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#1 2009-01-28 09:44:41

lord_zlayer
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From: Sweden, Trollhättan
Registered: 2007-10-29
Posts: 27

hp2133 wireless disappears (broadcom-wl?)

Hi everyone!

I am in a state considering to install windows again.
A little ackground: I bought an HP 2133 mininote and got arch installed and almost full working. Ive got two problems left and that is the graphic card Chrome 9 "that doesnt belong in this section but just to mention it" and the wireless card.
I can live without fully working graphic card for awile but not thes that it  wireless.
The problem with the wirless is that its connection disappears, it dissapears if I exit X and startx again, and it disappears after some minutes when I just hanging around and surfing or playing or wathever. The time varies.
To temporarly solve it when it disappears I have to reboot the computer.
Without this working I cant stay with Arch until I got this fixed so I hope you guys can help me.

lspci tells me:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)

wich according to the wiki if I checked it right should be the broadcom-wl driver that I installed from AUR using yaourt.

lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  260084  8
via                    42496  0
reiserfs              231424  1
joydev                 11712  0
snd_pcsp               11048  1
serio_raw               7172  0
psmouse                55828  0
uvcvideo               57736  0
compat_ioctl32          3072  1 uvcvideo
videodev               34176  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            15364  2 uvcvideo,videodev
i2c_viapro              9620  0
hci_usb                15384  0
i2c_core               22804  1 i2c_viapro
bluetooth              54372  1 hci_usb
sg                     26804  0
lis3lv02d              11844  0
video                  18576  0
output                  4608  1 video
leds_hp_disk            4612  0
led_class               5508  1 leds_hp_disk
wmi                     7848  0
shpchp                 34068  0
pci_hotplug            28064  1 shpchp
evdev                  11296  7
thermal                17180  0
processor              41388  2 thermal
fan                     6276  0
button                  7824  0
battery                12036  0
ac                      6020  0
snd_seq_oss            31872  0
snd_seq_midi_event      8192  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                49968  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8204  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel         412852  1
snd_hwdep               9092  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            40192  0
snd_pcm                70020  3 snd_pcsp,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21384  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10120  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          16512  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    50852  14 snd_pcsp,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               8160  1 snd
drm                    83880  1 via
via_agp                10112  1
agpgart                31572  2 drm,via_agp
rtc_cmos               12332  0
rtc_core               17564  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 4480  1 rtc_core
ext3                  126984  3
jbd                    46996  1 ext3
mbcache                 8708  1 ext3
dm_crypt               14724  0
dm_mod                 54216  1 dm_crypt
tg3                   122116  0
libphy                 19456  1 tg3
uhci_hcd               24592  0
ehci_hcd               36876  0
usbcore               136848  5 uvcvideo,hci_usb,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
sd_mod                 26904  6
wl                   1074436  0
ieee80211_crypt         6532  1 wl
sata_via               10884  5
ata_generic             6788  0
pata_acpi               6016  0
libata                158112  3 sata_via,ata_generic,pata_acpi
scsi_mod              102164  3 sg,sd_mod,libata

Im using the networkmanager to setup my wireless settings cause I havent yet understand the standard way to setup wpa-psk encryption so the networkmanager seemed easier.
At home I setup my wireless with wpa-psk and at work I use my phone with Windows Mobile Wifi Router to setup an not protected network and in both case the connection disappears.

Now I dont know what more info I can get for you so if it is anything more I can output more than lspci and lsmod tell me. Im going to answer as soon as possible.

I also think this thread is important to others with the HP 2133 who wants to try out Arch. I hope in the future the wiki will include an HP 2133 specifik page to get this wireless driver and the Chrome9 graphic card to work properly.

Edit: When I was going to post this message the connection had disappeared but luckily this time it could reconnect, happends sometimes :D

Thx in advance!

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