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On Sunday 15 Jan 2012 01:38:08 Carlos Sura wrote: |
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> On 14 January 2012 18:14, Carlos Sura <carlos.sura1@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hello Mates, |
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> > I have updated my kernel to 3.2.1, using my old config, when I boot my |
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> > laptop with the new kernel, my wireless was not working, I thought that |
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> > it was my mistake, but after a google search I found the following |
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> > article: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Broadcom_43xx |
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I'm not sure that this article is up to date. |
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Have you been through this: |
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http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 |
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> > Since, my wireless card is: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n |
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> > Wireless LAN Controller |
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> > That should work, right? |
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I'm running stable kernels and actually I'm still with 3.0.6 because the 3.1.6 |
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crashes when I suspend to RAM. Also my wireless card is BCM4312 802.11b/g LP- |
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PHY and it works fine with the b43 driver on the older kernels - which driver |
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was yours using? |
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(from lspci -k) |
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05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev |
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Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card |
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Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge |
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Kernel modules: ssb |
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> > Then I did the Open Source Kernel Driver, and installed the package |
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> > broadcom-sta. |
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The broadcom-sta is Broadcom's proprietary driver - not Open Source! |
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According to the URL I mention above the BCM4313 chipset uses unsupported LCN |
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PHY, and the kernel developers are working on it. May be worth talking to |
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them on #bcm-users in irc.freenode.net to see what they recommend. I suspect |
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your choices are wl (which I don't think is in kernel) and the staging driver |
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brcmsmac (because the mac80211 does not work with Broadcom's proprietary |
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ieee80211 stack). |
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> > Boot the laptop again, and 'voila' wireless was working again, but after |
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> > 25-30 minutes using it, it stopped working, show me a blank screen with |
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> > the following error: |
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> > Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! |
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> > Jan 14 18:12:14 gentoo-b0x kernel: [ 614.214017] ERROR |
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> > @wl_cfg80211_get_station : Could not get rssi (-22) |
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> > with a loop of that message, I could not do anything, just ctrl + alt + |
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> > supr to reboot |
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> > Second time, took 15-20 minutes and the same mistake, this is my third |
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> > time with the new kernel, I'm 15 minutes now, and nothing happened. |
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See if the module has any options for power saving and switch them off. |
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> > Any help? |
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> > Regards |
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> > -- |
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> > Carlos Sura.- |
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> > www.carlossura.com |
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> I'm back in the old kernel, and removed the broadcom-sta package and |
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> wireless seems to works. |
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> So, there is no need of broadcom-sta at this moment in the old kernel, |
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> maybe the new kernel works too without that package, I will update later, |
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> after testing. |
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It may help if you were to tell us which driver you are now using. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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