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#1 2009-12-09 03:41:27

billbar
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Registered: 2004-02-14
Posts: 100

Arch not detecting my wireless device

Here is what I gleaned from Windows Vista (I know, I know; but we have to live with reality):
Name  NETGEAR
SSID   NETGEAR
Network type   Access Point
Device  is Dell Wireless 1395 wlan mini-card

This is the response to ifconfig:
[billb@billbar ~]$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1D:09:C9:05:83
          inet addr:192.168.1.9  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21d:9ff:fec9:583/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:9385 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8648 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:9222099 (8.7 Mb)  TX bytes:1434222 (1.3 Mb)
          Interrupt:21

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1480 (1.4 Kb)  TX bytes:1480 (1.4 Kb)

[billb@billbar ~]$

all of the "iw" utilities report - "no wireless device"

Guess I need a little handholding here.
Otherwise the Arch installtion is running beautifully off a cable connection, which comes from the Netgear wireless router.

Thanks for help.

Bill

Last edited by billbar (2009-12-10 09:39:06)

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#2 2009-12-09 05:22:54

Vamp898
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

What das lspci say?

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#3 2009-12-09 05:35:27

billbar
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

[root@billbar billb]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
[root@billbar billb]#

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#4 2009-12-09 06:35:14

kermana
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

I don't own a broadcom card so can't tell for sure, but you could try installing http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 from aur. I think it should work.

Edit: also read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312

Last edited by kermana (2009-12-09 06:37:36)

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#5 2009-12-09 21:51:10

billbar
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

Here is an extract from dmesg:

b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)                                                           
executing set pll                                                                                               
executing set crtc timing                                                                                       
[drm] LVDS-6: set mode 1440x900 d                                                                               
b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1)                                             
b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95                                                                       
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PML, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]     

So what does the b43-phy0 error mean and how do I fix it?

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#6 2009-12-09 22:46:20

tomk
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

You fix it by doing as kermana already suggested i.e. by using the wl driver. Your dmesg shows that you're using the b43 driver from the 2.6.31.y kernel, which does not support the 4312 chipset.

If you want to be a bit more adventurous, you could enable the testing repo and upgrade your system. That would get you the 2.6.32 kernel, which does support the 4312 chipset using the b43 driver.

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#7 2009-12-10 02:56:20

billbar
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

The ujpgrade from testing did change the wireless capablilities but we still have some problems.
Here is an extract from dmesg:
input: Broadcom Corp as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.3/usb5/5-2/5-2.2/5-2.2:1.0/input/input15
generic-usb 0003:0A5C:4502.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Broadcom Corp] on usb-0000:00:13.3-2.2/input0
usb 5-2.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
usb 5-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Broadcom Corp as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.3/usb5/5-2/5-2.3/5-2.3:1.0/input/input16

Then from a root terminal:
[root@billbar billb]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

[root@billbar billb]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
[root@billbar billb]#

Then a request for root password from wicd:
Don't know how wicd gets started.
If I respond the program terminates with an error and disconnects my current eth0 connection.

Here are some extracts from my rc.conf
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need 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 now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=menu

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal network netfs crond alsa kdm)

The dialog and netcfg packages are in the OS.  i have tried uncommenting NETWORKS=menu but no dialog appears during the boot.
I am currently connected with cable.  Is that a conflict in enabling wireless.
The wireless network uses wpa encryption and connects in Windows Vista on this machine.  It's a dual boot machine.

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#8 2009-12-10 07:04:46

tomk
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

billbar - start a new thread please. Your issue differs from the OP's, and relates not only to driver difficulties, but also to your own lack of knowledge.

<edit>billbar - apologies. I was distracted, and did not notice that you were in fact the OP (Original Poster). I have deleted your next post, and will respond to your previous one. smile

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#9 2009-12-11 09:20:05

tomk
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Re: Arch not detecting my wireless device

Re-reading your posts, I'm guessing you didn't do much , or any, reading before trying this, so start here - there's a section about the b43 driver that covers initial configuration.

After that you need to decide how you're going to manage your wifi connection(s) - there are various options.

Which brings us to this:

billbar wrote:

Don't know how wicd gets started.

wicd is one option for wifi control, but like everything else, it needs to be set up correctly. If you don't know how it gets started, maybe this will help. Basically, it gets started because of something you did - under Arch, nothing starts on its own.

And finally this:

billbar wrote:

The dialog and netcfg packages are in the OS.  i have tried uncommenting NETWORKS=menu but no dialog appears during the boot.

netcfg is another option for wifi control - you would use wicd OR netcfg (or something else), not both.
And as before, it won't work until you configure it.

Have fun. smile

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