patch mentioned by ONEEYEMAN, and it seems that all it does is to add some device ID's. I'm puzzled; perhaps there are some other patches?
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I guess you nick should be a ONEEYE'd...
You go the that page, there you will see:
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[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
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All you need to do is click [next in list] 10 times to scroll thru the set.....
The "Subject:" line will change as well
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nesl247
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| ONEEYEMAN wrote: | | saintpa wrote: |
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saintpa:
Sort of. The version in the tree cannot be used for PCIe cards (0x4311/0x4312). However, as ONEEYEMAN suggests, there are some patches to get it working. Unfortunately, they haven't been accepted into the kernel yet, but it is possible to get a connection with these patches.
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I took a look at the patch mentioned by ONEEYEMAN, and it seems that all it does is to add some device ID's. I'm puzzled; perhaps there are some other patches?
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I guess you nick should be a ONEEYE'd...
You go the that page, there you will see:
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[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
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All you need to do is click [next in list] 10 times to scroll thru the set.....
The "Subject:" line will change as well
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Thanks for that info. I'm patching my kernel I use with the 10 patches and hopefully I'll have native support. |
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silon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject: patch question and another "almost there" post |
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I'm so close, I can taste it. Please don't flame me.
How do I d/l the patches? Am I supposed to copy and paste a portion of the text to a file or insert in an existing file(?). Then I'm supposed to apply it to the kernel with
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Thanks in advance.
ps-I used the wl_asta.o modules and the kernel is compiled with the correct support 2.6.17-r8.
ifconfig shows the following:
| Code: | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:C5:B1:32:3D
inet addr:192.168.0.100 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:9805 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7686 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:14241278 (13.5 Mb) TX bytes:668082 (652.4 Kb)
Interrupt:18
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:534 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:534 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:41631 (40.6 Kb) TX bytes:41631 (40.6 Kb)
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| Code: | lsmod
Module Size Used by
fglrx 383564 8
agpgart 23304 1 fglrx
ohci1394 26672 0
snd_seq 40560 0
snd_pcm_oss 31264 0
snd_mixer_oss 13504 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_intel 13012 2
snd_hda_codec 122304 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm 61956 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 16260 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 38500 7 snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6752 3 snd
snd_page_alloc 7176 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
b44 18444 0
bcm43xx 397504 0
ieee80211softmac 23552 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 25352 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt 4864 1 ieee80211
ieee1394 71924 1 ohci1394
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| Code: | CONFIG_BCM43XX=m
CONFIG_BCM43XX_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_BCM43XX_DMA=y
CONFIG_BCM43XX_PIO=y
CONFIG_BCM43XX_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y
# CONFIG_BCM43XX_DMA_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_BCM43XX_PIO_MODE is not set
CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211=m
CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=m
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=m
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=m
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Sooo, it looks as if my interface is being named "0", but gives "0: unknown interface: No such device". Weird as the ifconfig shows the device as UP.
iwlist 0 scan says the interface doesn't support scanning.
Any observations, further info needed? Please let me know. |
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JoseJX
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| Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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For 4311/4312 users, please use the new patch specified in the first post of this thread and let us know if that works for you. It is against 2.6.18.1.
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nesl247
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| Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| As soon as I'm done installing gentoo again (going for x86 this time), I'll test it out (should be done later tonight). Thanks. |
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nesl247
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| Driver works, just having an acpi issue as we discussed. |
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Taggo
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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hi
I am using kernel 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 und I hav a Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
I do exactly how you described it and it worked without errors.
Lsmod:
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Module Size Used by
bcm43xx 382624 0
firmware_class 6240 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211softmac 18560 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 33420 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt 2656 1 ieee80211
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but ifconfig shows only
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:08:34:3A:F6
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:221 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:192 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:196446 (191.8 Kb) TX bytes:35354 (34.5 Kb)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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so I don't get a wlan device
What can I do?
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JoseJX
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | lspci -n | grep 14e4 |
That will show that you have a bcm4311 card and will require the patch listed in the first post of the thread.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Tagge,
Did you tried the "ifconfig eth1 up"? What is the output?
What is the output of "dmesg |tail"?
JoseJX,
He does have a 4311 card. |
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hi
at first: thx for the friendly support
now I'm running kernel 2.6.18-gentoo-r1and it is the same problem
I get no device and because of that youn can suggest the output of ifconfig eth1 up
| Code: | localhost ~ # ifconfig eth1 up
eth1: unknown interface: No such device
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| Code: | localhost ~ # dmesg |tail
b44.c:v1.01 (Jun 16, 2006)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0e.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
eth0: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:17:08:34:3a:f6
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
bcm43xx driver
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lsmod gives the same outup as with the other kernel
How can I use the patch? Is this a kernel patch?
Edit:
Ok I just found the instruction how to use the patch, but it still doesn't work and the output is the same.
How can I get a Wlan Device? |
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JoseJX
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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You must patch the kernel with the patch, rebuild the bcm43xx module then reload the module. Just patching isn't enough. Make sure that you're running the correct kernel and that you've built the module with debugging as suggested in the first post. Once you load the module, it should detect the cores present in your card. This will indicate that everything is working fine. If it doesn't do this, ensure that you *have* patched the kernel and that the version you are using is the version compiled from those patched sources.
Good luck.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:38 am Post subject: |
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JoseJX,
I have a question for you.
Is it possible to configure "ifconfig", so it will scan all possible channels, not just "channel 1".
My current router, WRT54G from Linksys is set to broadcast on Channel 6, but ifconfig is trying to look on channel 1 3 times. And then it dies saying "No match available".
I am asking for all possible because, I might be going away from this router, and don't know what channel will be the next one... Also, I will coming back to this AP frequently.
Thank you in advance. |
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ifconfig doesn't scan any channels. | Code: | | iwlist eth1 scanning |
will though.
Is this what you're talking about when you say channel 1?
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SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first.
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
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If so, it is scanning all 14 channels, *starting* with 1.
If you are not getting any scan results with iwlist, then I would suspect that you probably have a radio issue like nesl247. Make sure that you've enabled your radio, either through the hardware button or if it's a software button (see acer_acpi for instance). If there is no ACPI client for your machine, one workaround for now is to load the NDISwrapper driver, then unload it. This should fix whatever's not set right (maybe ACPI, maybe some radio registers, I'm not sure yet) and get it working.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:36 am Post subject: |
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ifconfig doesn't scan any channels. | Code: | | iwlist eth1 scanning |
will though.
Is this what you're talking about when you say channel 1?
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SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first.
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
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If so, it is scanning all 14 channels, *starting* with 1.
If you are not getting any scan results with iwlist, then I would suspect that you probably have a radio issue like nesl247. Make sure that you've enabled your radio, either through the hardware button or if it's a software button (see acer_acpi for instance). If there is no ACPI client for your machine, one workaround for now is to load the NDISwrapper driver, then unload it. This should fix whatever's not set right (maybe ACPI, maybe some radio registers, I'm not sure yet) and get it working.
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JoseJX,
Here is the relevant part of my dmesg:
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bcm43xx: sb_id_hi: 0x42439001
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 4, Type 2, Revision 8
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: DMA initialized
bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
bridge-eth1: enabling the bridge
bridge-eth1: is a Wireless Adapter
bridge-eth1: up
SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first.
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
SoftMAC: Scanning finished
SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first.
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
SoftMAC: Scanning finished
SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first.
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
SoftMAC: Scanning finished
SoftMAC: Unable to find matching network after scan!
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
SoftMAC: Scanning finished
localhost igor # iwlist eth1 scanning
eth1 No scan results
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As you can see the radio is turning on. However the "iwlist eth1 scan" doesn't give any results.
When I isue all those commands the radio indicator on my laptop is not lit. Does it mean that the radio is still turned off?
Even if I press the "radio on" button, it is still OFF (not lit), and I get: "Unrecognized keyboard sequence" in dmesg. All this under X/GNOME.
Maybe I just selected incorrect keyboard type?
And about acpi, is it something to do with the power management? Because I followed the Power Management Guide in the Gentoo documentation links. And I don't think I have something like this turned on in the kernel. What do I need to look for?
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