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Old 05-05-2011, 12:06 PM   #1
jameson1983
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broadcom wireless comes and goes, linux 2.6.35-22-generic (i686)


I can turn the HP-dv9000 on and have wireless thru broadcom internal wireless then next time I turn comp on I only have wired Internet. I have netopia SWL-2300n usb adapter i use as back up but it only works sometimes. I have to keep rebooting the comp 5 or 6 times due to the fact that the usb adapter freezes the comp.

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 Go 6150] (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
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
07:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
lsusb
Code:
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 055d:b230 Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Netopia 802.11b WLAN Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
iwconfig
Code:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan1     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"bailey"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 3C:75:4A:C6:90:61   
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:0 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:37/100  Signal level:-72 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
at this time my internal wireless is not working

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Old 05-06-2011, 10:10 AM   #2
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Have you checked your daemon.log?

maybe trying to connect and running
tail -f /var/log/daemon.log in a terminal and see what comes up?

What distribution are you using? Is it one of the new releases ( i.e: ubuntu 11.04)?
Did it used to work?
 
Old 05-07-2011, 11:39 AM   #3
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Have you checked your daemon.log?

maybe trying to connect and running
tail -f /var/log/daemon.log in a terminal and see what comes up?

What distribution are you using? Is it one of the new releases ( i.e: ubuntu 11.04)?
Did it used to work?
It has been off and on since I have had the computer. Im running Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (i686)
I ran that command in the terminal yesterday and after I had no connection. It said I had wireless but no pages would load and nothing would download, update etc. So i had to do another fresh install.
 
Old 05-07-2011, 11:41 AM   #4
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At this time internal wireless is working


iwconfig
Code:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"bailey"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          
wlan1     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"bailey"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 3C:75:4A:C6:90:61   
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:0 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:31/100  Signal level:-76 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
 
Old 05-07-2011, 11:48 AM   #5
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Well, glad it is working now. I just thought that running tail -f against your log(s) might give some insight into the why of it all. Any way, hope it keeps working for you!
 
Old 05-08-2011, 06:52 PM   #6
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Well, glad it is working now. I just thought that running tail -f against your log(s) might give some insight into the why of it all. Any way, hope it keeps working for you!
It comes and goes and nothing i do seems to help. Thanks tho for ya help
 
Old 05-08-2011, 09:16 PM   #7
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Hmm, well maybe if you run the command against your logs you will see why its doing this. For example, you might see why your connection drops. Might tell you if its hardware, software, or environment.
 
Old 05-09-2011, 11:15 AM   #8
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Hmm, well maybe if you run the command against your logs you will see why its doing this. For example, you might see why your connection drops. Might tell you if its hardware, software, or environment.
Its not the connetion that drops. Its the wireless drivers that dissapear. Sometimes after boot I have wireless and others only wired. I have reinstalled windows 7 and it works perfect off gate every boot. i will just keep in a dual boot and use windows when i need wireless and linux when I need there wonderful tools. jus wish i coulda got it to work cause i hate windows. # monts is enough time wasted on something that should just f***ing work. At least i didnt just bust the comp up like i thought i was gonna do several times.
 
  


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