On 03/23/2010 03:31 PM, Chris Lopes wrote: > Ok. I got my wireless card to detect networks again. I also had a > theory and tried to reproduce the problem, and was successful in doing > so. Here are my steps to reproduce: > 1) Have Vista running and connected to a wireless network > 2) Hibernate Vista > 3) Boot Parted Magic from a USB drive > 4) Start the network in Parted Magic, ask it to use wireless, and then > attempt to connect to my normal SSID, which at this point sees the > SSID, but cannot connect due to an apparent DHCP lease error > 5) Start the network in Parted Magic again, which this time fails with > a generic error and does not show any SSID's (starting it a second > time is necessary to reproduce the problem) > 6) Reboot > 7) Resume Vista > 8) At this point, Vista loses connectivity to the wireless network > 9) Reboot Vista > 10) Vista still cannot see any wireless networks > 11) Shutdown > 12) Remove power cord and battery and wait a bit > 13) Boot Vista, and it now works and sees the network > > As you just eluded to, it seems that the power-down and battery > removal is necessary > What do you think is the culprit here?
You should never hibernate one OS and run a different one. That is a prescription for disaster. Although there is nothing in the BCM4312 that can be changed, Vista could set a given state in the BIOS that is destroyed by booting Linux. Fortunately, this info seems to be in volatile memory, thus the power off and battery removal fixes it. You might look at the BIOS settings to see if there is a "Wake On LAN" option for the wireless. It should be off. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
