Public bug reported: I can not connect to some Wifi on my Asus eee-PC 1015PX netbook.
After some experimentations, I found that it can not connect to channels>11 (I live in France, where channels 12 and 13 are allowed. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#2.4.C2.A0GHz_.28802.11b.2Fg.2Fn.29 ). It has a Broadcom BCM4313 chipset and runs Ubuntu oneiric 11.10 with all updates. The driver is the open-source one : brcmsmac. I can connect to Wifis on channels <=11 with no problem. If I configure my Wifi on channel 13, it is correctly detected on another laptop using iwl3945 driver, and I can connect to it. But it does not appear in the list on the netbook. If I switch to channel 5 for example, I can connect and use the Wifi. I tried the workarounds proposed in similar issues : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/836133 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/288401 None of them worked. I still can not connect. That's why I opened a separate issue. Here is the detail : With default config : iw reg get => US iwlist wlan0 channel => only the first 11 channels Wifi on channel 13 not detected With iw reg set FR : iw reg get => FR iwlist wlan0 channel => all 13 channels Wifi on channel 13 detected, but cannot connect to it (asking the password again and again) After a reboot, the setting is lost and comes back to the default config With a file /etc/modprobe.d/regdom "options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=FR" and "options lbm_cw_cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=FR" and a reboot : iw reg get => 98 iwlist wlan0 channel => only the first 11 channels Wifi on channel 13 not detected With the file /etc/modprobe.d/regdom and iw reg set FR : iw reg get => 00 iwlist wlan0 channel => only the first 11 channels Wifi on channel 13 not detected ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic 3.0.0-15.26 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: Cannot open /proc/net/unix: Permission denied USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: guest-ikcQY1 2033 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7cf8000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269VB' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10438437,00100100' Controls : 11 Simple ctrls : 7 CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied Date: Sun Feb 12 23:18:55 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1015PX ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic root=UUID=468945ac-c291-45fc-9cac-44e8147bf07f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1301 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: 1015PE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.chassis.version: x.x dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1301:bd05/06/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1015PX:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1015PE:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x: dmi.product.name: 1015PX dmi.product.version: x.x dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931168 Title: brcm80211 Wifi driver : cannot connect to channels>11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/931168/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
