Greetings all; Things are too quiet on the NM list, so I'm going to ask here since its an FC5 install, 32 bit on a 64 bit lappy, an HP dv5210us with a broadcom bcm4318 radio in it. I know the SSID, and that's set, and the key for that SSID is also set. But when I pull the eth0 cable, NM then logs this: Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13 Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx driver Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:02.0[A] -> Link [LNKF] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2 Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243, enabled Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, disabled Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243, enabled Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243, enabled Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision 7 Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 8) Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: ASSERTION FAILED (0) at: net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c:306:ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate() Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: empty ratesinfo? Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: empty ratesinfo? Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first. Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up? Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode rev > 0x128 Jan 10 16:04:21 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-1) Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: empty ratesinfo? Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: empty ratesinfo? Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: Canceling existing associate request! Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: Scanning for networks first. Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: SoftMAC: Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up? Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x13f, pl 0x66 (2005-10-15 22:46:19) Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: Firmware: no support for microcode rev > 0x128 Jan 10 16:04:38 diablo kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-1) This is with the kernels own bcm43xx driver loaded. Now if I rmmod it, and modprobe ndiswrapper which is setup around the winderz driver (which I did have working about 9 months ago, so I know it works), and repeat this exercise, I get this: an 10 16:23:48 diablo kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.25 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no) Jan 10 16:23:48 diablo kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5a (Broadcom,02/11/2005, 3.100.64.0) loaded Jan 10 16:23:48 diablo kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:02.0[A] -> Link [LNKF] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 Jan 10 16:23:48 diablo kernel: ndiswrapper: using IRQ 10 Jan 10 16:23:49 diablo kernel: wlan0: vendor: '' Jan 10 16:23:49 diablo kernel: wlan0: ethernet device 00:14:a5:75:32:c9 using NDIS driver bcmwl5a, 14E4:4318:103C:1355.5.conf Jan 10 16:23:49 diablo kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK Jan 10 16:23:49 diablo kernel: usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper Jan 10 16:23:49 diablo kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready Jan 10 16:23:55 diablo kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready Jan 10 16:23:55 diablo NetworkManager: <information> wlan0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'ndiswrapper'. Jan 10 16:23:55 diablo NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start Jan 10 16:23:55 diablo NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing. Jan 10 16:23:55 diablo NetworkManager: <information> Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'. Jan 10 16:23:55 diablo NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device wlan0. Then I also tried to activate it with the network-configuration gui, and got this: Jan 10 16:25:03 diablo NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_3_ethernet: assertion `dev != NULL' failed Jan 10 16:25:03 diablo NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_11_wireless: assertion `dev != NULL' failed Jan 10 16:26:13 diablo kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready But the indicator led is on, and kwifimanager detects it and displays the SSID, but says the quality is 0, and wifi radar also fails but floods the log with meaningless commercial drivel from isc. Obviously from the log, my year old radio is still too new for the kernel driver. The latest non-smp kernel is installed and running, 2.6.18-1.2257-fc5. But then again, 2.6.18 is pretty darned old too. Can anyone see what the next thing I need to address is to restore this to working? Thanks folks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
