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René1983
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 Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed |
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Im trying to install my wireless network, but somehow it will not work... When I run:
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start |
I get the following:
| Code: | * Starting eth1
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
* Starting wpa_supplicant on eth1 ...
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Could not set interface 'eth1' UP [ ok ]
* Starting wpa_cli on eth1 ... [ ok ]
* Backgrounding ... |
* where does the annoying backgrounding come from?
After this my ifconfig shows no eth1 device. My iwconfig shows:
| Code: | lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"" Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
My dmesg shows this:
| Code: | bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0 |
My lsmod shows:
| Code: | Module Size Used by
ieee80211_crypt_wep 3776 0
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 8512 0
snd_seq 36464 0
snd_pcm_oss 19744 0
snd_mixer_oss 12416 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 25052 0
snd_ac97_codec 78816 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 1856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 49992 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 15236 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 36004 7 snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6112 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 6856 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
bcm43xx 394720 0
ieee80211softmac 21120 1 bcm43xx |
* You get my sound modules for free  ...
The settings in /etc/conf.d/net that affect my card are:
| Code: | modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext"
config_eth1=( "dhcp" )
dhcp_eth1="-t 10" |
My wpa_supplicant.conf looks like this:
| Code: | ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
update_config=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="i-llumination"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
proto=WPA2
auth_alg=OPEN
pairwise=TKIP
psk="IwontgivemykeycauseIdonttrustmyneighboursandyoudontneeditanyways!!!"
}
# if everything fails, connect to any unsecured AP
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
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I use kernel 2.6.18, have the driver compiled as module, have also emerged the necessary firmware "net-wireless/bcm43xx-fwcutter" (please tell me if I have the wrong one)...
Conclusion: Im lost! Dont know where to go from here. Hopefully somebody can help me...
Thnx in advance... |
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koenderoo
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:15 am Post subject: |
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First comclusion I can draw from all the info: no association with the ESSID.
Before you try to get eth1 up you should have this associated.
It's probably caused by a bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204826
It says you're missing non-oss firmware. Are you perhaps missing some dependencies?
Try searching the portage tree for the bcm firmware (emerge -s bcm)
I'm not in a position to do so right now, so please check it yourselves.
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René1983
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thnx Koen,
I already installed the bcm drivers:
| Code: | * net-wireless/bcm43xx-fwcutter
Latest version available: 006
Latest version installed: 006
Size of files: 26 kB
Homepage: http://bcm43xx.berlios.de
Description: Firmware Tool for Broadcom 43xx based wireless network devices
License: GPL-2 |
Well, I think this is the right one...
And how do I associate my eth1 with the ESSID? I already got it in my wpa_supplicant.conf.
Other suggestions? |
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René1983
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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I searched the forums, but many people do use the NDISWRAPPER drivers. I really DONT want to use these ones.
Are here some people who use the linux drivers for this networkcard? |
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Ma3oxuct
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Installing net-wireless/bcm43xx-fwcutter is just one piece of the puzzle...you have to use bcm43xx-fwcutter to extract appropriate firmware from a proprietary driver. Take a look at this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185174
You have to download wl_apsta.o or find cmwl5.sys and run:
| Code: | | bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o |
Also, you can use the man pages as far as I recall:
| Code: | | man bcm43xx-fwcutter |
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René1983
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Thnx Ma3oxuct,
Now I finally got my wireless card working. But another problem did occur. I can find my AP, but when I want to connect I simply cant.
| Code: | ~ # dmesg | tail
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
SoftMAC: Scanning finished
SoftMAC: generic IE set to 30140100000fac020100000fac020100000fac020000
SoftMAC: Already associating or associated to 00:14:bf:cc:77:61
SoftMAC: Start scanning with channel: 1
SoftMAC: Scanning 14 channels
SoftMAC: Scanning finished
SoftMAC: generic IE set to 30140100000fac020100000fac020100000fac020000
SoftMAC: Already associating or associated to 00:14:bf:cc:77:61
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My WPA_GUI says:
| Code: | | Associated request to the driver failed |
Does anybody have an idea?
Thnx in advance... |
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slack2daze
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: RE: bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed |
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Hey All,
I'm having almost exactly the same issue as René1983's original problem.
Before I get into it, here is some of my machine and environment info:
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rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # uname -a
Linux rday-nix-test-laptop 2.6.20-gentoo #1 SMP Wed Mar 7 12:34:30 EST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI6515 Cardbus Controller
03:01.5 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCI6515 SmartCard Controller
03:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 8086:2590 (rev 03)
00:02.0 0300: 8086:2592 (rev 03)
00:02.1 0380: 8086:2792 (rev 03)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2660 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev d3)
00:1e.2 0401: 8086:266e (rev 03)
00:1e.3 0703: 8086:266d (rev 03)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2641 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 0101: 8086:2653 (rev 03)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:266a (rev 03)
02:00.0 0200: 14e4:1677 (rev 01)
03:01.0 0607: 104c:8036
03:01.5 0780: 104c:8038
03:03.0 0280: 14e4:4324 (rev 03)
rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # dmesg
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ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
bcm43xx driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 2, Type 2, Revision 2
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # ls -la /lib/firmware
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 6 21:23 .
drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 Mar 6 21:23 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3504 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval01.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval02.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3504 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval03.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval04.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2536 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval05.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 248 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval06.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2536 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval07.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2536 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval08.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 248 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval09.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 248 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_initval10.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21672 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_microcode11.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16352 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_microcode2.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20088 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_microcode4.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22272 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_microcode5.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1312 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_pcm4.fw
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1312 Mar 6 21:23 bcm43xx_pcm5.fw
rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # emerge -s bcm43xx
Searching... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
[ Results for search key : bcm43xx ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* net-wireless/bcm43xx-fwcutter
Latest version available: 006
Latest version installed: 006
Size of files: 26 kB
Homepage: http://bcm43xx.berlios.de
Description: Firmware Tool for Broadcom 43xx based wireless network devices
License: GPL-2
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Ok, so as you can see, I've got the module built and loaded, I've got bcm43xx-fwcutter and I've got the firmware files and they're read/write for everyone, yet still I get:
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bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
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in dmesg, when I do:
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rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # ifconfig eth1 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
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To make matters more strange, when I installed Ubuntu 6.10 on this exact machine (it's a Latitude D610 btw), and ran the bcm43xx-fwcutter utility (on the same bcmwl5.sys file as suggested here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185174), and then ran:
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rday-nix-test-laptop ~ # ifconfig eth1 up
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it worked like a charm. I can connect, I can use "Monitor" mode, use Kismet, Airsnort, etc. So, here's my theory (mind you I don't really have a clue...), ifconfig on my Ubuntu installation is a different version than the one I'm using on Gentoo. I realize that sounds crazy, but I think I've tried everything else...... Any suggestions? |
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René1983
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Maybe I misread, but did you already download the firmware and executed this command. Cause that solved the error for me:
| Code: | | bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o |
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slack2daze
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject: RE: bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed |
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René1983,
Sorry bout that, i know i put a lot of code in my last post. In the mix there is a listing of my current /lib/firmware directory. its got the firmware files in it, i've tried the wl_apsta.o file as well as the bcmwl5.sys file, still no luck.... |
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enzobelmont
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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you should download broadcom firmware for your card. if you have a windows partititon you can use its driver
just unpackit and search for bcm***.sys and .inf
for more info go to http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
sorry my english...
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slack2daze
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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enzobelmont,
if you reread my post you'll see that i did already try the bcm***.sys files. however its a moot point as it turns out the culprit was my own stupidity. i had udev-87 and i didnt have hotplug; so i updated udev to 106 and its working like a charm now.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Please put [SOLVED] in the title.
Cheers for getting it fixed. =)
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I have not the directory /lib/firmware
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