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#1 2012-10-10 19:30:42

toastman
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[SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

So i just did a fresh install of arch. Before you ask i did read the wiki well and countless forums for the past 9 or so hours and nothing i try works. Its a BCM4312. I already installed the firmware a while ago and dmesg reports

[   10.891897] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]

iwconfig, ip link and all similar packages say there's no wlan interface.
How did those who have a smilar card set it up? Been fighting with it for hours now.

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#2 2012-10-10 20:01:47

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Not a single reply? No ideas or questions? I've tried the stuff i saw suggested in similar threads. They didn't work or i did them wrong somehow. Really need the help.

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#3 2012-10-10 20:03:27

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Dude, its only been 30 minutes ... and during a work / school day for most.

Output of lspci?


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#4 2012-10-10 20:07:06

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Ah, it didn't occur to me. It's night time here and I'm so tired from trying to set this up, i can't think straight. Didn't cross my mind. Apologies.

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

I assume that's the relevant part of the output. Or did you want all of it?

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#5 2012-10-10 20:11:34

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

What specific driver are you trying to use? According to the wiki your card could use multiple drivers. Have you tried multiple? Are you sure you have the right one?


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#6 2012-10-10 20:30:17

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

I tried the one here https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 and on other sites. I've only tried broadcom-wl driver only,  just from different sites. In all the other forums people solved their problems using this one so it's what I've been trying.

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#7 2012-10-10 20:32:34

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Did you run:

lspci -vnn | grep 14e4

like in the wiki and find that the wl driver was correct for your PCI-ID?


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#8 2012-10-10 20:41:59

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

I had, but if it helps It produces

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY 
[14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:04b5]

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#9 2012-10-10 20:48:23

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

I think I'll have to pick this up tomorrow. Can't concentrate. But if anyone has any ideas post them and I'll when i come back.

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#10 2012-10-10 21:46:19

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Please post the output of
lsmod
uname -a

and
ls -l /lib/modules/


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#11 2012-10-11 07:54:06

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Just confirming that I had read the etiquette document, but pastebin won't let me create a paste for some reason, so I'll have to put it here for now.
lsmod

b43                   353794  0 
ssb                    49827  1 b43
pcmcia                 35785  2 b43,ssb
bcma                   25146  1 b43
mmc_core               81526  2 b43,ssb
mac80211              416423  1 b43
pcmcia_core            12253  1 pcmcia
snd_hda_codec_conexant    47158  1 
iTCO_wdt                5989  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1929  1 iTCO_wdt
lib80211_crypt_tkip     7738  0 
uvcvideo               72339  0 
serio_raw               4689  0 
ideapad_laptop          8662  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc       2468  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2246  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         20575  1 uvcvideo
psmouse                71557  0 
snd_hda_intel          25700  0 
snd_hda_codec          97464  2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6300  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                74926  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          7217  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              18966  1 snd_pcm
lpc_ich                10545  0 
processor              27015  2 
microcode              12377  0 
snd                    60021  6 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
i915                  473326  2 
joydev                  9991  0 
videodev              100564  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
i2c_algo_bit            5391  1 i915
evdev                  10266  11 
coretemp                6006  0 
drm_kms_helper         32749  1 i915
intel_agp              11096  1 i915
drm                   220900  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
intel_gtt              14478  3 i915,intel_agp
pcspkr                  1899  0 
sparse_keymap           3056  1 ideapad_laptop
media                  10405  2 uvcvideo,videodev
i2c_i801                8212  0 
button                  4502  1 i915
r8169                  51909  0 
ac                      2376  0 
thermal                 7959  0 
mfd_core                2833  1 lpc_ich
battery                 6517  0 
video                  11308  1 i915
wl                   2557927  0 
i2c_core               20508  6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev
soundcore               5442  1 snd
mii                     4123  1 r8169
cfg80211              173210  3 wl,b43,mac80211
rfkill                 15604  2 cfg80211,ideapad_laptop
lib80211                3949  2 wl,lib80211_crypt_tkip
ext4                  438999  3 
crc16                   1359  1 ext4
jbd2                   78720  1 ext4
mbcache                 5977  1 ext4
hid_generic             1113  0 
usbhid                 36812  0 
hid                    85672  2 hid_generic,usbhid
sd_mod                 29271  5 
sr_mod                 14823  0 
cdrom                  35648  1 sr_mod
ahci                   20581  4 
libahci                20023  1 ahci
libata                167739  2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod              133216  3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
uhci_hcd               23436  0 
ehci_hcd               41090  0 
usbcore               147498  4 uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,usbhid
usb_common               954  1 usbcore

uname -a

Linux (none) 3.5.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Oct 7 19:30:49 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ls -l /lib/modules/

total 8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 10 10:26 3.5.6-1-ARCH
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 10 10:26 extramodules-3.5-ARCH

Anyone around that can help?

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#12 2012-10-11 09:01:29

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Reread the wiki page again: it recommends that you use the open source driver.

And pay particular attention to the section about blacklisting modules that conflict with the driver you install...


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#13 2012-10-11 14:56:55

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Well, here is the stuff from my home system.  I just acquired this by ssh'ing into the box via the well behaved wireless stack.

ewaller@odin-wireless:~ 1002 %uname -a
Linux odin-wireless 3.5.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 15 08:12:04 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ewaller@odin-wireless:~ 1003 %lspci -vv | grep Broadcom
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
ewaller@odin-wireless:~ 1004 %lsmod | grep wl
ewaller@odin-wireless:~[1] 1005 %lsmod | grep b43
b43                   353762  0 
bcma                   25146  1 b43
mac80211              416391  1 b43
cfg80211              173210  2 b43,mac80211
ssb                    49827  1 b43
pcmcia                 35785  2 b43,ssb
mmc_core               81526  5 b43,ssb,mmc_block,sdhci,sdhci_pci
ewaller@odin-wireless:~ 1006 %ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:23:5a:40:e1:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:21:00:d9:45:47 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
ewaller@odin-wireless:~ 1007 %iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"Woodlyn"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: C4:3D:C7:5D:EB:8F   
          Bit Rate=36 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=63/70  Signal level=-47 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:30  Invalid misc:8482   Missed beacon:0

ewaller@odin-wireless:~ 1008 %

I bet you are missing the b43 firmware.  Check your logs and the output of dmesg. 
You need to have:

aur/b43-firmware 5.100.138-2 (298)
    Firmware for Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips

installed.


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#14 2012-10-12 07:21:37

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

After rereading this thread, forum, other forums and the wiki i have got it set up. Thanks for the help.

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#15 2012-10-12 08:18:28

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

Please include details of what you did to solve your issue
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … way_Street


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#16 2012-10-15 16:18:58

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Re: [SOLVED]The 11th billion wlan0 thread

I only reinstalled the b43 cutter and firmware. after reinstalling I thought I hadn't fixed it, but after reading more forums and the wiki I realised me wireless interface was being listed as eth0 and not wlan.

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