Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.15-26-amd64-k8
Hello everybody,
here's my system description: notebook Acer Aspire 5024 (Turion64 ML-34
processor), onboard Broadcom 4318 wireless card as lspci stats:
0000:06:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Aspire 3022WLMi
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 177
Memory at c0204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
I am using Kubuntu Dapper 6.06 with kernel 2.6.15-26-amd645-k8, and I
have 2G of ram. I have followed the wiki page
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Dapper) with
the instructions to use Dapper bcm43xx driver, that is:
sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter
zless /usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter/README.gz
then I have picked the acer winxp 64bit provided firmware bcmwl564.sys
available at ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020_5020/driver
/winxp64bit/80211g.zip
then I have extracted the firmware:
sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware
and then I have removed and reinsterted the module.
Now iwconfig shows this:
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr: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
it seems that I can modify transmission rate:
sudo iwconfig eth1 rate 11M
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr: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
but when I try to set the essid or to scan for networks I get a kernel
panic; one of the last lines of the oops says
"bcm43xx_dma_handle_xmitstatus..."
** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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bcm43xx driver :kernel panic when trying to set some wireless parameters
(iwconfig)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54780
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