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.