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Re: My Sid box is lost Module p80211



On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:56:19 +0100
"goran@dobosevic.com" <goran@dobosevic.com> wrote:

> Celejar wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:29:07 +0100
> > godo <goran@dobosevic.com> wrote:

[newly non-working wireless]

> > Well, nothing else is going to work if the appropriate module isn't
> > being loaded.  Let's start from the beginning: what HW do you have
> > (relevant output of lspci / dmesg)?
> > 
> > Celejar
> 
> Hi,
> here it is:
> 
> $lspci -nn | grep Broadcom
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink 
> BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)

This is the wired interface.

> 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 
> 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

This is your wireless card.

> $dmesg

...

> [   10.355077] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
> [   10.355086] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
> [   10.365258] wl 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> [   10.365280] wl 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   10.755648] lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
> [   10.756319] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.91.9

This looks like you're using the proprietary Broadcom driver, not the
FLOSS b43.  I don't know anything about this driver - perhaps someone
else can help.

Celejar
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