Thanks Ehud, I will try this. Just a note, though, the update was after I had extracted the firmware with fwcutter (I could only do the update after the wireless was working); would it still have an effect on it?
-Chuckk On 6/18/07, Ehud Gavron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is it possible your update killed fwcutter? I would try this 1. download a known good fwcutter 2. download a known good firmware 3. modprobe -r bcm43xx 4. modprobe -r bcm43xx_mac80211 5. modproble bcm43xx 6. dmesg and make sure it loaded the firmware, saw the cores, activated, etc. 7. resume normal life. If that doesn't work, I would also go back to the 2.6.22-rc4 tree and do make modules_install Ehud Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > Hi. > I have a 4311 on a Gateway MX6447. I am running 64studio, an offshoot > of Debian. I downloaded kernel 2.6.21 and patched it to 2.6.22-rc4 > (for my soundcard), copied the configuration, and made sure all the > bcm43xx options were selected. I compiled the kernel, installed > bcm43xx-fwcutter, and ran it on wl_apsta.o from > http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o > > I entered my wep code and was online for a while. I had added Debian > unstable to my repositories, and did an update/upgrade, and > immediately after it finished the wireless went down. However, I > doublechecked that bcm43xx and /lib/firmware weren't involved in any > of the upgraded packages, and the kernel is still my custom kernel. > The network dialog still shows eth1 active, still shows the list of > APs, and still has the passcode; "iwlist eth1 scan" still shows a list > of APs, including mine. The access point was showing as invalid, but > after I turned the radio LED off and on, it showed as an address. > I've rebooted the system a few times, rechecked everything. Still no > errors, still shows as connected, but nothing received. I did try > "modprobe bcm43xx" just in case, no difference. > > I did try re-cutting the firmware, and now "bcm43xx-fwcutter > /lib/firmware ./wl_apsta.o" says that wl_apsta.o has an invalid > checksum; however, when I checked the sum under Windows, it told me a > different number than what fwcutter said. > > Can anyone help me? > -Chuckk > > -- > http://www.badmuthahubbard.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bcm43xx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev >
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