Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
On Saturday 09 February 2008 17:08:00 Larry Finger wrote: (3) Your udev renaming rules are F**CKED UP. The clue is that iwconfig shows wlan0-rename. In addition, as Michael said you have the wrong firmware. If Ubuntu would get their heads out of their backsides and enable debugging messages, the firmware version would be plainly visible. oh, ok. So we only print this with debugging enabled? I will submit a patch. The firmware version has really become a critical point, so it makes sense to always show the version number. -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
Brian Lavender wrote: I downloaded the 2.6.24 kernel onto ubuntu gutsy, compiled it, installed the firmware, but I can't seem to make a connection. The bmc43xx driver seems to work, but disconnects for some reason. I noticed that while trying to set the WEP encryption key, I kept noticing it change on me. I don't know if it was something in my Ubuntu setup that was doing it. I am trying to access a 802-11b access point and I noticed the iwconfig keeps saying 802-11g. Not sure what the problem is. Here is dmesg and iwconfig output. /rant (1) Would the IDIOTS at Ubuntu PLEASE turn debugging for ssb and b43 ON? It seems like a simple request, it doesn't generate much output, and it helps a lot. (2) Would people that are having trouble with Ubuntu systems please READ the summary of the list? I get really tired of answering the same question over and over. (3) Your udev renaming rules are F**CKED UP. The clue is that iwconfig shows wlan0-rename. In addition, as Michael said you have the wrong firmware. If Ubuntu would get their heads out of their backsides and enable debugging messages, the firmware version would be plainly visible. (4) I'm NEVER answering any more question regarding Ubuntu systems until (1) is fixed. The b43 maintainers should not have to modify code just for Ubuntu!! /end rant Larry ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
On Saturday 09 February 2008 17:12:02 Michael Buesch wrote: On Saturday 09 February 2008 17:08:00 Larry Finger wrote: (3) Your udev renaming rules are F**CKED UP. The clue is that iwconfig shows wlan0-rename. In addition, as Michael said you have the wrong firmware. If Ubuntu would get their heads out of their backsides and enable debugging messages, the firmware version would be plainly visible. oh, ok. So we only print this with debugging enabled? I will submit a patch. The firmware version has really become a critical point, so it makes sense to always show the version number. And, I do actually disagree that distributions should switch debugging on. We should make sure that the driver prints enough error messages in the error case, so users can see what's going wrong without enabling debugging. At least as far as external parameters like the firmware are concerned. That's actually the reason I submitted the patch to add a some driver-load message, which basically prints out the basic kconfig and required firmware for the driver. So if someone complains rfkill doesn't work and this line does not include the R, we can easily point him to a to-be-written FAQ explaining that he needs to enable it in the kernel config. I'm trying to get user noise down on this list, as it raised since we switched to b43. Mainly for firmware confusion reasons. But also because Ubuntu udev is still broken. They should really fix that. It's not only b43 which is broken because of this. So if somebody has some other idea to reduce the FAQ-noise on this list, please shout out loud. ;) -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
On Saturday 09 February 2008 17:21:54 Michael Buesch wrote: does not include the R, we can easily point him to a to-be-written FAQ explaining that he needs to enable it in the kernel config. I started a FAQ. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/faq Everybody please add things there that are frequently asked. So if somebody askes such a question here on the list, we simply answer him with a link. :) -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 10:40:32AM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: On Friday 08 February 2008 07:45:37 Brian Lavender wrote: I downloaded the 2.6.24 kernel onto ubuntu gutsy, compiled it, installed the firmware, but I can't seem to make a connection. The bmc43xx driver seems to work, but disconnects for some reason. I noticed that while trying to set the WEP encryption key, I kept noticing it change on me. I don't know if it was something in my Ubuntu setup that was doing it. I am trying to access a 802-11b access point and I noticed the iwconfig keeps saying 802-11g. Not sure what the problem is. Here is dmesg and iwconfig output. You are using the wrong firmware version. I downloaded broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0 and b43-fwcutter-009 and executed the following command cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/ sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware ./wl_apsta_mimo.o and it works! Thanks brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 09:08:00AM -0700, Larry Finger wrote: (2) Would people that are having trouble with Ubuntu systems please READ the summary of the list? I get really tired of answering the same question over and over. Where is the summary of the list? All I have found so far is the following: http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware (3) Your udev renaming rules are F**CKED UP. The clue is that iwconfig shows wlan0-rename. In addition, as Michael said you have the wrong firmware. If Ubuntu would get their heads out of their backsides and enable debugging messages, the firmware version would be plainly visible. deleted old entries in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:45:43 -0800 Brian Lavender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 09:08:00AM -0700, Larry Finger wrote: (2) Would people that are having trouble with Ubuntu systems please READ the summary of the list? I get really tired of answering the same question over and over. Where is the summary of the list? [...] ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev -- Ciao Stefano ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: b43 problems on ubuntu gutsy. Using 2.6.24
On Friday 08 February 2008 07:45:37 Brian Lavender wrote: I downloaded the 2.6.24 kernel onto ubuntu gutsy, compiled it, installed the firmware, but I can't seem to make a connection. The bmc43xx driver seems to work, but disconnects for some reason. I noticed that while trying to set the WEP encryption key, I kept noticing it change on me. I don't know if it was something in my Ubuntu setup that was doing it. I am trying to access a 802-11b access point and I noticed the iwconfig keeps saying 802-11g. Not sure what the problem is. Here is dmesg and iwconfig output. You are using the wrong firmware version. -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
