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:
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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)