b43-fwcutter broke rfkill on 9.10

[ratdude747]

I have also lost wifi since upgrading to 9.10. Computer is a Dell Inspiron 8200 with a mini-PCI Broadcom 4303 (using b43legacy driver). Otherwise results are the same as original poster's.

From the info in /var/log/messages, card is being turned off due to RF kill button (except the laptop has no RF kill button). Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the proprietary driver, but that didn't do anything. Is there any way to completely bypass the rfkill system so that the driver won't be expecting some non-existent button push?

same issue here, this time with a linksys pci wireless-b card. it has a bcm4303, mod=b43legacy.

$ rfkill list
1: phy1: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes

last i checked, deskops didn't have wifi kill buttons.
any ideas?

[chili555]

last i checked, deskops didn't have wifi kill buttons. any ideas?

Let's take a look at:

sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list
dmesg | grep b43

Thanks.

[pablork]

same problem with the wifi

sudo rfkill unblock all

 rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

 dmesg | grep b43
[    1.707065] b43-pci-bridge 0000:00:09.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    1.707079] b43-pci-bridge 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNK3] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[    8.842723] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4301 WLAN found
[    8.864043] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 0, Type 1, Revision 4
[    8.864068] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[    8.888048] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[   13.072155] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
[   13.678008] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/pcm4.fw
[   13.700882] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
[   13.928211] b43legacy-phy0: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[   14.028880] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
[   14.029180] b43legacy-phy0 debug: 30-bit DMA initialized
[   14.029413] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy0::tx
[   14.029439] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy0::rx
[   14.029462] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy0::radio
[   14.029492] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
[   14.029506] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
[   14.052151] b43legacy-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
[   14.052197] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[   14.052320] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Removing Interface type 2
[   14.052635] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped
[   14.052847] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0260 (RX) max used slots: 0/64
[   14.052906] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 0/64
[   14.052970] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x02A0 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   14.060148] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0280 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   14.068103] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   14.076132] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   14.086638] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   14.092115] b43legacy-phy0 debug: DMA-30 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
[   14.100172] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[   14.100189] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized

Any idea?
Thanks!

[chili555]

Please post:

lsmod | grep b4

Thanks.

[pablork]

 lsmod | grep b4
b43legacy             117784  0 
mac80211              181140  1 b43legacy
cfg80211               93052  2 b43legacy,mac80211
led_class               4096  1 b43legacy
b44                    28652  0 
mii                     5212  1 b44
ssb                    35524  2 b43legacy,b44

Thanks.

[chili555]

May we please see:

rfkill list
sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list

I will have to check back tomorrow.

[pablork]

It's the same result show by 7er

rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

:~# sudo rfkill unblock all

:~# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

Thanks

[chili555]

Please post:

uname -r
lsmod

What kind of computer is it?

[pablork]

It's a notebook HP Compaq nx9010 with a Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4301] (rev 02)

:~$ uname -r
2.6.31-20-generic

:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
joydev                 10240  0 
snd_ali5451            18888  4 
snd_ac97_codec        101216  1 snd_ali5451
ac97_bus                1532  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            37920  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16028  3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                75296  3 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
arc4                    1660  2 
snd_seq_dummy           2656  0 
ecb                     2524  2 
iptable_filter          3100  0 
ppdev                   6688  0 
ip_tables              11692  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               16544  1 ip_tables
snd_seq_oss            28576  0 
snd_seq_midi            6464  0 
snd_rawmidi            22176  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6940  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                50224  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              22276  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6920  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
pcmcia                 36808  0 
psmouse                56500  0 
serio_raw               5280  0 
parport_pc             31940  1 
i2c_ali15x3             6336  0 
i2c_ali1535             5792  0 
b43legacy             117784  0 
mac80211              181140  1 b43legacy
cfg80211               93052  2 b43legacy,mac80211
led_class               4096  1 b43legacy
shpchp                 32272  0 
snd                    59204  14 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               7264  3 snd
snd_page_alloc          9156  1 snd_pcm
yenta_socket           24296  1 
rsrc_nonstatic         11644  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            36528  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
lp                      8964  0 
parport                35340  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
fbcon                  36640  72 
tileblit                2460  1 fbcon
font                    8124  1 fbcon
bitblit                 5372  1 fbcon
softcursor              1756  1 bitblit
vesafb                  5696  1 
usbhid                 38208  0 
b44                    28652  0 
mii                     5212  1 b44
floppy                 54916  0 
video                  19380  0 
output                  2780  1 video
ssb                    35524  2 b43legacy,b44
natsemi                26976  0 
ohci1394               29900  0 
ieee1394               86596  1 ohci1394
ati_agp                 6760  1 
agpgart                34988  1 ati_agp

[chili555]

Will you please open System > Administration > Synaptic and see if you have installed linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic? It evidently has a newer b43legacy and ssb in it.