Igor Korot wrote:
> Hi, guys,
> I just did a little test yesterday, and today.
> The problem below occur when on the dual-boot laptop, you boot Windows first,
> suspend it to disk, then boot Linux.
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with WinXP and Gentoo installed.
>
> And this is exactly what happened.
>
> If you then re-boot Linux (Gentoo, in my case), and will try to bring the
> interface up, it will run without any problems.
>
> I don't know what is happenning after hibernating the XP, and booting Linux,
> and why the interface is up after re-booting Linux, but that the story behind
> this problem.
>
> Larry, will Kismet out help to track this one as well?
It might. I'm not sure what is happening. At least you will know if the
interface is broadcasting.
> Thank you.
>
> Hi, Larry,
> I found another strange thing with the driver.
> I was able to successfully establish the connection using "wireless tools".
> I just installed wpa_supplicant", and here is what happened:
>
> IgorsGentooOnNetwork igor # ifconfig eth1 up
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Protocol error
>
>
> Looking at dmesg, I found that the problem is in the firmware:
>
> bcm43xx: PHY connected
> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x127, pl 0xe (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
> bcm43xx: InitVals (bcm43xx_initvalXX.fw) file-format error. Please fix your
> bcm43xx firmware files.
> bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-71)
>
>
> Here is my /etc/conf.d/net
>
> # This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
> # scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
> # please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
> # in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
>
> #Wireless-tools
> #nis_domain_lo="IgorsGentoo"
> #modules=("iwconfig")
> #key_ESSID1="[1] s:IgorsNetwork key [1] enc open"
> #key_ESSID2="[1] aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dd key [1] enc estricted"
> #preferred_aps=("ESSID1" "ESSID2")
>
> #Wpa_supplicant
> modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
> wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dbcm43xx"
>
> Here is my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> ap_scan=1
> network={
> ssid="IgorsNetwork"
> psk="abcdef"
> priority=5
> }
>
> Do I need to re-install the firmware going from wireless tools to
> wpa_supplicant?
Not usually. It looks as if your firmware got corrupted.
Larry
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