[SOLVED] Cannot upgrade system because of wlan

samuele.mattiuzzo · 2010-04-12 19:45:13

Hi all, since 3 days i cannot upgrade my system because of broadcom wl dependencies and kernel version.
I tried everything i know to fix this, but nothing happens.
This is what i get when upgrading

┌─[smau @ neplero]-[~]
└─[21:41:26]-[ $ ]> yaourt --noconfirm -Syu -d --ignore broadcom-wl
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
:: broadcom-wl: requires kernel26<2.6.33

┌─[smau @ neplero]-[~]
└─[21:41:52]-[ $ ]> uname -a
Linux neplero 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 15 20:44:03 CET 2010 x86_64 Genuine Intel(R) CPU U2300 @ 1.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

edit: this is my network card

┌─[smau @ neplero]-[~]
└─[21:57:43]-[ $ ]> lspci | grep Network
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

that doesn't seem to be supported here http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … CI_devices

i've been trying b43 driver, but wl works better for me than b43, so i'd like to stay with it.
any suggestion?
thanks

Last edited by samuele.mattiuzzo (2010-04-13 22:17:32)

flamelab · 2010-04-12 20:04:17

Rebuild that broadcom package with depends that request kernel26>2.6.32 and kernel26<2.6.34 .

(for example: depends=("kernel26>2.6.32" "kernel26<2.6.34") )

before upgrading your system.

Upgrade the system.

Then rebuild broadcom package when booting into .33 kernel.

Rezero · 2010-04-12 20:46:42

Similarly, you can install broadcom-wl-patched from AUR. It's the same thing as far as I'm aware.

samuele.mattiuzzo · 2010-04-13 19:42:11

will it be working? actually i'm trying to use b43 from the archwiki how-to, but that's what i get:

┌─[smau @ neplero]-[~]
└─[21:40:33]-[ $ ]> sudo 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
          
pan0      no wireless extensions.

so far, i've always seen just eth1 and eth0, but wlan0 seems up...

┌─[smau @ neplero]-[~]
└─[21:41:36]-[ $ ]> sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

so as you can see, i cannot turn it on nor use it...

wonder · 2010-04-13 19:47:43

@samuele.mattiuzzo you just need to read carefully the wiki. you missed to install the firmware

bobdob · 2010-04-13 19:48:45

The "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory" error means that the firmware for the card isn't installed.

Edit: Too slow

Last edited by bobdob (2010-04-13 19:49:30)

samuele.mattiuzzo · 2010-04-13 20:00:30

nope, i did it (b43 -w bla bla bla) and all went good (as it said...)

┌─[smau @ neplero]-[~/b43/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod]
└─[22:01:19]-[ $ ]> sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware/" wl_apsta.o 
This file is recognised as:
  ID         :  FW11
  filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  version    :  351.126
  MD5        :  9207bc565c2fc9fa1591f6c7911d3fc0
Extracting b43/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43/ucode13.fw
Extracting b43/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw

Last edited by samuele.mattiuzzo (2010-04-13 20:02:35)

wonder · 2010-04-13 20:13:53

you got the wrong firmware. http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/br … .4.tar.bz2

rm -rf /lib/firmware/b43 then do what the wiki says:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/B43#b43

Last edited by wonder (2010-04-13 20:14:28)

samuele.mattiuzzo · 2010-04-13 22:16:54

it was just the wrong firmware (and wiki page o.o), anyway, doing that with b43 from git and 4.178 firmware fixed it up thanks!!!

hosage · 2010-04-16 03:35:14

Same happens to me, i can't update because of broadcom-wl dependencies, and my card is a broadcom 4312 but the id is: 14e4:4315 and according to the b43 page, my card is supported in wireless-testing (LP PHY).

does it means that i will having more troubles if i change to b43? is any other fix arround?

UPDATE:

Doesn't matter anymore, just fully updates and changed to b43. Thanks guys.

Solved +1

Last edited by hosage (2010-04-16 04:21:40)

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