problem with wifi and wicd

jemadux · 2010-10-13 17:07:21

hello again .
i installed archlinux in new machine Dell Inspiron 1564 i3 4G
the lspci of the machine is

[jemadux@gatofido ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68e0
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device aa68
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4353 (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

how to enable the wifi if is closed ? ( has no button for this ) and no expirience of dell laptops
i was installed arch in my old laptop and now i dont know what can i do ...

thanks in advance

Dogmeat · 2010-10-13 17:13:59

Perhaps you don't have installed some required packages such as b43-firmware (or b43-firmware-legacy), b43-fwcutter, broadcom-wl... More information you can find in b43 wiki entry. Install rfkill and run

rfkill list

to see whether your wifi card is on or off.

jemadux · 2010-10-13 17:24:02

ok i will try this...

dedanna1029 · 2010-10-13 18:14:06

Hello,

I've received a message from jemadux about this issue, and am trying to work with him on it. He's an international user, so it may be hard for him to explain what's going on here.

I asked him for the output to rfkill list:

[root@gatofido jemadux]# rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
[root@gatofido jemadux]#

It appears that his chip is "soft blocked", but I am not wifi literate enough to know how to deal with this.

I've also asked him for the output to lspci | grep Network, and checked the list for it, but it appears it may not be supported by what's on that list? I also checked the b43 wiki. I'm wondering if these lists are all inclusive? Also if there is any other information you need to help him resolve this issue?

04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4353 (rev 01)

Thanks!

Last edited by dedanna1029 (2010-10-13 18:15:44)

Dogmeat · 2010-10-13 18:19:34

Hello dedanna1029 . I get "Soft blocked: yes" when I turn off a wifi card by a button or a key combination on a laptop, but first post (his) entire dmesg output (to pastie.org and then here a link). Then we figure out what firmware package he needs.

Dogmeat · 2010-10-13 18:26:46

Command

rfkill unblock wifi

should unblock it.

jemadux · 2010-10-13 18:29:01

http://pastie.org/1218799

Dogmeat wrote:

Command
rfkill unblock wifi
should unblock it.

yea this command unblocked it ....

Last edited by jemadux (2010-10-13 18:30:25)

Dogmeat · 2010-10-13 18:34:26

Is dmesg different now? Because I can't see in that dmesg output any useful information related to wireless.

Anyway, you should install broadcom-wl and b43-firmware from AUR and b43-fwcutter from repo.

Last edited by Dogmeat (2010-10-13 18:36:03)

dedanna1029 · 2010-10-13 18:37:18

He may need to reboot first now that he's unblocked it?

Dogmeat · 2010-10-13 18:39:33

No, it's useless now. He should install packages I mentioned earlier and after that REBOOT the computer. Then:

rmmod b43
modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip
modprobe wl

If there's an error, then

depmod -a

and modprobe modules again.

Last edited by Dogmeat (2010-10-13 18:40:41)

dedanna1029 · 2010-10-13 18:44:42

Okay, we'll have him do that, and go from there. It may be tomorrow though. Where he lives it is very late, and he's tired.

jemadux · 2010-10-14 14:25:07

i cant install this packages ?

[root@gatofido jemadux]# pacman -S rmmod b43
error: 'rmmod': could not find or read package
[root@gatofido jemadux]#

Dogmeat · 2010-10-14 14:26:24

It's not a package but a command.

jemadux · 2010-10-14 14:42:56

ok
i run the command and

[root@gatofido jemadux]# rmmod b43
ERROR: Module b43 does not exist in /proc/modules
[root@gatofido jemadux]#

Dogmeat · 2010-10-14 14:43:45

Then modprobe "lib80211_crypt_tkip" and "wl"

jemadux · 2010-10-14 14:51:28

sorry dude my mistake , i cant install the packages ... .

[root@gatofido jemadux]# pacman -S broadcom-wl b43-firmware b43-fwcutter
error: 'broadcom-wl': could not find or read package
[root@gatofido jemadux]#

Dogmeat · 2010-10-14 14:54:55

As i already said before install broadcom-wl and b43-firmware from AUR and b43-fwcutter from repo.

jemadux · 2010-10-14 14:58:05

sorry 'bout my noobiness but how to install ?

Dogmeat · 2010-10-14 15:01:50

Read AUR and makepkg as well.

jemadux · 2010-10-14 15:41:31

ok now modprobe the others

lulzapram · 2010-12-23 14:01:43

Hey all, I was wondering if the solution that you suggested for jemadux worked. I have been trying to get the Broadcom 4353 to work myself. The wiki page for the alienware M11x (which has the 4353) suggested using the "compat-wireless-patched AUR package." I was wondering if either solution is more effective than the other, or more generally, how modules that they each load differ.

Thanks in advance,
-Ernest

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problem with wifi and wicd

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