Bug 244529 - bcm43xx wireless not functional
Summary: bcm43xx wireless not functional
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: wireless-tools
Version: 7
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Christopher Aillon
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-06-16 18:25 UTC by Jackie
Modified: 2008-06-17 01:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-06-17 01:37:24 UTC
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bcm43xx dmesg output (1.29 KB, text/plain)
2007-06-16 18:25 UTC, Jackie
no flags Details

Description Jackie 2007-06-16 18:25:10 UTC
Description of problem:
I have found several other bcm43xx bugs on the list, but this does not seem to
fit those descriptions. I have used both ndiswrapper and bcm43xx-fwcutter and
still cannot get this to work fully. I am using a Dell B130 with an internal
BCM4318 wireless card. I am using the bcmwl5.sys driver that actually is the
driver that works on my windows side so I know the driver is good and it up to
date. I install the firmware using the fwcutter and update the kernel mods and
all seem fine and dandy. The problem comes when I bring the wireless up. I keep
getting this :
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

I also get the messages which I have attached when I use 'dmesg'. I also see the
following error repeating on my access point server when I bring the wireless
device on my laptop up:
Wifi0: Stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4) 

I have tried to change the channels around with the same result.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See above
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
See above

Expected results:
Fully functional wireless

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jackie 2007-06-16 18:25:10 UTC
Created attachment 157200 [details]
bcm43xx dmesg output

Comment 2 Oscar Valdez 2007-06-27 16:05:11 UTC
This bug is a duplicate of bugs 242338, 242585, 243097, 243487, 243585, and
245084. It' obviously a problem for many users.

The fix posted on fedora-list by John W. Linville here:
 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-June/msg01009.html 
doesn't work (at least for me, and, I suspect, for many others).

Please pay attention to this bug. I think it's a NetworkManager problem.

Comment 3 Ronald vd Meer 2007-12-20 22:58:07 UTC
Some useful information:

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.
wmaster0  no wireless extensions.
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          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

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep b43
b43                   129637  0 
rfkill                  9297  1 b43
mac80211              112461  1 b43
input_polldev           7241  1 b43
ssb                    29893  1 b43

[root@localhost ~]# ifup wlan0
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument

Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 
# Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
TYPE=Wireless
USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
ESSID=
CHANNEL=6
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto
HWADDR=00:19:7d:3b:f9:11
ONBOOT=yes

Note: The last config file is created by system-config-network. When checking
this file it came to my attention that the comment (#) is the same as the eth0?
Although I dont think this is the issue, it just came to my attention.

Comment 4 Ronald vd Meer 2007-12-21 07:19:10 UTC
By the way: the first error SIOCSIFFLAGS comes from the os trying to bring the
interface up. 

See file: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-wireless:
/sbin/ip link set dev ${DEVICE} up ("ifup-wireless" line 34 of 102 --33%-- col 1
)

Comment 5 Ronald vd Meer 2007-12-21 21:15:25 UTC
Ok, I found a solution for my problem.

http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Broadcom_wireless_on_Fedora

Also blacklist the ssb module in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist | grep "blacklist ssb"
blacklist ssb
[root@localhost ~]#

The short solution is rebooting the system or else try to unload the ssb module.

Comment 6 Ronald vd Meer 2007-12-21 23:06:41 UTC
To get the module loaded during startup put the following line in the
/etc/modprobe.conf:

alias wlan0 b43

The website I mentioned above says there should be something like:
alias wlan0 bcm43xx_mac80211 in the modprobe file.

For newer kernels (tested on fedora 7) this is not working. Load b43 instead and
it will work!




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