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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc
Version: 2.6.18-8
Hi, on my powerbook the broadcom driver does not work.
Scanning works:
# iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:50:9D:XX:XX
ESSID:"XX"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-155 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 156ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:BF:DB:XX:XX
ESSID:"XXX"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-196 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 224ms ago
But the connexion doesn't:
# iwconfig eth1
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"XX" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.484 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Whatever I do, the "Acces Point" is always invalid. I tryed to follow each
HOWTO that I found on Google but nothing worked.
Remark. Before I used Ubuntu on this computer and notice the same bug.
The Ubuntu bug repport is
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/76685
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.2 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85e tools for generating an initramfs
ii mkvmlinuz 29 create a kernel to boot a PowerPC
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-powerpc: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-3-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-3-powerpc: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
* linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-3-powerpc:
-- lspci output:
0001:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306
802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. AirPort Extreme
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 16, IRQ 52
Memory at a0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
-- dmesg | grep bcm43xx
bcm43xx driver
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, enabled
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: Microcode rev 0x127, pl 0xe (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: 32-bit DMA initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled =
1, .encrypt = 1
bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.6.25-1
bcm43xxx got replaced by b43 in newer kernel and is much more mature.
very unlikely that this bug still exists.
thanks for the feedback.
--
maks
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