Description of problem: With the latest 3.4 kernel update, the wifi no longer works. If you try to install dkms-broadcom-wl, it adds all the stuff it needs, looks like it's installing and then just gets to the end and says unable to install wl. I really suspect it's something to do with the kernel, but if I try and install the driver from source, which I had to do on previous versions of Mageia to get it to work reliably, it tells me: t tells me /lib/modules/'uname-r' is missing (even though I have installed the kernel source The most frustrating thing is now I can't even boot back into kernel 3.3.8, it now tells me it can't find the network interface, even with my old driver. The on;y way I can get on line is by tethering to my Android phone. :~/ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kernel 3.3.8-server-2.mga2 wl driver 5.100.82.112-4.mga2.nonfree Although non-free makes no sense now it;s open source, surely?! How reproducible: Always does the same Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kernel 3.3.8-server-2.mga2 2. Find Broadcom wifi interface no longer connects
CC: (none) => sander.lepik, tmb
(In reply to comment #0) > Description of problem: > > With the latest 3.4 kernel update, the wifi no longer works. If you try to > install dkms-broadcom-wl, it adds all the stuff it needs, looks like it's > installing and then just gets to the end and says unable to install wl. > > I really suspect it's something to do with the kernel, but if I try and install > the driver from source, which I had to do on previous versions of Mageia to get > it to work reliably, it tells me: > > t tells me /lib/modules/'uname-r' is missing > > (even though I have installed the kernel source > You dont need the source, you need the kernel-*-devel matching your kernel if you use dkms > The most frustrating thing is now I can't even boot back into kernel 3.3.8, it > now tells me it can't find the network interface, even with my old driver. The > on;y way I can get on line is by tethering to my Android phone. :~/ > > Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): > > Kernel 3.3.8-server-2.mga2 > > wl driver 5.100.82.112-4.mga2.nonfree > > Although non-free makes no sense now it;s open source, surely?! > broadcom-wl driver is not free, hence the .nonfree And in this case the breakage happends since you dont have Nonfree Updates enabled. Had that media been available, the update would have installed the: dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-6.mga2.nonfree that is fixed so it builds with 3.4 series kernels. Here is a link to the fixed broadcom-wl so you can donwload and install it manually: http://mirrors.kernel.org/mandriva/distrib/2/i586/media/nonfree/updates/dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-6.mga2.nonfree.i586.rpm
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => INVALID
I'm afraid that does not fix the problem. What is really bizarre is that when I changed the repositories to give me access to the updated non free, the system told me kernel 3.4.24 was available - which I was sure was already installed but seemd to disappear. So it installed that kernel (3.4), the wl dkms and the nvidia driver, but it still tells me "unable to find the network interface for selected device (using wl driver). I am completely confused as to what happened with the 3.4 kernel. There is 100% definitely an issue with Broadcom drivers now though.
Status: RESOLVED => REOPENEDResolution: INVALID => (none)
wl driver on 3.4.24 is working fine for me, just like it did before. Tho' I'm using NetworkManager to manage my connections.
Well it's totally crapped up here! I went into Control Centre rather than Network Centre and saw that As well as what I was trying to set up, there was another. The two interfaces were called: : Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n wlan0: wlan0 Please note the : before Broadcom on the first entry. The first one said unable to find the network interface for selected device (using wl driver).", but the second did not, so I thought. Great. However, that doesn't connect at all. So this is without any doubt borked after then latest round of updates. I have tried approximately 6,567 different things, such as uninstalling the drivers from the repository, reinstalling, uninstalling again, trying to install from source (how can this be non-free if I cave the source code btw?), rebooting stacks of times and nothing works at all. I don't know whether this extra interface is screwed up, but I know Wobo is having exactly the same problems, so this definitely needs investigating. What can I do and what information can I give you to track it down?
Can you probvide the following info (as root): rpm -qa |grep kernel rpm -qa |grep broadcom dkms status
Sure! rpm -qa |grep kernel kernel-server-devel-3.4.24-3.mga2-1-1.mga2 kernel-firmware-nonfree-20121030-1.mga2.nonfree kernel-server-3.4.24-3.mga2-1-1.mga2 kernel-server-devel-3.3.8-2.mga2-1-1.mga2 kernel-server-3.3.8-2.mga2-1-1.mga2 kernel-firmware-20120219-1.mga2 kernel-server-3.3.6-2.mga2-1-1.mga2 kernel-server-devel-latest-3.4.24-3.mga2 kernel-userspace-headers-3.4.24-3.mga2 broadcom-wl-kernel-server-latest-5.100.82.112-38.mga2.nonfree kernel-server-devel-3.3.6-2.mga2-1-1.mga2 kernel-source-3.4.24-3.mga2-1-1.mga2 broadcom-wl-kernel-3.4.24-server-3.mga2-5.100.82.112-38.mga2.nonfree rpm -qa |grep broadcom dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-6.mga2.nonfree broadcom-wl-kernel-server-latest-5.100.82.112-38.mga2.nonfree broadcom-wl-kernel-3.4.24-server-3.mga2-5.100.82.112-38.mga2.nonfree dkms status broadcom-wl, 5.100.82.112-6.mga2.nonfree, 3.4.24-server-3.mga2, i586: installed nvidia, 310.19, 3.3.8-server-2.mga2, i586: installed nvidia, 310.19, 3.4.24-server-3.mga2, i586: installed nvidia, 310.19, 3.3.6-server-2.mga2, i586: installed nvidia-current, 295.71-1.mga2.nonfree, 3.3.8-server-2.mga2, i586: installed nvidia-current, 295.71-1.mga2.nonfree, 3.4.24-server-3.mga2, i586: installed broadcom-wl, 5.100.82.112-6.mga2.nonfree, 3.4.24-server-3.mga2, i586: installed-binary from 3.4.24-server-3.mga2
ok, seems ok. have you rebooted after you installed dkms ? can you also provide the following: lsmod and attach capture of dmesg, by doing dmesg > dmesg.txt
Created attachment 3438 [details] dmseg
lsmod Module Size Used by wl 2438716 0 lib80211 14041 1 wl nfsd 207733 13 exportfs 12843 1 nfsd nfs 244445 0 nfs_acl 12734 2 nfs,nfsd auth_rpcgss 35465 2 nfs,nfsd fscache 59502 1 nfs lockd 65540 2 nfs,nfsd sunrpc 188971 14 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl af_packet 30686 8 arc4 12474 2 brcmsmac 522911 0 cordic 12519 1 brcmsmac crc8 12782 1 brcmsmac brcmutil 14356 1 brcmsmac bcma 26204 1 brcmsmac mac80211 389059 1 brcmsmac cfg80211 165295 2 brcmsmac,mac80211 rfcomm 57544 8 bnep 18868 2 dm_mirror 21655 0 dm_region_hash 16013 1 dm_mirror dm_log 18112 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror dm_mod 71926 2 dm_log,dm_mirror nls_utf8 12494 1 nls_cp437 12752 1 vfat 17209 1 fat 55310 1 vfat nvidia 8570297 31 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31504 4 uvcvideo 66916 0 videobuf2_vmalloc 12885 1 uvcvideo videobuf2_memops 13405 1 videobuf2_vmalloc btusb 19041 0 videobuf2_core 27900 1 uvcvideo videodev 90991 1 uvcvideo bluetooth 259933 24 bnep,btusb,rfcomm media 20528 2 uvcvideo,videodev snd_hda_codec_cirrus 23167 1 rfkill 20903 3 cfg80211,bluetooth bcm5974 17094 0 snd_hda_intel 32341 5 rndis_host 14088 0 snd_hda_codec 109537 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus joydev 17162 0 cdc_ether 14001 1 rndis_host i2c_i801 17507 0 tg3 130313 0 snd_hwdep 13277 1 snd_hda_codec usbnet 26859 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether i2c_core 29837 3 i2c_i801,nvidia,videodev snd_pcm 88811 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel coretemp 13241 0 mii 13655 1 usbnet applesmc 18812 0 snd_page_alloc 14037 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel iTCO_wdt 17653 0 apple_bl 13426 0 intel_ips 18047 0 apple_gmux 12656 0 libphy 27825 1 tg3 snd_timer 24503 1 snd_pcm iTCO_vendor_support 13503 1 iTCO_wdt evdev 17446 7 input_polldev 13649 1 applesmc snd 62407 17 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus soundcore 14600 1 snd cpufreq_ondemand 13453 4 cpufreq_conservative 13496 0 crc32c_intel 12747 0 cpufreq_powersave 12555 0 aesni_intel 18135 0 acpi_cpufreq 14207 1 aes_i586 16996 1 aesni_intel aes_generic 38024 2 aesni_intel,aes_i586 cryptd 15580 1 aesni_intel mperf 12604 1 acpi_cpufreq battery 13552 0 ac 12743 0 freq_table 14370 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq processor 30483 1 acpi_cpufreq nvram 13958 0 ipv6 286886 0 autofs4 37366 3 ext4 429197 4 crc16 12596 2 ext4,bluetooth jbd2 76316 1 ext4 hid_apple 13046 0 usbhid 47304 0 hid 77577 2 usbhid,hid_apple firewire_ohci 35480 0 uhci_hcd 31496 0 ehci_hcd 55338 0 sr_mod 21873 0 video 18688 1 apple_gmux usbcore 177508 10 btusb,uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,rndis_host,ehci_hcd,usbhid,usbnet,bcm5974,cdc_ether sd_mod 44067 7 firewire_core 56921 1 firewire_ohci crc_t10dif 12508 1 sd_mod crc_itu_t 12628 1 firewire_core button 13562 0 usb_common 12526 1 usbcore ahci 25497 0 libahci 25806 1 ahci ata_piix 26398 7 libata 183691 3 ahci,libahci,ata_piix scsi_mod 185946 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
Oh, yes, rebooted many times. :(
(In reply to comment #10) OK, here is your problem: when wl is in use, theese should not be: > brcmsmac 522911 0 > bcma 26204 1 brcmsmac Do you have a file: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom-wl.conf and does it contain: blacklist brcm80211 blacklist b43 blacklist ssb blacklist bcma hm, and there is a packaging bug... it misses a blacklist for "brcmsmac" so if you edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom-wl.conf and add the line: blacklist brcmsmac and reboot, does the wl driver work again ?
Status: REOPENED => ASSIGNEDAssignee: bugsquad => tmb
I did have the file, I amended it to say: blacklist brcm80211 blacklist b43 blacklist ssb blacklist bcma blacklist brcmsmac Rebooted. But it makes no difference lsmod Module Size Used by nfsd 207733 13 exportfs 12843 1 nfsd nfs 244445 0 nfs_acl 12734 2 nfs,nfsd auth_rpcgss 35465 2 nfs,nfsd fscache 59502 1 nfs lockd 65540 2 nfs,nfsd sunrpc 188971 14 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl af_packet 30686 3 arc4 12474 2 brcmsmac 522911 0 cordic 12519 1 brcmsmac crc8 12782 1 brcmsmac brcmutil 14356 1 brcmsmac bcma 26204 1 brcmsmac mac80211 389059 1 brcmsmac cfg80211 165295 2 brcmsmac,mac80211 rfcomm 57544 8 bnep 18868 2 dm_mirror 21655 0 dm_region_hash 16013 1 dm_mirror dm_log 18112 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror dm_mod 71926 2 dm_log,dm_mirror nls_utf8 12494 1 nls_cp437 12752 1 vfat 17209 1 fat 55310 1 vfat nvidia 8570297 31 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31504 4 uvcvideo 66916 0 videobuf2_vmalloc 12885 1 uvcvideo videobuf2_memops 13405 1 videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_core 27900 1 uvcvideo videodev 90991 1 uvcvideo bcm5974 17094 0 media 20528 2 uvcvideo,videodev btusb 19041 0 bluetooth 259933 24 bnep,btusb,rfcomm rfkill 20903 3 cfg80211,bluetooth snd_hda_codec_cirrus 23167 1 rndis_host 14088 0 snd_hda_intel 32341 5 snd_hda_codec 109537 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus cdc_ether 14001 1 rndis_host joydev 17162 0 usbnet 26859 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether mii 13655 1 usbnet snd_hwdep 13277 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 88811 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel tg3 130313 0 coretemp 13241 0 snd_page_alloc 14037 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel i2c_i801 17507 0 apple_bl 13426 0 intel_ips 18047 0 apple_gmux 12656 0 crc32c_intel 12747 0 snd_timer 24503 1 snd_pcm aesni_intel 18135 0 snd 62407 17 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus soundcore 14600 1 snd libphy 27825 1 tg3 i2c_core 29837 3 i2c_i801,nvidia,videodev applesmc 18812 0 iTCO_wdt 17653 0 evdev 17446 7 input_polldev 13649 1 applesmc iTCO_vendor_support 13503 1 iTCO_wdt aes_i586 16996 1 aesni_intel aes_generic 38024 2 aesni_intel,aes_i586 cryptd 15580 1 aesni_intel battery 13552 0 ac 12743 0 cpufreq_ondemand 13453 4 cpufreq_conservative 13496 0 cpufreq_powersave 12555 0 acpi_cpufreq 14207 1 mperf 12604 1 acpi_cpufreq freq_table 14370 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq processor 30483 1 acpi_cpufreq nvram 13958 0 ipv6 286886 0 autofs4 37366 3 hid_apple 13046 0 usbhid 47304 0 hid 77577 2 usbhid,hid_apple ext4 429197 4 crc16 12596 2 ext4,bluetooth jbd2 76316 1 ext4 ehci_hcd 55338 0 sd_mod 44067 7 sr_mod 21873 0 crc_t10dif 12508 1 sd_mod uhci_hcd 31496 0 usbcore 177508 10 btusb,uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,rndis_host,ehci_hcd,usbhid,usbnet,bcm5974,cdc_ether firewire_ohci 35480 0 firewire_core 56921 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 12628 1 firewire_core usb_common 12526 1 usbcore video 18688 1 apple_gmux button 13562 0 ahci 25497 0 libahci 25806 1 ahci ata_piix 26398 7 libata 183691 3 ahci,libahci,ata_piix scsi_mod 185946 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
Actually, wl is no longer install is it?
(In reply to comment #14) > Actually, wl is no longer install is it? What is the output of "rpm -qa |grep broadcom"?
rpm -qa |grep broadcom dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-6.mga2.nonfree broadcom-wl-kernel-server-latest-5.100.82.112-38.mga2.nonfree broadcom-wl-kernel-3.4.24-server-3.mga2-5.100.82.112-38.mga2.nonfree I meant to say it's no longer in use, sorry. Was posting it in a rush as I was being ushered out of the door! It's installed according to MCC, but it's not being used according to lsmod. Que?!
What's even more ridiculous is that if I uninstall all the wl stuff, reboot and attempt to connect, it doesn't tell me there drivers aren't installed, but tries to connect and fails, it does not tell me there are no drivers installed. rpm -qa |grep broadcom returns blank now. Something is royally ****ed up here; I have had no end of problems with Mageia 2 on the laptop - I really regret "upgrading" from M1 which was really excellent.
Is it possible it's something to do with Network Centre showing two wireless interfaces when I only have one, as described in comment 5?
What is the output of those commands: cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom-wl.conf lsmod
I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling and rebooting a few more times. Still nothing. wl still is not being used. Makes no difference whether I try with wl-broadcom-dkms installed or not as to what error messages come up. I would still like to know whether the fact it thinks there are two wlan interfaces is important. cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom-wl.conf blacklist brcm80211 blacklist b43 blacklist ssb blacklist bcma blacklist brcmsmac rpm -qa |grep broadcom dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-6.mga2.nonfree lsmod Module Size Used by nfsd 207733 13 exportfs 12843 1 nfsd nfs 244445 0 nfs_acl 12734 2 nfs,nfsd auth_rpcgss 35465 2 nfs,nfsd fscache 59502 1 nfs lockd 65540 2 nfs,nfsd sunrpc 188971 14 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl af_packet 30686 4 arc4 12474 2 brcmsmac 522911 0 cordic 12519 1 brcmsmac crc8 12782 1 brcmsmac brcmutil 14356 1 brcmsmac bcma 26204 1 brcmsmac mac80211 389059 1 brcmsmac cfg80211 165295 2 brcmsmac,mac80211 rfcomm 57544 8 bnep 18868 2 dm_mirror 21655 0 dm_region_hash 16013 1 dm_mirror dm_log 18112 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror dm_mod 71926 2 dm_log,dm_mirror nls_utf8 12494 1 nls_cp437 12752 1 vfat 17209 1 fat 55310 1 vfat snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31504 4 nvidia 8570297 31 snd_hda_codec_cirrus 23167 1 snd_hda_intel 32341 5 snd_hda_codec 109537 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus snd_hwdep 13277 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 88811 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel snd_page_alloc 14037 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel snd_timer 24503 1 snd_pcm snd 62407 17 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus btusb 19041 0 bluetooth 259933 24 bnep,btusb,rfcomm cpufreq_ondemand 13453 4 rndis_host 14088 0 cdc_ether 14001 1 rndis_host bcm5974 17094 0 joydev 17162 0 rfkill 20903 3 cfg80211,bluetooth soundcore 14600 1 snd tg3 130313 0 usbnet 26859 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether iTCO_wdt 17653 0 uvcvideo 66916 0 videobuf2_vmalloc 12885 1 uvcvideo videobuf2_memops 13405 1 videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_core 27900 1 uvcvideo videodev 90991 1 uvcvideo coretemp 13241 0 crc32c_intel 12747 0 cpufreq_conservative 13496 0 aesni_intel 18135 0 cpufreq_powersave 12555 0 media 20528 2 uvcvideo,videodev i2c_i801 17507 0 mii 13655 1 usbnet libphy 27825 1 tg3 i2c_core 29837 3 i2c_i801,nvidia,videodev iTCO_vendor_support 13503 1 iTCO_wdt applesmc 18812 0 aes_i586 16996 1 aesni_intel aes_generic 38024 2 aesni_intel,aes_i586 acpi_cpufreq 14207 1 nvram 13958 0 cryptd 15580 1 aesni_intel mperf 12604 1 acpi_cpufreq evdev 17446 7 apple_bl 13426 0 intel_ips 18047 0 apple_gmux 12656 0 freq_table 14370 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq input_polldev 13649 1 applesmc processor 30483 1 acpi_cpufreq battery 13552 0 ac 12743 0 ipv6 286886 0 autofs4 37366 3 hid_apple 13046 0 usbhid 47304 0 hid 77577 2 usbhid,hid_apple ext4 429197 4 crc16 12596 2 ext4,bluetooth jbd2 76316 1 ext4 uhci_hcd 31496 0 sd_mod 44067 7 sr_mod 21873 0 firewire_ohci 35480 0 crc_t10dif 12508 1 sd_mod firewire_core 56921 1 firewire_ohci ehci_hcd 55338 0 crc_itu_t 12628 1 firewire_core usbcore 177508 10 btusb,uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,rndis_host,ehci_hcd,usbhid,usbnet,bcm5974,cdc_ether usb_common 12526 1 usbcore video 18688 1 apple_gmux button 13562 0 ahci 25497 0 libahci 25806 1 ahci ata_piix 26398 7 libata 183691 3 ahci,libahci,ata_piix scsi_mod 185946 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
The second interface is caused by bcma module, which should be blacklisted. Can you confirm that it's not included in your initrd: lsinitrd-dracut /boot/initrd.img |grep '\(bcma\|brc\)'
Hopefully I understand what you are asking me to do here. :) I typed: lsinitrd-dracut /boot/initrd.img |grep '\(bcma\|brc\)' And it returns blank. ie Nothing is listed.
Hm, I wonder if there is any other reference to the "unwanted" drivers... Can you do: grep -R brcmsmac /etc/modprobe* grep -R bcma /etc/modbprobe* also check /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and remove any reference (besides the ones in the blacklist)
When you say remove any references, what references need removing please?! grep -R brcmsmac /etc/modprobe* /etc/modprobe.conf:alias wlan0 brcmsmac /etc/modprobe.d/01_mga-config.conf:alias wlan0 brcmsmac /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom-wl.conf:blacklist brcmsmac grep -R bcma /etc/modbprobe* grep: /etc/modbprobe*: No such file or directory cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules # program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single # line, and change only the value of the NAME= key. # Drakx-net rule for eth0 (10:9a:dd:4f:ae:4d) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="10:9a:dd:4f:ae:4d", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" # Drakx-net rule for usb0 (02:51:6c:36:66:69) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="02:51:6c:36:66:69", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="usb*", NAME="usb0" # PCI device 0x14e4:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0 (wl) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="c8:bc:c8:ec:e8:62", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1" # PCI device 0x14e4:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0 (tg3) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:10:18:00:00:00", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth2" # PCI device 0x14e4:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/bcma0:0 (bcma-pci-bridge) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="c8:bc:c8:ec:e8:62", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"
(In reply to comment #24) > When you say remove any references, what references need removing please?! > ok, this explains why it loads despite blacklist... > grep -R brcmsmac /etc/modprobe* > /etc/modprobe.conf:alias wlan0 brcmsmac remove the line "alias wlan0 brcmsmac" > > cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules remove theese lines (I know it's the wl, but clean out reference for now): > # PCI device 0x14e4:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0 (wl) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="c8:bc:c8:ec:e8:62", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", > KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1" > remove theese lines: > # PCI device 0x14e4:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/bcma0:0 > (bcma-pci-bridge) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="c8:bc:c8:ec:e8:62", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", > KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" then recreate initrd with: dracut -f then reboot, and try to reconfigure the wireless
That's made things worse I'm afraid. Now I only have one wifi interface, but it's the : Broadcom one which is "unable to find network interface (using wl driver)."
Thanks for trying to help on this. In the end I have gone back to Mandriva. In all honesty Mageia 2 is a disaster on this laptop. Mageia 1 was great and I really regret upgrading to M2, had there been longer term support for M1 I'd've stuck with it. I'm still running Mageia on my desktop and will probably come back to it on the laptop when support of Mnandriva 2011 runs out.
(In reply to comment #27) > Thanks for trying to help on this. In the end I have gone back to Mandriva. In > all honesty Mageia 2 is a disaster on this laptop. Mageia 1 was great and I Did you upgrade to MGA2 from MGA1? This explains the whole problem : > /etc/modprobe.conf:alias wlan0 brcmsmac is a bad configuration left from MGA1. I suspect if you try a Live media with MGA2, WiFi will have no problems.
CC: (none) => lists.jjorge
No, it was a fresh install. ie I always format my /boot and / partitions, installing in those freshly formatted partitions, but leave /opt and /home untouched. I find the upgrading method never works reliably.
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