Hardware: BCM4306, rev 02
Using the bcm43xx driver, *not* ndiswrapper. Kernel package is
2.6.22-10 (all updates applied as of this morning, although it broke a
couple weeks ago). The correct firmware is definitely installed in
/lib/firmware and nowhere else.
Problem: I can see networks to connect to (using e.g. KNetworkManager).
Trying to connect fails; for instance, again using KNetworkManager, it
stops at 57% complete "Activation Stage: IP configuration started".
>From bug#124159 ("Broadcom bcm43xx Wireless driver regression in
gutsy"), it looks like a connection *can* be made (using the bcm43xx
drivers in the current kernel), but the throughput is very low and
strongly dependent on distance/signal strength - so perhaps I'm simply
too far away. Of course, then it works out as "bcm43xx hardware can't
connect to anything farther than 5 feet away", which is still pretty
broken...
dmesg shows repeated error messages:
[ 29.036000] bcm43xx: TODO: Incomplete code in keymac_write() at
/build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c:1112
(and also at line 1114). (Yes, the full output of dmesg, as well as
version_signature, lspci -vvnn, and uname -a, is all attached.)
Looking at the source confirms this - that bit of keymac_write() really
is just a stub. That function is exactly the same in the 2.6.20 source
(package 2.6.20-16.31 from feisty).
So I guess this turned out to be a "me too" and/or a "bump".
** Attachment added: "bugrep130511.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9153582/bugrep130511.txt
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Gusty updates broke my wireless connectivity
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