Marcelo Juchem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a HP Presario zv6015 laptop with Debian 4.0 installed (using
> the official unstable repository). When running the kernel 2.6.23,
> everything works fine, even the Broadcom 4306 wireless card (using
> module bcm43xx shipped with the kernel and firmware ripped with
> bcm43xx-fwcutter from official Debian unstable repository). But when I
> boot with the new kernel 2.6.24, the wireless network stops working. I
> tried everything found in
> http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 and searched a lot
> of solutions on the Internet, but had no success. Both modules b43 and
> b43 legacy were tried. I think it is a firmware issue, since I had the
> same problem with bcm43xx and it was solved when I changed the
> firmware. I have the following firmware files (tried every version
> listed below):
> /lib/firmware/b43/*.fw - 4.x firmware extracted with b43-fwcutter
> /lib/firmware/b43legacy/*.fw - 3.x firmware extracted with b43-fwcutter
> /lib/firmware/*.fw - 3.x firmware extracted with bcm43xx-fwcutter
> Any ideas? I don't have much free time available due to work and
> college, but I have good C and C++ coding skills and am willing to
> help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo Juchem
>
> Following is the output of some commands and content of some config
> files to help the diagnostic.
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> using debian linux with kernel linux-image-2.6.24-1-686
> updated as of 01/31/2008 from the official debian unstable repository
>
> firmware extracted to /lib/firmware/b43
> broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0 - extracted with b43-fwcutter 009
> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5 - extracted with b43-fwcutter 010
>
> firmware extracted from these files, found at
> http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43:
> broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta_mimo.o
> broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o
> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
>
> b43-fwcutter version 009: obtained from the official debian unstable
> repository as of 01/31/2008
> b43-fwcutter version 010: compiled from sources found at
> http://www.bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/
>
> --- 'lspci' output - BEGIN ---
> 03:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
> --- 'lspci' output - END ---
>
> --- /etc/network/interfaces - BEGIN ---
> # I changed the ESSID, nickname and password to placeholders
> iface lo inet loopback
> auto lo
>
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid WiFiNetworkESSID
> wireless-mode Managed
> wireless-channel 6
> wireless-nickname nickname
> wireless-key open s:password
> hostname nickname
> auto eth1
> --- /etc/network/interfaces - END ---
>
> --- 'dmesg' output - BEGIN ---
> b43-phy1: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
> phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
> udev: renamed network interface wmaster0 to eth1
> --- 'dmesg' output - END ---
>
> --- 'iwlist eth1 scan' output - BEGIN ---
> eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.
> --- 'iwlist eth1 scan' output - END ---
>
> --- 'ifup' output - BEGIN ---
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
> SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
> Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
> SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
> SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.0
> Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
>
> eth1: unknown hardware address type 801
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
> eth1: unknown hardware address type 801
> Listening on LPF/eth1/
> Sending on LPF/eth1/
> Sending on Socket/fallback
> receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
> option_space_encapsulate: option space agent does not exist, but is
> configured.
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> send_packet: Network is down
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
> send_packet: Network is down
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
> send_packet: Network is down
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
> send_packet: Network is down
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
> send_packet: Network is down
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
> --- 'ifup' output - END ---
I think your renaming is messed up. If you had sent the output of iwconfig, I
could tell for sure. I
am betting that your /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules needs a rule like
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX",
ATTR{type}=="1", NAME="eth1"
On your system, I think the ATTR clause is missing and your iwconfig list ends
up with eth1 and
wlan0-rename, rather than wmaster0 and eth1. The clue is that wmaster0 has type
801.
Fix your udev rules, and it should work.
Larry
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