[CentOS] Broadcom Wifi Problem
b.j. mcclure
keepertoad at bellsouth.net
Mon Sep 5 20:54:59 UTC 2011
On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 19:28 +0000, Michael D. Berger wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:59:28 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 18:26 +0000, Michael D. Berger wrote:
> >> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:11:21 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >> >
> >> > I would start with native packages in CentOS 6 and if operation is
> >> > unsatisfactory then seek another solution.
> >>
> >> Yes, the native packages didn't work and I am mow seeking "another
> >> solution". They did show the presence of wlan0, but they would not
> >> connect.
> >>
> >> Mike.
> >
> > Could you please post the output of the following:
> >
> > rpm -qa | grep fwcutter
> >
> > lspci
> >
> > lsmod
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > B.J.
> >
>
>
> Thanks for your interest. I hope it is not more
> than you expected.
>
> rpm -qa | grep fwcutter:
> b43-fwcutter-012-2.2.el6.i686
>
> lspci:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML
> and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,
> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME,
> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition
> Audio Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
> (rev 02)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
> (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface
> Bridge (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA
> IDE Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev
> 02)
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
> (rev 01)
> 05:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
> 05:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host
> Adapter (rev 19)
> 05:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev
> 01)
> 05:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host
> Adapter (rev 0a)
> 05:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev
> 05)
> 05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network
> Connection (rev 02)
>
> lsmod:
> Module Size Used by
> sit 8292 0
> tunnel4 2089 1 sit
> sunrpc 197617 1
> cpufreq_ondemand 8454 2
> acpi_cpufreq 7416 1
> nf_conntrack_ipv4 7700 29
> nf_defrag_ipv4 1013 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
> ipt_REJECT 1905 1
> ipt_LOG 4835 9
> xt_iprange 1842 2
> iptable_filter 2147 1
> ip_tables 9541 1 iptable_filter
> ip6t_REJECT 3961 2
> nf_conntrack_ipv6 16198 2
> xt_state 1006 31
> nf_conntrack 66010 3
> nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
> ip6table_filter 2219 1
> ip6_tables 10809 1 ip6table_filter
> ipv6 264890 37 sit,ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
> dm_mirror 11620 0
> dm_region_hash 10127 1 dm_mirror
> dm_log 8520 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
> wmi 5189 0
> e100 27825 0
> mii 4289 1 e100
> sg 24778 0
> i2c_i801 9222 0
> iTCO_wdt 9324 0
> iTCO_vendor_support 2382 1 iTCO_wdt
> wl 2635904 0
> lib80211 4858 1 wl
> snd_hda_codec_conexant 28491 1
> snd_hda_intel 21333 3
> snd_hda_codec 70277 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
> snd_hwdep 5320 1 snd_hda_codec
> snd_seq 46091 0
> snd_seq_device 5354 1 snd_seq
> snd_pcm 67225 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
> snd_timer 18308 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd 52754 14
> snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 6460 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 7080 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> ext4 322671 3
> mbcache 5918 1 ext4
> jbd2 73876 1 ext4
> aes_i586 7208 2
> aes_generic 26803 1 aes_i586
> xts 1907 1
> gf128mul 7923 1 xts
> dm_crypt 10848 1
> firewire_ohci 21090 0
> firewire_core 42630 1 firewire_ohci
> crc_itu_t 1343 1 firewire_core
> sdhci_pci 5714 0
> sdhci 17819 1 sdhci_pci
> mmc_core 61320 1 sdhci
> sr_mod 14187 0
> cdrom 34036 1 sr_mod
> sd_mod 33344 3
> crc_t10dif 1191 1 sd_mod
> ata_generic 2555 0
> pata_acpi 2487 0
> ata_piix 19016 2
> i915 290879 2
> drm_kms_helper 29029 1 i915
> drm 163291 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
> i2c_algo_bit 4600 1 i915
> i2c_core 25799 5
> i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
> video 16662 1 i915
> output 1779 1 video
> dm_mod 63827 14 dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_crypt
>
Your firmware appears to be installed and the wl driver you compiled
appears to be loaded. If the driver and firmware are compatible then I
would check that Network Manager is running and Networking and Wireless
Networking are enabled in the NM applet. Network Manager should create
an auto-<ssid_of_accesspoint> configuration file
in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
If that all looks o.k. I'll have to pass the baton to someone that may
have experience with your driver.
The stock driver (b43) does work on my machine although on some routers
dhcp does not work and I have had to configure a static IP to get a
connection. ymmv.
B.J.
CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
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