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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:36 am Post subject: problems using wireless (broadcom 4313) [solved] |
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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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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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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 _________________ The Birth and Growth of Science is the Death and Atrophy of Art -- Unknown
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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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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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eyoung100 Veteran
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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:31 am Post subject: |
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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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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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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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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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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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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:45 am Post subject: |
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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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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:05 am Post subject: |
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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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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:09 am Post subject: |
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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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666threesixes666 Veteran
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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iwconfig requires wext compiled into the kernel... what driver did you get working? |
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Adel Ahmed Veteran
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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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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