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Raccoon1400

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-04-14

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b43 wireless [SOLVED]

I followed the instructions for setting up b43 in the wiki, but it doesn't work.
dmesg when I start wireless via hotkey:

b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=yes)
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
b43-phy1: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
input: b43-phy1 as /devices/virtual/input/input12
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
b43-phy1: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Registered led device: b43-phy1::tx
Registered led device: b43-phy1::rx
Registered led device: b43-phy1::radio
b43-phy1: Radio turned on by software
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
b43-phy1: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
root@duncan-arch duncan]#

Last edited by Raccoon1400 (2009-09-04 02:43:39)

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wonder

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Re: b43 wireless [SOLVED]

that is a bug in kernel. i've reported upstream here: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13521
the only fix that i found is to enable the card(laptops have a button for that) and reboot. if i boot in my system with the card disabled is making the same as you.

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Raccoon1400

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Re: b43 wireless [SOLVED]

I boot my system with the card enabled and network manager still says wireless is disabled.

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wonder

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Re: b43 wireless [SOLVED]

now i've notice that you still load ndiswrapper which is WRONG. i think this is the main reason is not working for you. so remove ndsiwrapper from MODULES array

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Raccoon1400

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Re: b43 wireless [SOLVED]

MODULES=(mii b44 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave soundcore vboxdrv usblp fuse iwl3945)

I don't see it here, where else could it be enabled?

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Re: b43 wireless [SOLVED]

MODULES=(mii b44 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave soundcore vboxdrv usblp fuse iwl3945)

I don't see it here, where else could it be enabled?

autoload by udev maybe? remove ndiswrapper

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Raccoon1400

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Re: b43 wireless [SOLVED]

remove ndiswrapper

Why didn't I think of that?
Seems to have worked.

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