[wellylug] Fwd: WiFi problem
E Chalaron
e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz
Mon Apr 28 09:34:21 NZST 2014
Hi Jeff
My 2 cents as a end user : got to the same issue with a rtl chipset from
a nano wifi N usb plug.
I found out that
The driver needed does not load automatically (distro dependant ?),
experienced on Debian stable and LMDE
They have problems to connect to WEP (un)secured networks (reported on a
ubuntu forum)
And eventually when I have all clear as WPA and modprobed the driver ...
tadaaaa can't see my network !!
Still trying, will test on open suse shortly
Cheers
E
On 04/25/2014 05:32 PM, Jeff Hunt wrote:
> Hi all,
> This is a friend of mine who has retired and so installed Ubuntu on
> his own machine successfully and now is doing his wife's laptop.
> He has been trying for over a week. I am out of my depth with wifi.
> Can anyone help? As far as I can see the wifi is completely invisible.
> He'd be grateful for an off-group personal approach. (I have his
> permission to do this)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris Francis <chris.francis at clear.net.nz>
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:52:39 +1200
> Subject: WiFi problem
> To: Jeff Hunt <jeffhunt90 at gmail.com>
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I've still not managed to get WiFi going on Marian's laptop. I wonder
> if you might have any insights.
>
> On 'Ask Ubuntu' I found a list of suggested Wifi diagnostic commands,
> which I ran and then posted the resulting output (see below), but nobody
> has yet told me what it all means.
>
> Does any of it suggest a solution to you? I note in the output from
> 'dmesg | grep wl' there are suggestions that things are not right (e.g.,
> 'wl: module verification failed') but I have no clue what I should do
> about it.
>
> Chris
>
> $ lspci -v | grep -iA 7 network
> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
> (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
> Memory at dfdfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
> Kernel driver in use: wl
> Kernel modules: wl, ssb
>
> $ lsmod | grep wl
> wl 3028745 1
> cfg80211 416271 1 wl
> lib80211 14040 1 wl
>
> $ lsmod | grep ssb
> [no output from this command]
>
> $ dmesg | grep wl
> [ 12.955967] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
> [ 12.959685] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required
> key missing - tainting kernel
> [ 12.964701] wl driver 6.20.155.1 (r326264) failed with code 21
> [ 12.964748] Modules linked in: wl(POF+) snd_hwdep snd_pcm joydev
> snd_seq_midi i915(+) snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer
> snd_seq_device gpio_ich drm_kms_helper drm hid_generic pcmcia psmouse
> snd yenta_socket cfg80211 soundcore lpc_ich serio_raw dell_laptop
> i2c_algo_bit pcmcia_rsrc snd_page_alloc irda pcmcia_core dcdbas mac_hid
> lib80211 video crc_ccitt lp parport usbhid hid tg3 ptp pps_core
> [ 12.964870] EIP is at wdev_priv.part.7+0x3/0x5 [wl]
> [ 12.964982] [<f8d568d4>] wl_cfg80211_detach+0xc4/0xd0 [wl]
> [ 12.965023] [<f8d4f71f>] wl_free_if.isra.9+0x1f/0xa0 [wl]
> [ 12.965063] [<f8d4ffb8>] wl_free+0x58/0x250 [wl]
> [ 12.965113] [<f8c6fe92>] ? wlc_attach+0xf6c/0xfda [wl]
> [ 12.965148] [<f875b51b>] wl_pci_probe+0x502/0xfe7 [wl]
> [ 12.965325] [<f875b017>] wl_module_init+0x17/0x19 [wl]
> [ 12.965474] EIP: [<f8d56e87>] wdev_priv.part.7+0x3/0x5 [wl] SS:ESP
> 0068:f5027c0c
>
> $ dmesg | grep ssb
> [no output from this command]
>
> $ sudo lshw -c network
> *-network
> description: Network controller
> product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
> vendor: Broadcom Corporation
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci at 0000:0c:00.0
> version: 01
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=wl latency=0
> resources: irq:17 memory:dfdfc000-dfdfffff
> *-network
> description: Ethernet interface
> product: NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
> vendor: Broadcom Corporation
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci at 0000:09:00.0
> logical name: eth0
> version: 02
> serial: 00:15:c5:43:e4:0d
> size: 100Mbit/s
> capacity: 1Gbit/s
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet
> physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3
> driverversion=3.132 duplex=full firmware=5752-v3.19 ip=192.168.1.103
> latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
> resources: irq:44 memory:dfcf0000-dfcfffff
>
> $ ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:c5:43:e4:0d
> inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe43:e40d/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:152 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:36522 (36.5 KB) TX bytes:20320 (20.3 KB)
> Interrupt:18
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
> RX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:5280 (5.2 KB) TX bytes:5280 (5.2 KB)
>
> $ iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> $ iwlist scan
> lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
> $ nm-tool
>
> NetworkManager Tool
>
> State: connected (global)
>
> - Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1]
> -------------------------------------------
> Type: Wired
> Driver: tg3
> State: connected
> Default: yes
> HW Address: 00:15:C5:43:E4:0D
>
> Capabilities:
> Carrier Detect: yes
> Speed: 100 Mb/s
>
> Wired Properties
> Carrier: on
>
> IPv4 Settings:
> Address: 192.168.1.103
> Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
> Gateway: 192.168.1.1
>
> DNS: 203.96.152.4
> DNS: 203.96.152.12
>
> $ rfkill list all
> [no output from this command]
>
>
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