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From: Joakim Gebart <joakim@××××××.se>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wlan0 failed to start
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:55:02
Message-Id: CAEVyRBL4D+PuxgCK4qBcoW2LRvzLNHshPJOUVRhRtnpZ=HhKBA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] wlan0 failed to start by "Tomáš Hájek"
1 2013/10/2 Tomá¹ Hájek <tomcat.master@×××××.com>:
2 > Hi guys!
3 > For me this is first time installing gentoo on my own and right now I'm
4 > really out of ideas.
5 >
6 > My problem is:
7 >
8 > tombook tom # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
9 > net.wlan0 | * Bringing up interface wlan0
10 > net.wlan0 | * ERROR: interface wlan0 does not exist
11 > net.wlan0 | * Ensure that you have loaded the correct kernel module
12 > for your hardware
13 > net.wlan0 | * ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start
14 > tombook tom #
15 >
16 > You can see that my wifi interface does not come up and ifconfig don't know
17 > about it either.
18 >
19 > tombook tom # ifconfig -a
20 > lo: flags=73<AKTIVOVÁNO,SMYÈKA,BÌ®Í> mtu 65536
21 > inet 127.0.0.1 sí»ová_maska 255.0.0.0
22 > inet6 ::1 délka_prefixu 128 scopeid 0x10<stroj>
23 > loop délka_odchozí_fronty 0 (Místní smyèka)
24 > RX packetù 0 bajtù 0 (0,0 B)
25 > RX chyb 0 zahozeno 0 pøeteèení 0 rámcù 0
26 > TX packetù 0 bajtù 0 (0,0 B)
27 > TX chyb 0 zahozeno 0 pøeteèení 0 pøenos 0 kolizí 0
28 >
29 > sit0: flags=128<NEARP> mtu 1480
30 > sit délka_odchozí_fronty 0 (IPv6-in-IPv4)
31 > RX packetù 0 bajtù 0 (0,0 B)
32 > RX chyb 0 zahozeno 0 pøeteèení 0 rámcù 0
33 > TX packetù 0 bajtù 0 (0,0 B)
34 > TX chyb 0 zahozeno 0 pøeteèení 0 pøenos 0 kolizí 0
35 >
36 > tombook tom #
37 >
38 > I've tried probably every solution I could find on forums, but nothing
39 > works. I would make me very happy if someone could help me solving this
40 > problem :)
41 >
42 >
43 > For further info here is my lspci, and config as attachment of this email.
44 >
45 > tombook tom # lspci -v
46 -- snip --
47 > 04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n
48 > Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
49 > Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2047
50 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
51 > Memory at fea00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
52 > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
53 > Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
54 > Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
55 > Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
56 > Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
57 > Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
58 > Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-ca-ff-ff-66-00-08
59 > Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
60 > Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
61
62 According to the b43 page on linux wireless [1], the BCM4313 chipset
63 is not yet supported, but someone is working on it.
64 There is, however, another driver [2] which should work if the correct
65 firmware is installed, try emerging linux-firmware and then modprobe
66 brcmsmac
67
68 >
69 > As I said, I'm out of ideas and appreciate any help.
70 > Thanks
71 > ---
72 > Tomas Hajek
73 > CZE
74
75 [1]http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Supported_devices
76 [2]http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211#Supported_Chips

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Re: [gentoo-user] wlan0 failed to start "Tomáš Hájek" <tomcat.master@×××××.com>