[SOLVED] BCM4322 Wireless

ss7 · 2010-06-21 21:02:45

I am running a macbook pro 5.5 with the broadcome BCM4322 card. I can't seem to get my card to have any connectivity. I have spent time searching google and wikis with no luck. I have installed the broadcom-wl module via yaourt, blacklisted ssb and b43. I have wl showing when listing the loaded modules. I believe this is the same module I used and had it working with prior to this upgraded installation. If you have any insight or recommended direction for a solution, please help!

[ss7@myhost ~]$ lspci | grep Network
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

[ss7@myhost ~]$ lsmod | grep wl
wl                   1944142  0 
lib80211                3942  2 wl,lib80211_crypt_tkip

[ss7@myhost ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:BB:0A:F7:E5  
          inet6 addr: fe80::226:bbff:fe0a:f7e5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:23 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:B0:DF:E6:84  
          inet addr:192.168.2.133  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::226:b0ff:fedf:e684/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:8266 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9589 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:4992108 (4.7 Mb)  TX bytes:1268942 (1.2 Mb)
          Interrupt:27 Base address:0xa000 

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[ss7@myhost ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      IEEE 802.11  Nickname:""
          Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Link Quality:5  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0

eth1      no wireless extensions.

[ss7@myhost ~]$ iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

rc.conf

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

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# 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"
HARDWARECLOCK=""
TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(lib80211_crypt_tkip wl !b43 !ssb)

# 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="myhost"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
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=(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
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal network netfs crond)

Cheers,
Sam

Last edited by ss7 (2010-06-24 18:02:47)

shemz · 2010-06-22 00:17:13

what do you get with these commands

cat /proc/modules | grep b43
cat /proc/modules | grep ssb

if you get any output, try blacklisting these modules by adding to rc.conf

MOD_BLACKLIST=(b43 ssb)

Last edited by shemz (2010-06-22 11:11:22)

ss7 · 2010-06-22 00:23:42

It would appear they are not active:

[ss7@archmac ~]$ cat /proc/modules | grep b43
[ss7@archmac ~]$ cat /proc/modules | grep ssb
[ss7@archmac ~]$

.:B:. · 2010-06-22 10:24:14

Check out dmesg for pointers, you need firmware and I didn't see you mention that (broadcom cards used to require external firmware).

shemz · 2010-06-22 11:20:38

dmesg might report firmware problems (i think these errors are caused by b43 ?). but with broadcom-wl package no additional firmware is required. check if your wireless module is not turned off, both on hardware level (any keyboard key) and on soft level (rfkill).

ss7 · 2010-06-22 12:47:10

I don't have any hardware keys to turn off wireless with the mac and I haven't installed any such software on the system directly unless it was due to dependencies.. dmesg did report eth0 as belonging to the wireless card. I did not see any other indications of error.

dmesg is posted at:
http://tinypaste.com/da368

Sam

shemz · 2010-06-22 22:28:06

ok here is the thing. iwlist can only be run with root privileges, i think you are trying to run as normal user. also if you are using a GUI, install network manager and nmapplet (or any other connection manager) and try connecting. or if you prefer cli, then use wpa_supplicant to bind directly.

ss7 · 2010-06-22 22:46:56

I ended up getting it working. I removed all dependencies and the broadcom-wl package. I used pacman to install all dependencies and allowed yaourt to build only the broadcom-wl package. Rebooted and worked like a charm.

Cheers,
Sam

trusktr · 2010-07-23 22:19:33

I have a brand new install of arch, also using bcm4322.

So what exactly should I do to make it work like yours? Just "yaourt -S broadcom-wl" ? Is that all?

Arch Linux

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