Seeking Hardy users with BCM4306 Wireless that fail with b43

[lwfinger]

To Honor_Jesus,

Your SPROM needs to be updated. The new contents are

01400000F8123C1020430080020002000010001800000000FF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF9000F3 4BECFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF3130AA14C8FA9FFE FFFFFFFF4C00FFFFFFFFFFFF3E00483A02FF535510FFFFFFFF FF0232

Copy that data to a file name sprom.new. In the file, there should be a single line with no spaces, just the Hex digits. Once you have the file, use the following commands:

SPROM=$(find /sys -name ssb_sprom)
sudo cp sprom.new $SPROM

These two commands should not produce any output.

Sorry to take so long to reply. I missed your posting.

Larry

[notanerd]

00:0c.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device [14e4:0418]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

[lwfinger]

Notanerd,

Your device (Linksys 0x0418) is not one that we know about; however, it could be a problem.

Please run the commands below:

SPROM=$(find /sys -name ssb_sprom)
sudo cat $SPROM

Post the string of hexadecimal characters and I'll see if it fits the pattern.

Larry

[notanerd]

014000001804e41420430080020002000010001800000000ff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff90007c 4be74dffffffffffffffffffffffffffff44369a1193fba5fe ffffffff3c000000000000003e000d00ffff00000000000000 00013b

[lwfinger]

Notanerd,

I misread your vendor code. Your card is from Broadcom itself. The board flags code in there likely has the problem.

Copy the following data to a file named sprom.new. The data must be in a single line with no spaces in the string:

014000001804E41420430080020002000010001800000000FF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF90007C 4BE74DFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF44369A1193FBA5FE FFFFFFFF3C000000000000003E000C00FFFF00000000000000 00010F

Once you have the file, run the following commands:

SPROM=$(find /sys -name ssb_sprom)
sudo cp sprom.new $SPROM

Those commands should not produce any output. If this does allow your BCM4306 to work, please let me know as this will lead to a new kernel patch.

Larry

[notanerd]

what kind of file should i use? How do i create it? sorry i'm a bit of a computer retard

[lwfinger]

It should be a text file created with any text editor that you like. I use vim, but kate would be easier for you.

Larry

[notanerd]

ok thats done, there was no output after i entered the commands and i rebooted the computer. as far as i can tell i am not wireless

is there a command i should run to check?

[lwfinger]

The next thing to do is to see what the logs have to say. Run the command 'dmesg | grep b43' and post the output.

The next thing to do is run the command '/usr/sbin/iwconfig' and post that output.

The final thing is to run the command 'sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan' and post that output.

Larry

[notanerd]

dmesg | grep b43

[ 21.720770] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 248.618973] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
[ 249.634174] Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx
[ 249.634390] Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx
[ 249.634520] Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio

/usr/sbin/iwconfig

/usr/sbin/iwconfig: No such file or directory

sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan

sudo: /usr/sbin/iwlist: command not found