Help needed in configuration of BCM4311 [SOLVED]

[d2_racing]

Can you try with this modified line :

[Elleni]

Hi D2_racing,

I tried but the error persists.

To clarify - I did change the hardware (identical notebook) and since then it does appear this error. Nothing changed apart world updates

Before it worked like a charm.

[pappy_mcfae]

Keep it simple. Wpa_supplicant will only work when set as

[d2_racing]

Keep us inform of your progress, because wireless problem can be hard to debug.

[Elleni]

Hi and thanks for trying to help.

I tried that but unfortunately the error "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132" persists. For the record - if I remember right I had added the -i and -c switch for some reason like to be able to save changed config from within wpa_gui or something similar.

My /conf.d/net looks like this right now:

# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
#dns_domain_lo="homenet"
#iwconfig_wlan0="power on"
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
#wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
#config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )

My wpa_supplicant.conf is as simple as it could and it did work like a charm before having changed physicly the hardware:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
update_config=1

network={
ssid="ssid1"
scan_ssid=1
psk="Key1"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
priority=2
}

network={
ssid="ssid2"
scan_ssid=1
psk="key2"



As I did not change anything but the hardware and before it was working without any problem I am sort of confused and guessing that a emerge -e world could do the trick although it seems a bit of an overkill

[d2_racing]

Ok, after a fresh reboot, can you post this :

[pappy_mcfae]

Have you installed the firmware?

Blessed be!
Pappy
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[Elleni]

[d2_racing]

Good, now can you post this :

[Elleni]

/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
* Bringing up interface wlan0
* Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0...
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP [ ok ]
* Starting wpa_cli on wlan0... [ ok ]
* Backgrounding ......
* WARNING: net.wlan0 has started, but is inactive

dmesg | tail
power_supply C23B: prop CURRENT_NOW=0
power_supply C23B: prop CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=4961000
power_supply C23B: prop CHARGE_FULL=4961000
power_supply C23B: prop CHARGE_NOW=4819000
power_supply C23B: prop MODEL_NAME=Primary
power_supply C23B: prop MANUFACTURER=Hewlett-Packard
power_supply C23B: prop SERIAL_NUMBER=04804 2008/06/14
[drm] TV-16: set mode NTSC 480i 0
[drm] TV-16: set mode NTSC 480i 0
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down

wpa_cli status
Selected interface 'wlan0'

[d2_racing]

Ok, now you need to post this :

[Elleni]

Well - if you say so. I can only assure that with the identical laptop it worked and I do not remember having played with configs - only thing I did is keeping up to date system. So I do not start an emerge -e world yet, right, to be able to debug this thing.

Thanks again you two for giving me help on this strange issue !

Btw earlier in this post there can be found the older config files - where it was still working.

emerge --info
Portage 2.1.7.1 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.1, glibc-2.10.1-r0, 2.6.31-gentoo-r3 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r3-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T7500_@_2.20GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1
Timestamp of tree: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:00:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash: 4.0_p33
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.9-r1
dev-lang/python: 2.6.3, 3.1.1-r1
dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8
dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r3
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1
sys-apps/openrc: 0.5.1-r1
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.1
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1
sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2, 1.11
sys-devel/binutils: 2.19.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests candy ccache distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo"
LANG="de_CH.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="de_CH.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LINGUAS="de en fr it el"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=" "
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib accessibility acl acpi alsa avahi berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups dbus dga dns dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss emerald encode esd evo fam fbcon fbsplash ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal hddtemp iconv ipv6 isdnlog java java6 jpeg jpeg2k kde kde4 lame laptop ldap libnotify lm_sensors mad matroska mikmod mmx mmxext modules mp3 mp4 mpeg msn mudflap ncurses nls nntp nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg openexr opengl openmp pam pcre pda pdf perl pipechan plasma png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime rar readline reflection samba scanner sdl session skins smp spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subversion svg svga sysfs syslog tcpd themes theora thunar tiff truetype unicode usb vcd vnc vorbis wav wifi win32codecs wma wmf x264 x86 xcb xinerama xml xorg xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de en fr it el" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel vesa"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 8086:2a00 (rev 0c)
00:02.0 0300: 8086:2a02 (rev 0c)
00:02.1 0380: 8086:2a03 (rev 0c)
00:19.0 0200: 8086:1049 (rev 03)
00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:2834 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 0c03: 8086:2835 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 0c03: 8086:283a (rev 03)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:284b (rev 03)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:283f (rev 03)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:2841 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 0604: 8086:2847 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2830 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2831 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2832 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:2836 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev f3)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2811 (rev 03)
00:1f.1 0101: 8086:2850 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:2829 (rev 03)
02:06.0 0607: 1180:0476 (rev b9)
02:06.1 0607: 1180:0476 (rev b9)
02:06.2 0c00: 1180:0832 (rev 03)
02:06.3 0805: 1180:0822 (rev 20)
02:06.4 0880: 1180:0843 (rev 10)
10:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 02)

And here's the actual kernel .config:

http://pastebin.com/f32be3e88

[pappy_mcfae]

Elleni,

I see you changed from 2.6.30-gentoo-r4 to 2.6.31-gentoo-r3. Did you start a new .config, or use the one I sent? If you used the one I sent, did you issue the make oldconfig command to update? If you can, please switch back to the 2.6.30-gentoo-r4 I sent you, and see if the issue is an issue.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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[Elleni]

Hi pappy mc_fae,

hm, I had used yours with disabling some debugging features you had turned on for testing. As for the updating. What I do normaly to update a kernel is:

mount boot partition and edit grub.conf
change to /usr/src/linux directory and issue a make menuconfig

For a .config with the same settings as with my last kernel .config I do a newbish approach - I must admit

I activate/deactivate a random setting and then I exit saving.

After this I issue make && make modules_install && make install which creates the kernel which is loaded by grub conf entry

kernel /boot/vmlinux

So I unfortunately cannot switch back to a 2.6.30 kernel.

May I ask a general question concerning kernel. Not long ago I just had to compile needed kernel options and fortunately something made them load automatically (so I felt no need to put them in some autoload file). Nowadays I noticed the need of adding modules_2_6_31_gentoo_r3="acpi-cpufreq" to /etc/conf.d/modules and also to issue cpufreq-set -c 0 -g conservative -u 2200000 and cpufreq-set -c 1 -g conservative -u 2200000 by adding it to /etc/conf.d/local.start, else ways cpu frequency scaling did not behave correctly. That brings me back to the radio button issue we had discussed earlier. Is it possible that the needed modules for my hardware are compiled but not (automatically) loaded.

Please forgive my limited knowledge - I can understand if one thinks this one should use genkernel (or even an other distro )

So I hope, I am not wasting your time and again thanks for your valuable and very appreciated support !

[pappy_mcfae]

No problem. I will start by saying I don't use frequency scaling or any of that stuff. That is why I turn it all off on the seeds. Since frequency scaling isn't required to get a computer fired up and running, I don't include it as an option.

You can turn these options on yourself. My assumption is they would work better as modules than compiled directly into the kernel, but I do not know for sure. Make sure to check every option that applies, ie don't check AMD options if you have an Intel CPU, or vice versa. And yes, I've seen that.

The only way one's knowledge grows is if you learn and ask questions. I never hold anyone's uninformed nature against them. I only hold the actions of the willingly ignorant against people of that stripe, but I don't think you're one of those.

Don't be too hard on yourself. That's the job of others.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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[Elleni]

Hi pappy mc_fae,

the pastebin config you had sent me being not active anymore - may I ask you to provide me a basic config for the hardware of this laptop, that I will keep as my starting point from now on

What would you need to know enough for my hardware ? - Just in case you have the time to do so I start with an:

lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at e4400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e4500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
Memory at e4600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at e4620000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 4020 [size=32]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 4040 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 4060 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at e4621000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at e4624000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=10, subordinate=10, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e40fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=28, subordinate=28, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e3ffffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 4080 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 40a0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 40c0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at e4628000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=07, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff
Memory behind bridge: e4100000-e43fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080000000-0000000087ffffff
Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HBM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information <?>

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 40e0 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
I/O ports at 13f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 15f4 [size=4]
I/O ports at 1370 [size=8]
I/O ports at 1574 [size=4]
I/O ports at 4120 [size=32]
Memory at e4629000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/4 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA <?>
Kernel driver in use: ahci

02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b9)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
Memory at e4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 80000000-83fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 88000000-8bfff000
I/O window 0: 00005000-000050ff
I/O window 1: 00005400-000054ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus

02:06.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b9)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 19
Memory at e4101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=04, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 84000000-87fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 8c000000-8ffff000
I/O window 0: 00005800-000058ff
I/O window 1: 00005c00-00005cff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus

02:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at e4102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394

02:06.3 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 20)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at e4103000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

02:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30be
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at e4104000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at e4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number bf-5e-00-ff-ff-0f-00-21
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb

Edit: Found an 2.6.30-gentoo-r5 config on my boot partition which should be a modified backup based on your config - so I am compiled this config. Still same error..

[pappy_mcfae]

I always keep a copy. Here's the .config I made for you. See how it works out, then get back with me.

BB!
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[Elleni]

It's working again. But the Button to activate/deactivate wireless is not yet working.

So thanks again pappy.

What are my next steps you would suggest to get an accurate config for the attached hardware ?

*very happy*

[d2_racing]

[pappy_mcfae]

[d2_racing]

[Elleni]

yep, you are, d2_racing - and I will be able to put very soon [solved]

When activating the proposed option (rfkill), I am able to deactivate radio by pushing the button.

After some further playing around I can report the following:

when trying to reenable radio it works only partially, dmesg showing:
b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLE

But apparently the push button action does not an ifconfig wlan0 up after the enabling, that means the blue led remains off until I do ifconfig wlan0 up in a console manually. Then blue led turns on and wireless scanning and connecting works like a charm.

Then I found out where the initial problem (SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132 ) comes from. When pushing the rfkill controlled button and thus b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED and then tried to restart net.wlan0 or issuing an ifconfig wlan0 up, then the error shows up again until I reactivate by pushing button (dmesg: b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to ENABLED)

That leads me to my final question. How can I configure that enabling radio by pushing button does also automatically an ifconfig wlan0 up ?

Edit I compiled rfkill not as module finally as it did not load automatically. I do still not understand if something changed in kernel modules loading behaviour. What is the recommended way to do - pappy mc_fae told me modules are my friends but they apparently do not load automatically anymore when having compiled them (had to modprobe rfkill to have it loaded). Some time ago they just load when beeing compiled, so I am a bit confused..

[d2_racing]

You need to program the event button with a script.

I don't know how to do that, but at least I saw something like that on the forum a while ago.

[Elleni]

ok, d2_racing I understand, although this was a standard behaviour not too long time ago, push once and wireless went down like nowadays, push again and blue led went on and wireless was up, but I will look around.

So one last question about pappy's kernel config. Do I have to load stuff you activated there manually by adding them in some /etc/conf.d/modules ?

Thanks again you two - having both given very needfull info to resolve my problem !

Edit - I am asking this because I have bit problems with the governors as the processors are always running at 2.2 Ghz but I guess I will do a search first, thought that it might be related to some kernel modules beeing compiled but perhaps not loaded..

[Elleni]