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 Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:29 am Post subject: bcm43xx enable problem |
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Hi,
I am using a Fujitsu Siemens AMILO A1655G notebook with a Broadcom Wireless NIC. It is based on the bcm4318 chipset... I am using an AMD64 platform Gentoo; I've both tried ndiswrapper as well as bcm43xx-fwcutter with the wl_apsta.o firmware.
The firmware loads succesfully. This is what happens if I try to set it up using bcm43xx (softmac, ieee80211 and wep are all modules):
lsmod (reduced to relevant modules):
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Module Size Used by
bcm43xx 418752 0
ieee80211softmac 27840 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 42408 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt 7232 1 ieee80211
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dmesg:
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ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.7
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
bcm43xx driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:0a.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision 7
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 8)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
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now let's init eth1 (ifconfig eth1 up); now for the new dmesg replys:
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bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: DMA initialized
bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
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Well, well.. assertion failed doesn't look too good.. but let's go on trying (encryption disabled for test reasons):
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eth1 No scan results
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Not good (essid is published!).. anyway, continue:
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iwconfig eth1 channel 13
iwconfig eth1 essid "FutureGateway"
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no new dmesg values but iwconfig says:
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eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"FutureGateway" Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.484 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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Doesn't sound well at all.. Access Point: Invalid
and "dhcpcd eth1" returns a timeout
doesn't seem to work.. my suspection:
the notebook has a button above the keyboard to activate the Wireless connection.. a LED is lighting while it's active..
on Linux neither with ndiswrapper nor with bcm43xx it lights up... on Windows an application called PM.EXE (Power Manager) is listening to this button.. I guess it is sending some command to the Wi-Fi adapter and I am missing this command..
the following commands did not work in my tests (maybe I need additional modules as WEP encryption also failed ("Operation not supported")...
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localhost ~ # iwconfig eth1 power on
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2D) :
GET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
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txpower on works.. but doesn't do anything.. do I need a special software (I can emerge via normal LAN).. or do I need to activate a special module.. thx. |
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Appleman1234
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: |
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Try ifconfig eth1 up 
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jasperbg
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| Appleman1234 wrote: | | Try ifconfig eth1 up |
Did you even read his post? |
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thomasmue
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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I had the same problem with a Broadcom 4306 Chipset in a Dell Latitude D505 Notebook. My primary OS is Windows XP (as the Notebook is from my employer  ), and I boot gentoo off a USB disc. I had shut down the radio while running XP. So the solution for me was simple: Boot XP, turn radio on, reboot in gentoo, and it works.
Best regards
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laugh
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Using Dell Inspiron 1300, broadcom, bcm4318 chipset, tried ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter, same error line (ASSERTION FAILED etc). I also get "MAC suspend failed" and "FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR" along with that. Using 2.6.17 gentoo sources. |
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speak2000
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe I'm just retarded or something, but I can't find bcm43xx in the kernel menuconfig. What is it under?
(Seems that since I did emerge --sync (or perhaps emerge world), wireless has died. )
I used to use ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant, but at this point, I can't seem to get the wireless device to show up anywhere.
ndiswrapper claims the driver is installed and "hardware present"
modprobe ndiswrapper returns nothing (so I'd assume its working)
However, If I try /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start, I get:
| Code: | # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
* Starting wlan0
* Bringing up wlan0
* dhcp
* wlan0 does not exist [ !! ]
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lspci does find the device.
The only crap thats in dmesg related to wireless is:
| Code: | ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.7
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
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Since its intel, I'm gonna try disabling this thing in config and see what happens..
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speak2000
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, after disabling Networking>Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack I was able to get my old bcmwl5a driver to work and get back on wireless.
(yay!) Hope this helps someone.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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previously i was trying to use bcm43xx-fwcutter, ndiswrapper with xp drivers, ndiswrapper with drivers listed on their page for my chipset. none worked.
now, at last i used drivers from http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102&highlight=bcm4318 and, it works perfect for me now. ndiswrapper+wpa_supplicant on gentoo sources 2.6.17r2. |
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Appleman1234
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:54 am Post subject: |
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jasperbg:I did read his post.
I have a bcm4318, and it works with bcm43xx in Gentoo.
The driver is beta and has some issues, but the developers are working on it.
First you need udev 0.9.4, no more and no less
The steps you must do are
1.modprobe -r bcm43xx ; modprobe bcm43xx
2. iwconfig bcm43xx networkinterface (eg eth0, eth1, eth2 etc) essid Essid here key key here (you can leave out key if not using encryption)
3. ifconfig bcm43xx networkinterface (eg eth0, eth1, eth2 etc) up (this is the step he missed / didn't do in correct order, which is why iwconfig says invalid, the device can't associate unless the network interface is up)
4. dmesg (not really necessary but good as a check). If you don't get SoftMAC: associated!, then repeat above steps until you do, or move closer to router and repeat above steps
5. dhcpcd -d bcm43xx networkinterface (eg eth0, eth1, eth2 etc) & . Voila your wireless works.
Ndiswrapper does work but only in some situations, in other situations it to fails to associate.
As mentioned on bcm43xx forums and IRC, this order of commands is very important.
jasperbg: And I was lead to believe the Gentoo forums were excellent and yet you attack me. |
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ChickensDontFly
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:09 am Post subject: |
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I have the same/similar card and ndiswrapper works great. I haven't been in a situation yet where it fails to associate. The wireless on/off button even works.
To anyone who decides to use ndiswrapper on 64 bit processor, make sure you get the 64-bit windows driver. |
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Flakeygator
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| speak2000 wrote: | Ok, after disabling Networking>Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack I was able to get my old bcmwl5a driver to work and get back on wireless.
(yay!) Hope this helps someone. |
It has helped me halfway thnx
after updating the kernel to 2.6.17-r8 my ndiswrapper -l showed the driver installed
I forgot to rebuild ndiswrapper gnarl after upgrade
I blame it on swampgas lol
so I rebuild ndiswrapper
used the Fn+ F2 button
iwconfig
and it works again!!!!! thnx
hope this helps someone 2 |
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