Bug 1618

Summary: missing firmware for broadcom wifi card
Product: Mageia Reporter: Jerome Quelin <jquelin>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal CC: mageia
Version: 1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Description Jerome Quelin 2011-06-05 21:02:59 CEST 
updated laptop from mandriva 2010.2 to mageia 1, and now wifi doesn't work.
when creating a new wireless connection with drakconnect, it complains that it needs a file /lib/firmware/b43/ucode*.fw

i don't know which mdv package was shipping this file, so assigning to kernel for now.

lscpidrake output:

# lspcidrake 
sky2            : Marvell Technology Group Ltd.|88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (rev: 13)
ssb             : Broadcom Corporation|BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [NETWORK_OTHER] (rev: 01)
i2c_i801        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [SERIAL_SMBUS] (rev: 03)
ahci            : Intel Corporation|ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [STORAGE_SATA] (rev: 03)
iTCO_wdt        : Intel Corporation|ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [BRIDGE_ISA] (rev: 03)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [BRIDGE_PCI] (rev: 93)
ehci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [BRIDGE_PCI] (rev: 03)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [BRIDGE_PCI] (rev: 03)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [BRIDGE_PCI] (rev: 03)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (rev: 03)
snd_hda_intel   : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev: 03)
ehci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [SERIAL_USB] (rev: 03)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [DISPLAY_OTHER] (rev: 07)
Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [DISPLAY_VGA] (rev: 07)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [BRIDGE_HOST] (rev: 07)
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga ehci_hcd|EHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
hub             : Linux 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga ehci_hcd|EHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub]
usb_storage     : Generic|USB2.0-CRW [Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk (Zip)]
uvcvideo        : M091R-R01-9731-SM1O4|Integrated Webcam [Video|Video Control]
Module:i8k      : Dell .*|Inspiron.*
Pkg:i8kutils    : Dell .*|Inspiron.*
Comment 1 Sander Lepik 2011-06-06 02:05:01 CEST 
Did you try dkms-broadcom-wl ?

CC: (none) => sander.lepik

Comment 2 Jerome Quelin 2011-06-06 12:51:54 CEST 
yes, it's installed, and it wasn't working yesterday. but that's strange, now that i rebooted it, it works - while it wasn't working yesterday.
strange, since dkms is supposed to work at first boot? anyway, closing bug report as invalid. i'll reopen if needed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID