Bug 2073 - Broadcom wireless opensource driver doesn't work properly (brcm80211)
Summary: Broadcom wireless opensource driver doesn't work properly (brcm80211)
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 1
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Keywords: NEEDINFO
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Reported: 2011-07-08 06:45 CEST by Marianne Lombard
Modified: 2011-11-08 13:25 CET (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.38.7-1.mga1
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dmesg output (47.74 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-08 06:58 CEST, Marianne Lombard 		Details
/var/log/messages extract (1.77 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-08 06:59 CEST, Marianne Lombard 		Details
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Description Marianne Lombard 2011-07-08 06:45:15 CEST 
I have a laptop Dell Latitude E6320 with a broadcom wireless card 

brcm80211       : Broadcom Corporation|BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [NETWORK_OTHER] (rev: 01)

The driver can see wireless network but I can connect to my home network (using WPA TKIP/AES, it's a freebox (from the french ISP Free )) 

There is 2 upstream bugs than can be related 
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28992
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38162
Comment 1 Marianne Lombard 2011-07-08 06:58:49 CEST 
Created attachment 641 [details]
dmesg output
Comment 2 Marianne Lombard 2011-07-08 06:59:22 CEST 
Created attachment 642 [details]
/var/log/messages extract
Comment 3 Marianne Lombard 2011-07-08 07:00:28 CEST 
When I try to connect to a wireless network, 2 process stay running even after drakconnect announce the failure :

root      5900  0.0  0.0  21780  1116 ?        Ss   06:55   0:00 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wext
root      5902  0.0  0.0   6056   412 ?        S    06:55   0:00 /sbin/ifplugd -I -b -i wlan0
Comment 4 Marianne Lombard 2011-07-08 07:50:08 CEST 
The very strange thing is that wireless connection works with an hotspot (captive portal, no WPA/WEP encryption)
Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2011-07-08 10:34:42 CEST 
duplicate of  bug 923 ?
Marianne Lombard 2011-07-24 16:55:13 CEST

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 6 Manuel Hiebel 2011-10-29 16:00:14 CEST 
Ping ?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 7 Marianne Lombard 2011-10-29 16:07:31 CEST 
I have switched with the non-free wl driver (made by broadcom) so ...
Comment 8 José Jorge 2011-11-08 13:25:34 CET 
The free driver is still experimental. I had the same problem and also switched to the non-free driver. Closing as we can only wait for upstream to work more on the driver.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => lists.jjorge
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
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