Hi guys,
Larry, your solution worked just fine, thanks A LOT. :)
I found out an easier way to get things done: I just removed the
line for my wifi interface (eth1 on 2.6.23) from the udev file you
mentioned and reloaded the b43 driver. Seems like udev re-added the
line with all the needed changes (renamed the interface to wlan0, but
that's ok).
It seems to me that it's a problem with upgrading from bcm43xx to
b43, which leaves the udev persistent config file with an entry that
does not work for b43. Don't know why it happens, but it's solved now.
I'm gonna write this solution (with appropriate credits) on the other
forums I asked for help, seems like no-one was aware of it.
iwconfig still complains about wmaster0 having invalid address
type 801 or something like that and it takes a while to authenticate
with my access point (DHCP request from ifup times out, I have to
manually dhclient later), but after that it works just fine and the
connection never drops. The signal strenght is a lot stronger than
with bcm43xx.
Thanks guys, and gratz for the great job,
Marcelo Juchem
On Feb 7, 2008 1:03 PM, Anthony Durity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> The same happened with me upgrading from 2.6.22 to 2.6.24 via an upgrade
> from Ubuntu Gutsy to Ubuntu Hardy. There is definitely a renaming thing
> going on. I tried adding the ATTR clause like you suggested here and also
> suggested to another poster if I recall correctly and it didn't work. They
> recently pushed a brand spanking new kernel which I haven't tried. What
> information would you need to exactly pinpoint the problem. It seems that a
> number of people have been bitten by this. Cheers for your great work thus
> far by the way.
>
> All the best,
> Anthony
>
>
>
> On 2/7/08, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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