need help w/ wireless in fc7

brianmay27 · 08-14-2007, 11:34 PM

ok, i am using my inboard wireless it is a broadcom (edit. never mind cant get the model number.). i get a error when i try to load it it is. (SIOCSIFFLAGS
file or folder can not be found) can some one help me?

raskin · 08-15-2007, 04:08 PM

First, run lspci and 'lspci -n' and post the results. Second, how do you try to load it? Using ndiswrapper? Using bcm43xx? What kernel do you have? Does Fedora provide firmware package and is it installed?

brianmay27 · 08-17-2007, 03:26 PM

ok. i installed the bcm43xx but no luck. i got it to connect to the network. it asks for the key but when i put it in it logs out. here is my lspci

Code:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
07:05.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
07:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)

and my lspci -n

Code:

00:00.0 0500: 10de:02f0 (rev a2)
00:00.1 0500: 10de:02fa (rev a2)
00:00.2 0500: 10de:02fe (rev a2)
00:00.3 0500: 10de:02f8 (rev a2)
00:00.4 0500: 10de:02f9 (rev a2)
00:00.5 0500: 10de:02ff (rev a2)
00:00.6 0500: 10de:027f (rev a2)
00:00.7 0500: 10de:027e (rev a2)
00:02.0 0604: 10de:02fc (rev a1)
00:03.0 0604: 10de:02fd (rev a1)
00:05.0 0300: 10de:0244 (rev a2)
00:09.0 0500: 10de:0270 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 0601: 10de:0260 (rev a3)
00:0a.1 0c05: 10de:0264 (rev a3)
00:0a.3 0b40: 10de:0271 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 0c03: 10de:026d (rev a3)
00:0b.1 0c03: 10de:026e (rev a3)
00:0d.0 0101: 10de:0265 (rev f1)
00:0e.0 0101: 10de:0266 (rev f1)
00:10.0 0604: 10de:026f (rev a2)
00:10.1 0403: 10de:026c (rev a2)
00:14.0 0680: 10de:0269 (rev a3)
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
03:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 01)
07:05.0 0c00: 1180:0832
07:05.1 0805: 1180:0822 (rev 19)
07:05.2 0880: 1180:0843 (rev 01)
07:05.3 0880: 1180:0592 (rev 0a)
07:05.4 0880: 1180:0852 (rev 05)

raskin · 08-17-2007, 03:30 PM

And what about firmware? What does 'iwlist scan' print?

brianmay27 · 08-17-2007, 03:37 PM

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning : No such device

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

virbr0    Interface doesn't support scanning.

tmpbridge  Interface doesn't support scanning.

btw. eth1 is the wireless

raskin · 08-17-2007, 03:39 PM

What does 'dmesg' after 'ifconfig eth1 up' say?
So, is firmware installed?

brianmay27 · 08-17-2007, 03:45 PM

... yeah i installed the firmwar with the guide on the bcm43xx and did modprobe bcm43xx and it worked. here is dmesg

Code:

ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (8192 buckets, 65536 max)
virbr0: no IPv6 routers present
printk: 8528 messages suppressed.
SoftMAC: ASSERTION FAILED (0) at: net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c:306:ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate()
SoftMAC: ASSERTION FAILED (0) at: net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c:306:ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate()
SoftMAC: ASSERTION FAILED (0) at: net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c:306:ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate()
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x173, pl 0x425 (2006-10-04  21:02:04)
bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode extracted from version 4.x binary drivers.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-95)

raskin · 08-17-2007, 03:54 PM

Quote:

bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode extracted from version 4.x binary drivers.

Try an older version of firmware or extract it yourself from a 3.x binary (the list of download locations is easy to find on the net, but I have forgot exact location; probably old Gentoo howto's)

brianmay27 · 08-17-2007, 05:19 PM

ok. well i did not need to i upgraded to the latest kernel but not i have to enter interactive startup and dont allow the network b/c it does not boot.when i start it it does not get a error but cant connect and it cant change modes.

PTrenholme · 08-17-2007, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raskin

Try an older version of firmware or extract it yourself from a 3.x binary (the list of download locations is easy to find on the net, but I have forgot exact location; probably old Gentoo howto's)

Since he's on F7, I believe he needs the newer firmware. IIRC, bcm43xx on F7 only supports version 5 or later firmware. Since he probably extracted the firmware from his Windows CD I suspect that he'd be better off using ndiswrapper, although some version 5 firmware can be found on the Web. The problem with using the version 5 firmware is that you have to hack the Windows inf file to list your hardware as using the microcode in the driver you found, and (of course) it might not do so.
Anyhow, even after I hacked a inf/sys file I found on the Linksys site, I found that ndiswrapper worked much better and more reliably on my old laptop. (I have a BCM4318 chip set.) Bottom line: Use ndiswrapper for older hardware. And don't forget to add bcm43xx to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Code:

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist | grep bcm43
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211

raskin · 08-18-2007, 12:08 AM

I tried bcm43xx_mac80211 (from -mm kernel) on bcm4318 chipset, and it worked (unlike bcm43xx in 2.6.22), and allowed more than ndiswrapper (for it version 4 firmware is needed). It seemed to me that bcm4311 was supported better by bcm43xx, though.