On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 16:50 +0000, Julius Smith wrote: > Greetings, > > I tried using b43-firmware-download under F8 (uname -r says > 2.6.23.8-63.fc8) on my HP dv2000 laptop. I've had wireless working in > the past on F6 using the bcm* driver, but so far not b43 (or anything > else) under F8. > > The firmware seems to be installed in /lib/firmware, and sha1sum is > happy, but when I try to bring up the interface (using the System / > Administration / Network "Activate" button), the DHCP fails to get an > IP address. (It succeeds if I reboot the same laptop in Windows XP.) > > I find the following in /var/log/messages: > ... > Dec 10 11:08:06 localhost kernel: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found > ... > Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: Device is > fully-supported using driver 'b43-pci-bridge'. > Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exporting > device as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Device/4 > Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Now managing > wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'. > Dec 10 11:08:21 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Bringing up device wlan0 > Dec 10 11:08:22 localhost kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx > Dec 10 11:08:22 localhost kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx > Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost kernel: input: Unspecified device as > /class/input/input10 > Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready > Dec 10 11:08:23 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. > Dec 10 11:08:24 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link > becomes ready > Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the > supplicant... > Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0) supplicant > interface is now in state 1 (from 0). > Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) supplicant > manager is now in state 1 (from 0). > Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost avahi-daemon[2509]: Registering new address > record for fe80::214:a5ff:fee6:2150 on wlan0.*. > Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0) supplicant > interface is now in state 2 (from 1). > Dec 10 11:08:25 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) supplicant > interface is now in state 2 (from 1). > ... > Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): starting (version > 2.20.1), pid 3137 user 'root' > Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address > "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only > configuration source at position 0 > Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address > "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at > position 1 > Dec 10 11:10:57 localhost gconfd (root-3137): Resolved address > "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only > configuration source at position 2 > Dec 10 11:10:58 localhost system-config-network[3127]: rm > //etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf > Dec 10 11:10:58 localhost system-config-network[3127]: ln > //etc/resolv.conf > //etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf > Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: -+ > //etc/modprobe.conf #011eth0 alias forcedeth > Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: chmod 0644 > //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0 > Dec 10 11:11:10 localhost system-config-network[3127]: chmod 0644 > //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 > Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 > Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 > Dec 10 11:11:13 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 > Dec 10 11:11:17 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 > Dec 10 11:11:22 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 > Dec 10 11:11:34 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 > Dec 10 11:11:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 > Dec 10 11:11:57 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > Dec 10 11:12:08 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 > Dec 10 11:12:14 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. > > > By the way, following some other email, I placed the following line in > /etc/modprobe.conf: > > alias wlan0 b43 > > Please let me know if you see my problem. > > Thanks, > Julius > This is similar to what happens when I try to use the latest Fedora 6 kernels. I know I need to update to Fedora 8 but my fear is that the bcm4318 won't work with Fedora 8 whether I use ndiswrapper or the native driver. It works fine with the old Fedora 6 kernel I've retained and ndiswrapper. I don't need to install Fedora 8 only to find out bcm4318 won't work at all. At least it works in my current set up. Is anyone familiar with using ndiswrapper and the bcm4318 under Fedora 8? Rick B.
