op 09-01-14 11:41, Johan Vermeulen schreef: > op 19-12-13 12:38, Johan Vermeulen schreef: >> op 19-12-13 12:23, wwp schreef: >>> Hello Johan, >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:08:17 +0100 Johan Vermeulen <jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> I'm having trouble on 2 laptops Lenovo B580 since upgrading to Centos6.5. >>>> ( Because it's a Lenovo I cannot switch the network card for a better >>>> supported network card. ) >>>> >>>> There on the latest kernel : >>>> >>>> root at jac network-scripts]# uname -a >>>> Linux jac.cawdekempen 2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 13 >>>> 13:06:13 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>> >>>> >>>> With the help of the Elrepo Broadcom page I got the driver and that part >>>> works fine. >>>> The network card works : >>>> >>>> # vi /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules >>>> # PCI device 0x14e4:0x4727 (wl) >>>> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", >>>> ATTR{address}=="c0:14:3d:c1:f6:ef", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", >>>> NAME="eth1" >>>> >>>> # uname -a >>>> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr C0:14:3D:C1:F6:EF >>>> inet6 addr: fe80::c214:3dff:fec1:f6ef/64 Scope:Link >>>> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >>>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:651 >>>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >>>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) >>>> Interrupt:17 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> But I cannot connect to any wireless network with neither of the machines. >>>> >>>> I click on the gnome-nm-applet and type in the password. >>>> >>>> [root at jac network-scripts]# tail -f /var/log/messages >>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added >>>> 'scan_ssid' value '1' >>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added >>>> 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK' >>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added 'psk' >>>> value '<omitted>' >>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: added 'group' >>>> value 'TKIP CCMP' >>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage >>>> 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. >>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Config: set interface >>>> ap_scan to 1 >>>> Dec 19 11:10:17 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: inactive -> scanning >>>> Dec 19 11:10:18 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: scanning -> associating >>>> Dec 19 11:10:28 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: associating -> disconnected >>>> Dec 19 11:10:28 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: disconnected -> scanning >>>> Dec 19 11:10:29 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: scanning -> associating >>>> Dec 19 11:10:39 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: associating -> disconnected >>>> Dec 19 11:10:39 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: disconnected -> scanning >>>> Dec 19 11:10:40 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: scanning -> associating >>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation >>>> (eth1/wireless): association took too long. >>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): device state >>>> change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0) >>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation >>>> (eth1/wireless): asking for new secrets >>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect >>>> supplicant interface: Method "Disconnect" with signature "" on interface >>>> "fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.Interface" doesn't exist#012. >>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect >>>> supplicant interface: Method "Disconnect" with signature "" on interface >>>> "fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.Interface" doesn't exist#012. >>>> Dec 19 11:10:42 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): supplicant >>>> connection state: associating -> disconnected >>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): device state >>>> change: 6 -> 9 (reason 7) >>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation (eth1) >>>> failed for access point (Clive) >>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> Marking connection >>>> 'Auto Clive' invalid. >>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <warn> Activation (eth1) failed. >>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): device state >>>> change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0) >>>> Dec 19 11:10:43 jac NetworkManager[2148]: <info> (eth1): deactivating >>>> device (reason: 0). >>>> >>>> googling for "centos6 WPASupplicant.Interface" doesn't exist#012" I >>>> found this bug: >>>> >>>> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5834 >>>> >>>> >>>> could this be the same issue? >>> Got the exact same problem after upgrading to CentOS 6.5, and I was not >>> the only one. The archives of this ML would bring you help, check the >>> thread I started: >>> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:26:19 +0100 >>> From: wwp <subscript at free.fr> >>> To: centos at centos.org >>> Subject: [CentOS] Upgrade to CentOS 6.5 -> issue with Broadcom Wifi >>> >>> As suggested by contributors here, and as written at http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod, >>> I ended up installing the latest available driver by building the RPM >>> from the archive of the sources. The procedure is described at the link >>> above. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >> Hello, >> >> thanks for the reply. >> >> I did build the driver, using >> wl-kmod-6_30_223_141-2.el6.elrepo.nosrc.rpm >> <http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/SRPMS/wl-kmod-6_30_223_141-2.el6.elrepo.nosrc.rpm> >> and hybrid-v35_64-nodebug-pcoem-6_30_223_141.tar.gz >> This resulted in kmod-wl-6_30_223_141-2.el6.local.x86_64.rpm >> which I hope is the latest. >> >> This results in a working network card, so that part went fine. >> >> I guess the wpa_supplicant is maybe a different issue. >> >> Greetings, J. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > Dear All, > > looks to me I was having trouble with this cards because I still had the > Elrepo - compiled drivers installed. > Seems like Broadcom BCM4313 now works out of the box. > > Greetings, J. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I have now found out I have two types of cards: Broadcom BCM4313 cards, subsystem : Subsystem: Foxconn International. These work with bcma. Broadcom BCM4313 cards, subsystem : Broadcom. For these I need the Elrepo driver, *and* blacklist bcma. Then all works fine. Greetings, J.