wireless issues after kernel update

black_math · 2011-02-01 12:54:33

Hi,

after I updated my kernel yesterday, I've been having some issues with my wireless. I'm on a dell inspiron 1545, using kde and I use the broadcom-wl driver form the AUR.

Anyways. After I did a system update yesterday, it would refuse to load the wl module. So I recompiled the driver and that was fine. But still my laptop refuses to use its wireless card. At first I just couldn't connect to any wireless, now the networkmanager just claims that my WLAN Interface is unavailable.

the output of iwconfig:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:off   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Managementmode:All packets received
          Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth1      no wireless extensions.

but if I try to run 'iwlist eth0 scan' it states:

eth0      Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument

I'm not that experienced with wireless, so I did what https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM43XX says and some other pages I found on google. 'iwconfig eth0 up' doesn't have any influence.

As I said, before the upgrade it worked fine and I also had configured it as it is described in the link above.

thanks for any inputs,

tobi

.:B:. · 2011-02-01 13:15:16

Check your dmesg output.

litemotiv · 2011-02-01 13:20:05

Which wireless card do you have black_math?

MONVMENTVM · 2011-02-01 14:11:20

IIRC a new broadcom driver was planned to be included into the 2.6.37 kernel. This may conflict with the broadcom-wl driver.

You could search for information on the broadcom driver inside of 2.6.37... it's probably just a different module than the broadcom-wl that you have to load.

black_math · 2011-02-01 14:20:04

litemotiv: 'lspci | grep Network' :
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

.:B:. : I guess (and hope) that's the only relevant part (at the top and bottom):

at the bottom what's that "wl taints kernel"

lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input1
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: PCI INT C -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 22, io mem 0xfed1c400
iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.06
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH9M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 20, io mem 0xfed1c000
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button [PBTN]
input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input4
ACPI: Sleep Button [SBTN]
ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (off-line)
Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT B -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 20, io base 0x00006f60
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
Switching to clocksource hpet
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 21, io base 0x00006f80
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
wmi: Mapper loaded
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.2: irq 22, io base 0x00006fa0
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 20, io base 0x00006f00
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 21, io base 0x00006f20
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 22, io base 0x00006f40
hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
wl: module license 'Mixed/Proprietary' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e00d <keycode>' to make it known.
eth0: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
thermal LNXTHERM:00: registered as thermal_zone0

and maybe

lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
start_kdeinit (3367): /proc/3367/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/3367/oom_score_adj instead.
sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
eth1: no IPv6 routers present

tobi

Inxsible · 2011-02-01 15:28:44

It could also be the console-kit, although downgrading is the only solution that has been proposed until now.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112729

or

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 19#p886519

black_math · 2011-02-01 15:54:14

Did a downgrade to consolekit 0.4.1-4 but it still remains the same. It's not a problem with networkmanager though, my wired Internet connection works fine.

Couldn't find any other module. When I remove the module wl, eth0 disappears completely. Tried with brcm80211 but without any result.

benji.ijneb · 2011-02-01 23:01:30

Same issue. Anything new?

skunktrader · 2011-02-01 23:12:57

Just another datapoint if it matters. I'm also using broadcom-wl driver from the AUR on a Dell Inspiron 1525 and after installing 2.6.37 and rebuilding broadcom-wl, wireless is still working fine.

Ipozya · 2011-02-01 23:44:45

black-math - maybe try and see if using WICD makes a difference?

laughingman · 2011-02-02 09:16:03

I might have the same (or a similar) problem with Gnome, GDM and WICD after updating. Only wireless connections seem to be the problem. Downgrading consolekit didn't work.

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communication Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 101)

ifconfig doesn't list wlan0
rc.conf is set up correctly
session is launched via "exec ck-launch-session gnome-session"

black_math · 2011-02-02 09:26:15

@ Ipozya: to be honest I didn't think it would work, but I gave it a try.... And it's working fine. Thank you very much. Didn't think the problem was networkmanager.

So have a good day everyone,

tobi

kgas · 2011-02-02 09:32:02

I am using broadcom-wl from aur all working fine. The only thing is to recompile it every time you got a kernel upgrade.

adament · 2011-02-02 12:09:40

Have you tried blacklisting brcm80211? At least earlier to use the wl module you had to blacklist ssb and b43 so I thought you might have to blacklist the new driver as well.

unull · 2011-02-03 07:03:32

adament wrote:

Have you tried blacklisting brcm80211? At least earlier to use the wl module you had to blacklist ssb and b43 so I thought you might have to blacklist the new driver as well.

Nice, this worked for me

lost eden · 2011-02-16 13:15:58

Similar problem here with a Dell Vostro 3300 with BCM4313. Was working fine until updates, now it will work until I close the lid of the laptop, then it won't even scan until I reboot the machine.

12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

I'll try the new blacklist & recompilation then report back.

Update: It turns out that my problem was a known issue with the new brcm80211 that has a fix described in the wiki;

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Br … cm80211.29

I have uninstalled broadcom-wl, blacklisted b43 & b43legacy, everything seems to be working fine again

Update 2: Turns out I don't even need to blacklist the old modules, brcm80211 takes precedence automatically. If it wasn't for the suspend bug I wouldn't even have noticed that the modules had changed!

Last edited by lost eden (2011-02-16 13:42:34)

kiernek · 2011-02-21 13:42:52

I have bcm4321. It worked well util now.

Reinstalling broadcom-wl after kernel upgrade didn't help.
brcm doesn't support my card. It's great

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