Re: sudden wireless problem
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:13:50 -0700 (PDT), Steven Sciame writes: steven@debtop:~$ su Password: debtop:/home/steven# lspci -vnn |grep BCM4306 02:06.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03) debtop:/home/steven# ls /etc/init.d/network-manager /etc/init.d/network-manager debtop:/home/steven# /etc/init.d/network-manager stop Stopping network connection manager: NetworkManager. debtop:/home/steven# ifdown wlan0 ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured debtop:/home/steven# ifconfig wlan0 up debtop:/home/steven# iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 No scan results debtop:/home/steven# [I'm assuming wifi lock is turned off while following above steps.] Hrm... Looking at you lspci -vnn output, here[1] it tells that you should be using b43. Fine. BTW, how did you install b43 and related firmwares? Which steps did you follow? Did you try manually installing a vanilla kernel with related modules turned on and required firmwares downloaded? Best. [1] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices/PCI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y5zdwrdg@alamut.ozun.int
Re: sudden wireless problem
On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:10:51 +1000 (EST), Andrew McGlashan writes: I've seen this problem on some hardware. The best thing to try is to shutdown the machine fully and remove all power source, then try to restart it -- if wireless isn't functional and you have multi-boot available, try to re-enable the device in the other OS. It seems that some flag gets set in the hardware and it needs to be reset to function normally. +1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87mxftwqv8@alamut.ozun.int
Re: sudden wireless problem (Solved)
- Original Message - From: Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au To: Debian User debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 9:10 AM Subject: Re: sudden wireless problem Hi, On Sun, July 31, 2011 9:49 pm, Steven Sciame wrote: Any help would be much appreciated. I've seen this problem on some hardware. The best thing to try is to shutdown the machine fully and remove all power source, then try to restart it -- if wireless isn't functional and you have multi-boot available, try to re-enable the device in the other OS. It seems that some flag gets set in the hardware and it needs to be reset to function normally. -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP Thank you for the suggestion Andrew. When I shutdown the laptop and removed all power (including the battery) it seemed to reset something and now the wireless works as before! Sincerely, Steven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/28c431eb28d096975b156bcfebcdea22.squir...@www.affinityvision.com.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1312207088.48855.yahoomail...@web111717.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
Re: sudden wireless problem
What does this output: --8---cut here---start-8--- # lspci -vnn | grep BCM4306 # /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop# Stop nm. # ifdown wlan0 # For any case. # ifconfig wlan0 up # Take wlan0 up. # iwlist wlan0 scan # Scan APs. --8---cut here---end---8--- On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:49:38 -0700 (PDT), Steven Sciame writes: Last night my wireless suddenly stopped working. The only thing I did differently from any other night that I can think of is close the lid while the computer was trying to Hibernate. Ten minutes later I realized I needed to send one more email so I tried to wake the computer up and suddenly my wireless wasn't working. On the network manager no wireless networks were displayed (I live in a highrise and there are usually many listed so I know that it is not just a problem with my wireless router which was the first thing that I thought). I am using a Compaq Presario 2210us. I right clicked on the network manager, unchecked the enable wireless, then rechecked. The led on my network card would respond (turn off, then back on), but that didn't help. I then did the same thing with enable networking. I then did: ifconfig wlan0 down, then back up again. I even tried to reinstall b43 from http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx but that did not seem to fix anything. A few months ago I needed to make a Vanilla kernel (2.6.38) for another issue that has since been fixed so I don't use it anymore (I now use the one that is with Squeeze 2.6.32). I decided to select that 2.6.38 upon startup just to see if that would help and something interesting happened: When clicking on the network manager the, Enable wireless was greyed out. Here is some output after restarting again this morning with the 2.6.32 Squeeze kernel: steven@debtop:~$ dmesg | tail -25 [ 9.533637] loop: module loaded [ 11.556603] fuse init (API version 7.13) [ 12.845751] input: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device as /devices/virtual/input/input7 [ 14.557229] eth0: link down [ 14.557323] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 14.584065] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw [ 14.618394] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw [ 14.626731] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw [ 14.636424] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw [ 14.772058] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) [ 14.828984] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 16.518143] apm: BIOS not found. [ 18.273121] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15 [ 18.273211] NET: Registered protocol family 31 [ 18.273214] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 18.273218] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 18.809841] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.14 [ 18.809846] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 19.229135] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 19.229141] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 19.740665] Bridge firewalling registered [ 19.903792] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6 [ 19.903797] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 20.454349] lp: driver loaded but no devices found [ 20.483194] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver steven@debtop:~$ su Password: debtop:/home/steven# ifconfig wlan0 down debtop:/home/steven# ifconfig wlan0 up debtop:/home/steven# lsmod | grep b43 b43 132411 0 mac80211 122866 1 b43 cfg80211 86977 2 b43,mac80211 led_class 1757 1 b43 rng_core 2178 1 b43 ssb 33578 1 b43 mmc_core 38277 2 b43,ssb pcmcia 16194 2 b43,ssb pcmcia_core 20414 5 b43,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,ssb,pcmcia debtop:/home/steven# exit steven@debtop:~$ lspci | grep -i wireless 02:06.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) steven@debtop:~$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87aabuy7n7@alamut.ozun.int
Re: sudden wireless problem
Hi, On Sun, July 31, 2011 9:49 pm, Steven Sciame wrote: Any help would be much appreciated. I've seen this problem on some hardware. The best thing to try is to shutdown the machine fully and remove all power source, then try to restart it -- if wireless isn't functional and you have multi-boot available, try to re-enable the device in the other OS. It seems that some flag gets set in the hardware and it needs to be reset to function normally. -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/28c431eb28d096975b156bcfebcdea22.squir...@www.affinityvision.com.au
Re: sudden wireless problem
Hello Thank you for the reply. - Original Message - From: Volkan YAZICI yazic...@ttmail.com To: Steven Sciame sasci...@yahoo.com Cc: Debian User debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: sudden wireless problem What does this output: --8---cut here---start-8--- # lspci -vnn | grep BCM4306 # /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop # Stop nm. # ifdown wlan0 # For any case. # ifconfig wlan0 up # Take wlan0 up. # iwlist wlan0 scan # Scan APs. --8---cut here---end---8--- Here is the requested output: steven@debtop:~$ su Password: debtop:/home/steven# lspci -vnn |grep BCM4306 02:06.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03) debtop:/home/steven# ls /etc/init.d/network-manager /etc/init.d/network-manager debtop:/home/steven# /etc/init.d/network-manager stop Stopping network connection manager: NetworkManager. debtop:/home/steven# ifdown wlan0 ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured debtop:/home/steven# ifconfig wlan0 up debtop:/home/steven# iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 No scan results debtop:/home/steven# On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:49:38 -0700 (PDT), Steven Sciame writes: Last night my wireless suddenly stopped working. The only thing I did differently from any other night that I can think of is close the lid while the computer was trying to Hibernate. Ten minutes later I realized I needed to send one more email so I tried to wake the computer up and suddenly my wireless wasn't working. On the network manager no wireless networks were displayed (I live in a highrise and there are usually many listed so I know that it is not just a problem with my wireless router which was the first thing that I thought). I am using a Compaq Presario 2210us. I right clicked on the network manager, unchecked the enable wireless, then rechecked. The led on my network card would respond (turn off, then back on), but that didn't help. I then did the same thing with enable networking. I then did: ifconfig wlan0 down, then back up again. I even tried to reinstall b43 from http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx but that did not seem to fix anything. A few months ago I needed to make a Vanilla kernel (2.6.38) for another issue that has since been fixed so I don't use it anymore (I now use the one that is with Squeeze 2.6.32). I decided to select that 2.6.38 upon startup just to see if that would help and something interesting happened: When clicking on the network manager the, Enable wireless was greyed out. Here is some output after restarting again this morning with the 2.6.32 Squeeze kernel: steven@debtop:~$ dmesg | tail -25 [ 9.533637] loop: module loaded [ 11.556603] fuse init (API version 7.13) [ 12.845751] input: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device as /devices/virtual/input/input7 [ 14.557229] eth0: link down [ 14.557323] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 14.584065] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw [ 14.618394] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw [ 14.626731] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw [ 14.636424] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw [ 14.772058] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) [ 14.828984] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 16.518143] apm: BIOS not found. [ 18.273121] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15 [ 18.273211] NET: Registered protocol family 31 [ 18.273214] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 18.273218] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 18.809841] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.14 [ 18.809846] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 19.229135] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 19.229141] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 19.740665] Bridge firewalling registered [ 19.903792] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6 [ 19.903797] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 20.454349] lp: driver loaded but no devices found [ 20.483194] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver steven@debtop:~$ su Password: debtop:/home/steven# ifconfig wlan0 down debtop:/home/steven# ifconfig wlan0 up debtop:/home/steven# lsmod | grep b43 b43 132411 0 mac80211 122866 1 b43 cfg80211 86977 2 b43,mac80211 led_class 1757 1 b43 rng_core 2178 1 b43 ssb 33578 1 b43 mmc_core 38277 2 b43,ssb pcmcia 16194 2 b43,ssb pcmcia_core 20414 5 b43,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,ssb,pcmcia debtop:/home/steven# exit steven@debtop:~$ lspci | grep -i wireless 02:06.0 Network
