Wicd won't detect wireless networks ( BCM4313 ) on HP G72-250us

sbfreak · 2011-08-28 20:42:16

$ lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "", "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
#   Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged, using "" makes hwclock fall back
#   to the value in /var/lib/hwclock/adjfile
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
#   Note: if unset, the value in /etc/localtime is used unchanged
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Bucharest"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
#   Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
#   /etc/modprobe.d:
#     blacklist module
#   See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
#
MODULES=()

# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30

# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"

# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="sb1r3ak-laptop"

# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Wired network setup
#   - interface: name of device (required)
#   - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
#   - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) (optional, defaults to 255.255.255.0)
#   - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional)
#   - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# 
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# broadcast=192.168.0.255
# gateway=192.168.0.1
#
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=

interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=

# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"

# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
# If something other takes care of your hardware clock (ntpd, dual-boot...)
# you should disable 'hwclock' here.
#
DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng dbus !network netfs crond wl wicd)

Since I can connect to wired I thought this might be the problem so as suggested in the wicd archwiki I ran:

# iwconfig wlan0 power off
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.

Am I doing something wrong?What more info should I provide ?
L.E: Forgot to mention.I have enabled the [testing] and [community-testing] repositories.

Last edited by sbfreak (2011-08-28 20:44:35)

.:B:. · 2011-08-28 22:44:44

Tell us what modules are loaded. Rc.conf isn't gonna help here. And check your dmesg output, and try to set up your network manually (even doing a scan with iwlist would already provide a lot of info).

sbfreak · 2011-08-28 23:17:56

What should I look for in the dmseg output ?

[    4.942798] eth1: Broadcom BCM4727 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38

http://pastebin.com/TCNBey45

[sb1r3ak@sb1r3ak-laptop ~]$ iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

[sb1r3ak@sb1r3ak-laptop ~]$ su -
Password: 
[root@sb1r3ak-laptop ~]# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument

$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  290407  22 
ext2                   63674  1 
joydev                  9895  0 
brcmsmac              594624  0 
brcmutil                6563  1 brcmsmac
mac80211              215605  1 brcmsmac
cfg80211              160516  2 brcmsmac,mac80211
crc_ccitt               1331  1 brcmsmac
lib80211_crypt_tkip     8506  0 
hp_wmi                  7738  0 
wl                   2527176  0 
evdev                   9530  8 
sparse_keymap           3088  1 hp_wmi
radeon                992993  2 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     22092  1 
ttm                    54360  1 radeon
uvcvideo               64931  0 
drm_kms_helper         25409  1 radeon
drm                   183380  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
videodev               78006  1 uvcvideo
media                  10437  2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     8292  1 videodev
i2c_i801                8187  0 
i2c_algo_bit            5199  1 radeon
snd_hda_codec_realtek   294224  1 
i2c_core               20133  6 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,videodev,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit
thermal                 7863  0 
sg                     25557  0 
battery                10905  0 
rfkill                 15402  2 cfg80211,hp_wmi
r8169                  42643  0 
iTCO_wdt               12717  0 
intel_agp              10904  0 
intel_gtt              14423  1 intel_agp
ac                      3265  0 
button                  4470  0 
snd_hda_intel          22122  0 
snd_hda_codec          77927  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6325  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                73856  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19416  1 snd_pcm
snd                    57786  7 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               6146  1 snd
mei                    31249  0 
psmouse                55224  0 
processor              24256  0 
video                  11228  0 
wmi                     8411  1 hp_wmi
serio_raw               4294  0 
pcspkr                  1819  0 
mii                     3995  1 r8169
iTCO_vendor_support     1929  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_page_alloc          7121  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lib80211                4158  2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
ext4                  369556  2 
mbcache                 5817  2 ext2,ext4
jbd2                   71074  1 ext4
crc16                   1297  1 ext4
sr_mod                 14951  0 
cdrom                  36329  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 28307  5 
ahci                   20865  4 
libahci                18885  1 ahci
libata                173297  2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod              131482  4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd               39511  0 
usbcore               142544  3 uvcvideo,ehci_hcd

Also I've disabled wicd now because I couldn't connect to wired

Last edited by sbfreak (2011-08-28 23:24:41)

jocheem67 · 2011-08-28 23:27:25

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112766

you're using wl... Try b43 as shown in the above topic.

warenoso · 2011-08-28 23:29:23

rmmod wl and try again

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Br … the_driver

Last edited by warenoso (2011-08-28 23:36:05)

.:B:. · 2011-08-29 05:38:21

jocheem67 wrote:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112766
you're using wl... Try b43 as shown in the above topic.

He has a bgn PHY, he should be trying brcmsmac. B43 only has reliable 802.11bg support.

He should blacklist one or the other though, and wl is afaik a proprietary module one has to build oneself, so he should really decide what to use and blacklist one or the other. There have been plenty of topics about conflicting Broadcom 802.11bgn drivers lately .

Last edited by .:B:. (2011-08-29 05:39:34)

sbfreak · 2011-08-29 12:23:17

I don't understand.How do you try brcmsmac ? This is a fresh install and the first thing I did to get wireless working was to install wicd-gtk and add wicd in rc.conf .Since brcmsmac is loaded by default wicd should detect wireless right ?
After seeing that didn't work I installed broadcom-wl .Maybe the thing I did wrong was the fact that I should have blacklisted brcmsmac after installing wl ?

.:B:. · 2011-08-29 14:04:22

Try brcmsmac first, remove or blacklist wl, and try the other way around when that does not satisfy you.

sbfreak · 2011-08-29 15:11:45

I've created the following file in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

install wl /bin/false
install network /bin/false

The network module was also blacklisted in rc.conf along with wl.
Some problem.
Changed wl -> brcmsmac in blacklist.conf , modified rc.conf so wl was no longer blacklisted and rebooted.Same problem.

Edit: Did the same thing with b43 just now.Same result.

Last edited by sbfreak (2011-08-29 15:19:42)

.:B:. · 2011-08-29 15:51:24

$ man 5 modprobe.conf

explains how to blacklist modules.

sbfreak · 2011-08-29 16:19:37

I got the idea it's better to use install /bin/false from here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … acklisting
You mean

blacklist wl

instead of

install wl /bin/false

?
If that's it then it's already been done for all three.

Who'sThere? · 2011-08-29 21:47:51

Not sure if it matters but... you shouldn't need the 'eth0' entry in there if you're using wicd.

interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=

.:B:. · 2011-08-30 05:48:50

Blacklisting in rc.conf is not supported anymore, the wiki says the same btw - one of your posts above makes it look like you still blacklist through rc.conf.

Last edited by .:B:. (2011-08-30 05:50:39)

sbfreak · 2011-08-30 11:28:54

I also blacklisted in rc.conf "just to be sure" though the only thing I did was confuse you apparently.I am sorry for that.

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Wicd won't detect wireless networks ( BCM4313 ) on HP G72-250us

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