Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
I upgraded to 11.10 from 11.04 and my wireless stopped working.
STA drivers were installed and were activated (By default )
I have Dell Inspiron 640m and network card is Broadcom 4311.
I did following and it worked for me.
From Ubuntu software center
1. Remove bcmwl-kernel-source.
2. Check if firmware b43-installer and b43-fwcutter are installed. Install it if not installed.
3. Restart the computer.
Same thing happened when I upgraded to 11.04 and everytime during package upgrades if I upgrade wireless drivers it would stop working.
Hope this helps.
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
Tried every thing I could find all over the net, but my wifi problem on an Acer 4820T with Oneiric Ocelot just would not resolve. It would work on a whim and often not work at all.
Easy solution in the end was to ins re-install Linux Mint 11 Katya. Now my wireless works flawlessly!
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
Hi all,
I happily fixed my Broadcom 43224 wifi issue, I just removed the proprietary STA driver to keep only the brcmmac free driver, and it's far better.
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
Hi, i have installed Kubuntu on my Asus F5R and my wifi doesnt work. (i also tryed with ubuntu and xubuntu but no way to use my wifi). I followed several threads, posts and whatever i find in internet but i haven't solved my problem. My notebook has the wifi light on but ... it seams not working anyway.
(I tryed with my old usb wifi netgear adapter in order to chek if the wifi signal was ok and it worked...)
I'm posting you some datas and hope you can help me with this:
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications L2 Fast Ethernet (rev a0)
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:fc:c1:e8:a6
indirizzo inet:192.168.1.106 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Maschera:255.255.255.0
indirizzo inet6: fe80::21b:fcff:fec1:e8a6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3095 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:1000
Byte RX:3249808 (3.2 MB) Byte TX:577607 (577.6 KB)
Memoria:feac0000-feb00000
lo Link encap:Loopback locale
indirizzo inet:127.0.0.1 Maschera:255.0.0.0
indirizzo inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:0
Byte RX:400 (400.0 B) Byte TX:400 (400.0 B)
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 38408 0
bnep 17923 2
bluetooth 148839 10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
dm_crypt 22565 0
snd_hda_codec_si3054 12864 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 254125 1
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80468 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
joydev 17393 0
snd 55902 14 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12600 1 snd
sp5100_tco 13495 0
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_piix4 13093 0
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
shpchp 32356 0
asus_laptop 19050 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 asus_laptop
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
usb_storage 44173 0
uas 17699 0
pata_atiixp 12967 0
radeon 925020 3
atl2 27979 0
ttm 65224 1 radeon
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
drm 192226 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
video 18908 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
ati_agp 13242 0
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:fc:c1:e8:a6
indirizzo inet:192.168.1.106 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Maschera:255.255.255.0
indirizzo inet6: fe80::21b:fcff:fec1:e8a6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3095 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:1000
Byte RX:3249808 (3.2 MB) Byte TX:577607 (577.6 KB)
Memoria:feac0000-feb00000
lo Link encap:Loopback locale
indirizzo inet:127.0.0.1 Maschera:255.0.0.0
indirizzo inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:0
Byte RX:400 (400.0 B) Byte TX:400 (400.0 B)
bog@bog-F5R:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
bog@bog-F5R:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 38408 0
bnep 17923 2
bluetooth 148839 10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
dm_crypt 22565 0
snd_hda_codec_si3054 12864 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 254125 1
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80468 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
joydev 17393 0
snd 55902 14 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12600 1 snd
sp5100_tco 13495 0
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_piix4 13093 0
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
shpchp 32356 0
asus_laptop 19050 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 asus_laptop
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
usb_storage 44173 0
uas 17699 0
pata_atiixp 12967 0
radeon 925020 3
atl2 27979 0
ttm 65224 1 radeon
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
drm 192226 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
video 18908 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
ati_agp 13242 0
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:fa9fc000-fa9fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: L2 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: a0
serial: 00:1b:fc:c1:e8:a6
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl2 driverversion=2.2.3 duplex=full firmware=L2 ip=192.168.1.106 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:40 memory:feac0000-feafffff memory:feaa0000-feabffff
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
bog@bog-F5R:~$ dmesg | grep -e Broad
bog@bog-F5R:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
bog@bog-F5R:~$ uname -mr
3.0.0-12-generic i686
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo rmmod bc43
ERROR: Module bc43 does not exist in /proc/modules
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl
FATAL: Module wl not found.
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo modprobe wl
FATAL: Module wl not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for wl
when i try t reinstal the kernel:
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source
[ITALIAN LANG., says allways the same things :)]
Lettura elenco dei pacchetti... Fatto
Generazione albero delle dipendenze
Lettura informazioni sullo stato... Fatto
I seguenti pacchetti sono stati installati automaticamente e non sono più richiesti:
diffstat module-assistant quilt
Usare "apt-get autoremove" per rimuoverli.
I seguenti pacchetti NUOVI saranno installati:
bcmwl-kernel-source
0 aggiornati, 1 installati, 0 da rimuovere e 0 non aggiornati.
È necessario scaricare 0 B/1202 kB di archivi.
Dopo quest'operazione, verranno occupati 3367 kB di spazio su disco.
Selezionato il pacchetto bcmwl-kernel-source.
(Lettura del database... 105066 file e directory attualmente installati.)
Estrazione di bcmwl-kernel-source (da .../bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu4_i386.deb)...
Configurazione di bcmwl-kernel-source (5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu4)...
Loading new bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.0.0-12-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.0.0-12-generic
Done.
wl:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/updates/dkms/
depmod........
DKMS: install Completed.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Elaborazione dei trigger per initramfs-tools...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo modprobe -r b43 wl
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo modprobe -r b [i tryed to press TAB button to autofill the command but b43 does not exist]
bluetooth bnep
I tryed yo chek the blacklist file:
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.
# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug
# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100
# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5
# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
#blacklist eth1394
# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
# Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
blacklist snd_aw2
# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
# blacklist bcm43xx
# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps
# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi
# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp
# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr
# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac
anyway, in the same dir i have several files:
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/ [pressed TAB button]
alsa-base.conf blacklist-framebuffer.conf
blacklist-ath_pci.conf blacklist-modem.conf
blacklist-bcm43.conf blacklist-oss.conf
blacklist.conf blacklist-rare-network.conf
blacklist.conf~ blacklist-watchdog.conf
blacklist-cups-usblp.conf broadcom-sta-common.conf
blacklist-firewire.conf
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/
should i try to edit blacklist-bcm43.conf as well?
Code:
bog@bog-F5R:~$ sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf
# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist ssb
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist brcm80211
what does it mean? is bcmwl putting my drivers in blacklist by default?
Thank you very much
UPDATE:
I removed all packeges with tags: bcm, broadcom and then typed in the terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
sudo modprobe b43
wifi started working. i can't understand why this method has worked now and not yesterday ? i did the same at least twice yesterday...
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
There were no hints to my problem with the Lenovo U160 and Broadcom 4313 given here. In case anyone has the same issue here is the fix. First use the kernel supplied driver, don't install the STA. Then edit the blacklist file, /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and blacklist the acer_wmi module. Hint, open file as administrator with gedit, save after changes. Then rmmod acer_wmi. If rfkill list all shows anything blocked issue unblock all. Your Lenovo U160 will have great wi-fi working. Cheeers! BTW, it worked in Mint 11 as well, same deal. My original posts are on page 50.
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
@ bog_alt
You need to remove the bcmwl driver you are trying to use. It will not work with your wireless card.
open 'Additional Drivers' if it is listed there click on de-activate. Do not reboot when prompted. Instead open a terminal type in and run
Code:
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
if any errors eg- cannot be found - then edit the sources list in Software Centre make sure the first 4 boxes under the Ubuntu Software Tab have a check mark in them. Then run the commands again.
When that has finished, reboot, unplug the USB dongle and your wireless should be working.
Good luck.
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Have typed the above then noticed you got it working. Oh well.
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
If network-manager shows "device not managed" (German: "Gerät ... nicht verwaltet"), do this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...98&postcount=6 , but the config file ist now:
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
And after that
Quote:
sudo service network-manager restart
, and wait 2 minutes, because directly after restarting the service, it still showed that the device is not managed.
Finally solved my missing wlan functionality from just a distribution upgrade (I think it was up to 11.04)! I am happy :)
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
Here's some code that might help someone to help me...please!
home@home-OEM:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
vesafb 13489 1
binfmt_misc 17292 1
nvidia 10390874 44
arc4 12473 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 254125 1
rt2800usb 22300 0
rt2800lib 48717 1 rt2800usb
crc_ccitt 12595 1 rt2800lib
rt2x00usb 20092 1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib 48114 3 rt2800usb,rt2800lib,rt2x00usb
mac80211 272785 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
ppdev 12849 0
cfg80211 172392 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80468 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
parport_pc 32114 1
snd 55902 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,sn d_seq_device
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
r8169 43104 0
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
@Cbviewer
Yes, you have posted the list of loaded modules, but neither b43 nor wl are loaded. What driver do you want to use? And check that only the other module, that you don't what to use, is blocked within the config files in /etc/modprobe.d/ , please.
Re: Solution to Broadcom 43xx Card Problem (11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot)
@auftable Thanks, that's really useful. I am VERY new to this and do not actually know what I want to load and was hoping for advice as a lot of what I've read here and elsewhere is contradictory. I'm happy to take advice and sort of need leading through it.
Thanks again.