[SOLVED] 'brcmsmac' with Broadcom BCM43225 Wireless Card

clappboard · 2011-12-04 23:08:57

I have an acer travelmate notebook, with a broadcom bcm43225 card, and when i activate the card via ip link:

sudo ip link set wlan0 up

then use wpa_supplicant:

sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -Dwext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

in the virtual console, it works and i can use dhcpcd to connect, but i get line after line of recurring output from phy0 saying that brcms_ops_bss_info_changed is setting values to true or false. this output doesn't stop until i set wlan0 to down, and makes it very hard if not impossible to work in the viurtual console, because it pops up no matter which tty i switch to.
i'm not sure if it's related, but my wireless connection drops often, and is very buggy. i've blacklisted the bcma module.
any help is appreciated.

Last edited by clappboard (2012-02-01 16:49:44)

kyoki · 2011-12-05 18:44:22

hey,
the messages you get are probably debug output. I used the brcmsmac driver and got those messages, too. If they annoy you, try switching to either b43 (recommended) or broadcoms wl driver. You can also read the wiki article about this at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless which has some detailed information about broadcom wlan cards.

Hope this helps!

clappboard · 2011-12-05 20:58:22

thanks for the reply, kyoki.
i've tried using b43 drivers with this particular card before and have gotten even worse results. i'm reluctant to use the wl drivers, because i've heard that they cause problems, and it even says as such on the arch wiki page.

kyoki · 2011-12-06 12:16:08

Well, the wl driver works for me (it really is not the best, though). Besides, the wl driver does produce debug output from time to time, too. I don't know how to suppress the messages but it'll probably involve modifying those kernel modules which is probably not what you want.

regards,
kyoki

vicros · 2012-01-29 19:55:22

hey clappy,

I've run into almost the exact same situation as you except with a bcm43224 card instead (ran the same commands and also reluctant to use the wl drivers).

I found this thread (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131790) that I believe is essentially the same error but no one seems to have a solution there either.

Also, the amount/volume of output seems to vary. Some people seem to have workable consoles where the messages only crop up occasionally; others seem to have these errors appear constantly like you. Not sure what the different factors are

I just figured I'd link you to that thread in case a solution pops up over there.

litemotiv · 2012-01-29 22:10:36

They are indeed debug messages, as a temporary workaround you could perhaps initiate your connection on a separate virtual console?

edit: oops sorry, you mention that they popup on each console...

Last edited by litemotiv (2012-01-29 22:11:07)

clappboard · 2012-01-31 22:00:45

For anyone still having this issue, please perform one or both of the following solutions:

1) Add the following to your /etc/rc.local file:

dmesg -n 3

2) and/or add this to your kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst:

loglevel=3

so that it looks something like this:

kernel /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID loglevel=3 ro

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For more info, see this forum thread:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=128609

Last edited by clappboard (2012-02-02 01:44:39)

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#1 2011-12-04 23:08:57

[SOLVED] 'brcmsmac' with Broadcom BCM43225 Wireless Card

#2 2011-12-05 18:44:22

Re: [SOLVED] 'brcmsmac' with Broadcom BCM43225 Wireless Card

#3 2011-12-05 20:58:22

Re: [SOLVED] 'brcmsmac' with Broadcom BCM43225 Wireless Card

#4 2011-12-06 12:16:08

Re: [SOLVED] 'brcmsmac' with Broadcom BCM43225 Wireless Card

#5 2012-01-29 19:55:22

Re: [SOLVED] 'brcmsmac' with Broadcom BCM43225 Wireless Card

#6 2012-01-29 22:10:36

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#7 2012-01-31 22:00:45

Re: [SOLVED] 'brcmsmac' with Broadcom BCM43225 Wireless Card

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