On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 16:50 +0000, Julius Smith wrote:
Greetings,
I tried using b43-firmware-download under F8 (uname -r says
2.6.23.8-63.fc8) on my HP dv2000 laptop. I've had wireless working in
the past on F6 using the bcm* driver, but so far not b43 (or anything
else) under F8.
The firmware seems to be installed in /lib/firmware, and sha1sum is
happy, but when I try to bring up the interface (using the System /
Administration / Network "Activate" button), the DHCP fails to get an
IP address. (It succeeds if I reboot the same laptop in Windows XP.)
I find the following in /var/log/messages:
...
Dec 10 11:08:06 localhost kernel: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
...
Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: Device is
fully-supported using driver 'b43-pci-bridge'.
Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exporting
device as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Device/4
Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Now managing
wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'.
Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Bringing up device wlan0
Dec 10 11:08:22 localhost kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx
Dec 10 11:08:22 localhost kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx
Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost kernel: input: Unspecified device as
/class/input/input10
Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0.
Dec 10 11:08:24 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link
becomes ready
Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the
supplicant...
Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0) supplicant
interface is now in state 1 (from 0).
Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) supplicant
manager is now in state 1 (from 0).
Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost avahi-daemon[2509]: Registering new address
record for fe80::214:a5ff:fee6:2150 on wlan0.*.
Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0) supplicant
interface is now in state 2 (from 1).
Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) supplicant
interface is now in state 2 (from 1).
...
Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): starting (version
2.20.1), pid 3137 user 'root'
Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only
configuration source at position 0
Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at
position 1
Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only
configuration source at position 2
Dec 10 11:10:58 localhost system-config-network[3127]: rm
//etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf
Dec 10 11:10:58 localhost system-config-network[3127]: ln
//etc/resolv.conf
//etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf
Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: -+
//etc/modprobe.conf #011eth0 alias forcedeth
Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: chmod 0644
//etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0
Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: chmod 0644
//etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
Dec 10 11:11:17 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
Dec 10 11:11:22 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
Dec 10 11:11:34 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
Dec 10 11:11:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
Dec 10 11:11:57 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
Dec 10 11:12:08 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
Dec 10 11:12:14 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
By the way, following some other email, I placed the following line in
/etc/modprobe.conf:
alias wlan0 b43
Please let me know if you see my problem.
Thanks,
Julius
This is similar to what happens when I try to use the latest Fedora 6
kernels. I know I need to update to Fedora 8 but my fear is that the
bcm4318 won't work with Fedora 8 whether I use ndiswrapper or the native
driver. It works fine with the old Fedora 6 kernel I've retained and
ndiswrapper. I don't need to install Fedora 8 only to find out bcm4318
won't work at all. At least it works in my current set up.
Is anyone familiar with using ndiswrapper and the bcm4318 under Fedora
8?
Rick B.