Hi Guys,
I just installed salix 14.2 64 bit and have a broadcom 4311 wireless card. I have the b43 driver configured and installed and can see my wifi network, but cannot connect to it.
I am typing in the password correctly, but it still won't connect using the broadcom card.
It will connect when I use a wireless usb stick with no issues.
I'm sure that I'm missing something, but am not sure what.
Any ideas?
Broadcom B43 issues
Re: Broadcom B43 issues
Hi and welcome!
Can you post the output of
so that we can see exactly which card you have?
Also please post the output of
so that we can see if the module is loaded.
Can you post the output of
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lspci -v
Also please post the output of
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lsmod
Re: Broadcom B43 issues
Here you go. I can see that the b43 module is loaded, but other than that I'm not sure.
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$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge (rev 10)
Subsystem: Dell RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: c0100000-c01fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c8000000-00000000cfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 2 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 3 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: c0200000-c02fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000b0000000-00000000b01fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:12.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 8438 [size=8]
I/O ports at 8454 [size=4]
I/O ports at 8430 [size=8]
I/O ports at 8450 [size=4]
I/O ports at 8400 [size=16]
Memory at c0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI0)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at c0005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI1)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at c0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI2)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at c0007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:13.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI3)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at c0008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:13.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI4)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at c0009000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
Kernel modules: ohci_pci
00:13.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at c0004400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 13)
Subsystem: Dell SBx00 SMBus Controller
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
I/O ports at 8410 [size=16]
Memory at c0004800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 IDE (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Dell SB600 IDE
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374
I/O ports at 8420 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
Subsystem: Dell SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
Subsystem: Dell SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: c0300000-c03fffff
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS482M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell RS482M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 17
Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at c0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeonfb, radeon
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at c0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: b44
08:01.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
Subsystem: Dell R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at c0302800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci_pci
08:01.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell R5C843 MMC Host Controller (Dell Inspiron 1501)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at c0302c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci_pci
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$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
rt2800usb 21570 0
rt2x00usb 11387 1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib 79878 1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib 42701 3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
crc_ccitt 1861 1 rt2800lib
b43 414333 0
bcma 39967 1 b43
mac80211 615902 4 b43,rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
ssb_hcd 3085 0
cfg80211 528696 3 b43,mac80211,rt2x00lib
ssb 58578 2 b43,ssb_hcd
pcmcia 37397 1 ssb
pcmcia_core 16039 1 pcmcia
ipv6 329621 60
fuse 85328 3
joydev 10688 0
dell_laptop 16587 0
rfkill 18713 4 cfg80211,dell_laptop
video 30072 1 dell_laptop
dcdbas 6902 1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_codec_idt 49173 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 61188 1 snd_hda_codec_idt
amdkfd 73388 1
amd_iommu_v2 8390 1 amdkfd
powernow_k8 11170 0
kvm_amd 57550 0
kvm 510593 1 kvm_amd
sdhci_pci 17993 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 39696 1
psmouse 115178 0
radeon 1490742 4
snd_hda_intel 30580 3
irqbypass 3583 1 kvm
snd_hda_codec 109368 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core 53369 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
ttm 82851 1 radeon
snd_hwdep 6656 1 snd_hda_codec
evdev 12363 14
snd_pcm 93378 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
sdhci 28785 1 sdhci_pci
drm_kms_helper 120018 1 radeon
drm 326102 7 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
serio_raw 5146 0
k8temp 4094 0
mmc_core 107296 4 b43,ssb,sdhci,sdhci_pci
snd_timer 22518 1 snd_pcm
agpgart 31989 2 drm,ttm
i2c_algo_bit 6154 1 radeon
fb_sys_fops 1730 1 drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea 3458 1 drm_kms_helper
hwmon 4199 2 k8temp,radeon
i2c_piix4 9511 0
sysfillrect 3950 1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt 2544 1 drm_kms_helper
snd 69729 14 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore 6812 1 snd
i2c_core 48181 5 drm,i2c_piix4,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,radeon
thermal 11725 0
battery 14696 0
fjes 21479 0
tpm_tis 11652 0
ohci_pci 3682 0
ehci_pci 4413 0
ohci_hcd 29492 1 ohci_pci
ehci_hcd 44434 1 ehci_pci
shpchp 26680 0
ac 5440 0
tpm 36644 1 tpm_tis
button 5943 0
processor 29760 2 powernow_k8
loop 21505 0
Re: Broadcom B43 issues
Can you try installing the broadcom-sta package? Remove the b43 one you just installed.
This will give you the "wl" modules, which is an alternative for your card.
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sudo spi -i broadcom-sta
Re: Broadcom B43 issues
That gets me back to where I was before. I can see the wifi network, but it keeps asking me for the password to the wifi network.
Re: Broadcom B43 issues
Are you sure you're using the correct wifi settings? WPA2, TKIP, AES etc? Also, it could be that your broadcom card doesn't support the encryption you're trying to use. Or it could even be the protocol, 802.11b vs 802.11g vs 802.11n. If your router has a respective setting, try to enable all of these.
Have you ever had this broadcom card work in the same network in any other linux?
Have you ever had this broadcom card work in the same network in any other linux?
Re: Broadcom B43 issues
Hello,
Your first post here started with the words "I just installed salix 14.2 64 bit [...]". Since you have not given any further information whether you have then taken the necessary steps to obtain an up-to-date system, I have the questions:
1. Has the kernel been updated to the current Salix version? To be able to check this, I am interested in the output of the command:
2. After installation, have the other packages been updated to the latest versions?
3. Which network manager is used (Wicd or NetworkManager)?
Salix 14.2 is now more than six years old. After installation, one should update the kernel, as well as its environment, and any packages to be used in the future to get an up-to-date Salix system.
Your first post here started with the words "I just installed salix 14.2 64 bit [...]". Since you have not given any further information whether you have then taken the necessary steps to obtain an up-to-date system, I have the questions:
1. Has the kernel been updated to the current Salix version? To be able to check this, I am interested in the output of the command:
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slapt-get --search '^kernel-*'
3. Which network manager is used (Wicd or NetworkManager)?
Salix 14.2 is now more than six years old. After installation, one should update the kernel, as well as its environment, and any packages to be used in the future to get an up-to-date Salix system.
Re: Broadcom B43 issues
In my old acer notebook with the "Broadcom BCM4312 " Wi-Fi card I just needed to install "b43-firmware" and "b43-fwcutter" with Sourcery.As simple as that... works fine here.