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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:36 am    Post subject: problems using wireless (broadcom 4313) [solved] Reply with quote

I have successfully installed my drivers and can detect wlan0 using the b43-firmware.
I cannot seem to be able to use this NIC at all
if I use wicd or network manager, Opera freezes, ifconfig doesn't work and the system cannot reboot(and I cant use wireless), if I use rfkill to disable wlan0, wicd/network manager work just fine till i reenable wlan0.
ifconfig wlan0 up yields the same result.
I'm using 09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

here's my kernel config: http://pastebin.com/b9cR2qwN



thanks

I unmerged b43 firmware and installed linux-firmware instead, then I brought up the interface(ifup wlan0) and everything is working now


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a 4306, a little older than yours, but using network manager never works correctly for me. At times its spotty, and therefore, I only use iwconfig and openrc
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the reply first of all

iwconfig yields the same result, anything that has to do with wireless simply screws things up
ill try using openrc bt i imagine I'll be getting the same result
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gentoo Handbook: Section 8.b
Wireless Networking: Section 4.c

Is the firmware loaded :?:
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

well I've tried both sections and nothing
the firmware is loaded(b43-firmware)
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
brcmsmac 493196 0
cordic 1056 1 brcmsmac
brcmutil 4293 1 brcmsmac
mac80211 491362 1 brcmsmac
cfg80211 379907 2 brcmsmac,mac80211
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've also came across the following, don't know if it's of any help though
gentoo-pc linux # dmesg | grep brc
[ 7.925263] brcmsmac bcma0:0: mfg 4bf core 812 rev 24 class 0 irq 0
[ 7.926132] brcmsmac bcma0:0: wl0: wlc_attach: dma_attach failed
[ 7.926139] phy0: wl0: brcms_b_attach: failed with err 19
[ 7.926143] phy0: wl0: brcms_c_attach: failed with err 19
[ 7.926152] phy0: brcmsmac: attach() failed with code 19
[ 7.926155] brcmsmac: brcms_bcma_probe: brcms_attach failed!
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

your card is not supported under b43 :twisted:

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi#b43

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http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your card is supported, though you must use the STA driver
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just installed the broadcom-sta drivers and disabled the old ones
I don't see wlan0 under ifconfig -a anymore
any tips?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've unmerged the b43firmware and broadcom-sta and i'm trying the linux-firmware along with the softmac kernel driver, now the wlan0 interface is present and I can run wicd without hanging the pc, I cannot find any wireless networks though
the error is:
no wireless networks found


gentoo-pc ~ # iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

some more info:

gentoo-pc ~ # rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
gentoo-pc ~ # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

a simple ifup brought up the interface and everything is working now

I'll try broadcom-sta later for the LED functionality but for now I'll be enjoying my wifi at last

thanks everyone
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iwconfig requires wext compiled into the kernel... what driver did you get working?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I might have enabled wext at some point when I was messing around with my kernel config
I got the brmsmac module working
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