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by **atari130xe** » Aug 25th, '15, 18:52

Hello forum, this is my 1st post here, A coworker has a Lenovo Flex 2 D14 Laptop, and Mageia 5 runs fantastic on live mode, but wireless support does not work. Is it possible to install Broadcom 43142 (Hybrid chipset - Wireless / Bluetooth) offline (without a wired connection)? I Mean Can I download drivers and dependencies from the internet, put them into a usb pendrive and the install them using console? If yes it would be great if someone could guide me step by step in order to make it work. Remember there is no ethernet connection neither wireless just plain offline installation.

here are the latptop specs: http://shop.lenovo.com/eg/en/laptops/lenovo/flex/flex-2-14d/#tab-tech_specs

Thank you in advance!
Jose

by **doktor5000** » Aug 25th, '15, 19:45

Yes that is possible. Can you please show the output of

Code: Select all: lspcidrake -v

within live mode

by **tlmiller** » Aug 26th, '15, 06:08

Should be able to install them even from the live mode depending on which one you have. I have a HP Stream11 with the same chip and was able to install from the live medium, and then they installed as working when I installed the distro.

by **xxblx** » Sep 21st, '15, 10:50

atari130xe wrote:Mean Can I download drivers and dependencies from the internet, put them into a usb pendrive and the install them using console?

Yes. You can do it manually or if you have Mageia on other PC it's realy simple to do with urpmi

Code: Select all: # urpmi some_package --no-install --download-all /where/to/save/package

Example with "vim" package

Code: Select all: mkdir /tmp/vim urpmi vim --no-install --download-all /tmp/vim

Code: Select all: [root@localhost xxblx]# ls /tmp/vim/rpms lib64bonoboui2_0-2.24.5-8.mga5.x86_64.rpm lib64gnome2_0-2.32.1-14.mga5.x86_64.rpm lib64gnomecanvas2_0-2.30.3-8.mga5.x86_64.rpm lib64gnomeui2_0-2.24.5-8.mga5.x86_64.rpm libbonoboui-2.24.5-8.mga5.x86_64.rpm libgnome2-2.32.1-14.mga5.x86_64.rpm libgnome2-schemas-2.32.1-14.mga5.x86_64.rpm libgnomecanvas-2.30.3-8.mga5.x86_64.rpm libgnomeui2-2.24.5-8.mga5.x86_64.rpm vim-X11-7.4.430-7.mga5.x86_64.rpm

Same actions you can do with any others packages.

Two weeks ago I installed Mageia on laptop with broadcom wifi. I downloaded with urpmi dkms-broadcom-wl and copied it to laptop on usb pendrive.

by **doktor5000** » Sep 21st, '15, 18:29

You might notice the OP hasn't replied for over a month ...

by **xxblx** » Sep 21st, '15, 18:36

doktor5000 wrote:You might notice the OP hasn't replied for over a month ...

Yep. Sorry about this. My fail.

by **doktor5000** » Sep 21st, '15, 19:29

No need to be sorry, I was just saying so you don't put any further energy into it

by **ronleach** » Oct 4th, '15, 13:04

doktor5000 wrote:Can you please show the output of
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lspcidrake -v
within live mode

doktor5000, I am not the OP but I have the same problem, while trying Mageia with:
Mageia-5-LiveCD-KDE4-en-i586-CD.iso
and would like to know how to install the Broadcom 43142 driver while offline.

(As an aside, I am also trying to use an HP Stream 11, as mentioned in the post following yours, but when I ran the MCC and looked at the hardware, MCC asked if it should load bcma (which, as I understand it, does not include support for BCM 43142) and, though answering 'yes', Mageia indeed did not find a network device.)

Following your first step, here is the output of lspcidrake -v

Code: Select all: bcma : Broadcom Corporation|BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4365 subv:103c subd:2230) (rev: 01) i2c_i801 : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor E3800 Series SMBus Controller [SERIAL_SMBUS] (vendor:8086 device:0f12 subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) lpc_ich : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Power Control Unit [BRIDGE_ISA] (vendor:8086 device:0f1c subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) shpchp : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:0f48) (rev: 0e) snd_hda_intel : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO_DEV] (vendor:8086 device:0f04 subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) mei_txe : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine [CRYPT_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:0f18 subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) sdhci_pci : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor E3800 Series eMMC 4.5 Controller (vendor:8086 device:0f50 subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) xhci_pci : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series USB xHCI [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:0f35 subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:8086 device:0f31 subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) iosf_mbi : Intel Corporation|Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:8086 device:0f00 subv:103c subd:8023) (rev: 0e) hub : Linux 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 xhci-hcd|xHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0003) hub : Linux 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 xhci-hcd|xHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0002) usb_storage : |USB DISK 2.0 [Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk-Only] (vendor:13fe device:1a00) uvcvideo : SunplusIT Inc|HP Truevision HD [Video|Video Control] (vendor:04f2 device:b45e) hub : Genesys Logic, Inc.|USB2.0 Hub [Hub|Unused|TT per port] (vendor:05e3 device:0610) btusb : Broadcom Corp|BCM43142A0 (vendor:0a5c device:216c) usb_storage : Generic|USB2.0-CRW [Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk-Only] (vendor:0bda device:0177) hid_rmi : SYN1EDE:00 06CB:7442

This is my first try with Mageia. I was pointed to Mageia by a post on another forum where this same Broadcom device was causing difficulty and someone advised that Mageia seemed to be able to see the device.

As you can imagine, I do not have connectivity with this HP Stream 11 Notebook PC because it only has this wifi device, and it also only has 2 USB ports; I am running Mageia from a USB stick in 1 of those 2 ports, the other USB is vacant. I copied the output of lsipcidrake onto an SD card (machine has an SD card slot, as well) and used that card in another machine to post the contents. That slot could be used to insert another driver file, and (I hope) could be the method for offline installation.

Ron

by **doktor5000** » Oct 4th, '15, 15:20

ronleach wrote:bcma : Broadcom Corporation|BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4365 subv:103c subd:2230) (rev: 01)

Please have a look at this thread for your device.
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=7211

This is how I did it, fetching all the packages required for broadcom propr. wireless driver.

Code: Select all: url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/nonfree/release mkdir broadcom_init; cd broadcom_init wget ${url}/broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.141-11.mga5.nonfree.x86_64.rpm ${url}/dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.141-11.mga5.nonfree.x86_64.rpm

As I used the free DVD, had to pull some more packages:

Code: Select all: wget $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e dkms\-2 -e dkms-min -e wireless -e $(rpm -E %_lib)iw -e wpa_supplicant -e psclite1| awk '{print $2}') wget $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e gcc\-cpp -e $(rpm -E %_lib)mpc3 -e $(rpm -E %_lib)ncurses\-devel -e libstdc++\-devel -e /make\- | awk '{print $2}')

Then try to install all those packages with urpmi to see missing dependencies.

Code: Select all: urpmi ./*.rpm

by **ronleach** » Oct 4th, '15, 16:05

doktor5000 wrote:
This is how I did it, fetching all the packages required for broadcom propr. wireless driver.
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url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/nonfree/release [ ... ]

Thank you for the extensive instructions. I couldn't find the files that you suggested. At that url, it seems to me that the
broadcom-wl-common file is

...mga6...

Is this a problem?

You suggested the x86-64 directory. Will it be ok to use the i586 directory, instead? (Apparently this machine has some kind of issue booting into X86-64 binaries - or so I have seen reported, so I'm targeting an install of i586, after some live tsting.)

Ron

by **doktor5000** » Oct 4th, '15, 16:10

ronleach wrote:
doktor5000 wrote:url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/nonfree/release

I couldn't find the files that you suggested. At that url, it seems to me that the broadcom-wl-common file is
...mga6...
Is this a problem?

You suggested the x86-64 directory. Will it be ok to use the i586 directory, instead? (Apparently this machine has some kind of issue booting into X86-64 binaries - or so I have seen reported, so I'm targeting an install of i586, after some live tsting.)

Yeah sorry, my instructions were for 64bit cauldron, the Mageia development release. For i586 and Mageia 5 you would need to adapt the URL to

Code: Select all: url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/

by **ronleach** » Oct 11th, '15, 11:32

doktor5000 wrote:As I used the free DVD, had to pull some more packages:
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wget $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e dkms\-2 -e dkms-min -e wireless -e $(rpm -E %_lib)iw -e wpa_supplicant -e psclite1| awk '{print $2}') wget $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e gcc\-cpp -e $(rpm -E %_lib)mpc3 -e $(rpm -E %_lib)ncurses\-devel -e libstdc++\-devel -e /make\- | awk '{print $2}')

Then try to install all those packages with urpmi to see missing dependencies.
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urpmi ./*.rpm

Doktor, this has been helpful; we have the wifi electronics energised, and are able to 'ping' on the local subnet, but when running Firefox to reach a webserver (also on the local subnet), Mageia 5 freezes (and sometimes the caps-lock light flashes). We encountered some problems installing the driver, and it may not be properly installed. Details follow:

The mini-script did not seem to fetch the files

Code: Select all: [ron@localhost broadcom_init]$ url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/ [ron@localhost broadcom_init]$ wget -d $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e dkms\-2 -e dkms-min -e wireless -e $(rpm -E %_lib)iw -e wpa_supplicant -e psclite1| awk '{print $2}') wget: missing URL Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... Try `wget --help' for more options.

Manually fetched these files from the repository:
broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm
dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm
broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm

Missing items were reported during installation of these files:

Code: Select all: [live@localhost 0000-0001]$ su // Here a Konsole is opened on the sd-card that contains those 3 files [root@localhost 0000-0001]# urpmi ./*.rpm A requested package cannot be installed: dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586 (due to unsatisfied dkms[*]) Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: Package Version Release Arch (medium "Live Nonfree") broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586> 6.30.223.248 33.mga5.nonf> i586 (recommended) (command line) broadcom-wl-common 6.30.223.248 2.mga5.nonfr> i586 broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-des> 6.30.223.248 33.mga5.nonf> i586 1.3MB of additional disk space will be used. 1.3MB of packages will be retrieved. Proceed with the installation of the 3 packages? (Y/n) installing ./broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ./broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm /var/local/mga_rpms/nonfree/broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm Preparing... ############################################# 1/3: broadcom-wl-common ############################################# 2/3: broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 ############################################# 3/3: broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586-latest ############################################# wl.ko.xz: - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5/dkms-binary/3rdparty/broadcom-wl/ depmod........ DKMS: install Completed. broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree, 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 While some packages may have been installed, there were failures. A requested package cannot be installed: dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586 (due to unsatisfied dkms[*]) Continue installation anyway? [root@localhost 0000-0001]#

MCC now finds the Broadcom 43142 electronics, and notes that the 'wl' driver is employed for it.

MCC permits me to setup the WiFi characteristics, manual IP address etc. As mentioned above, ping works, but trying to reach a local server causes Firefox to lock up. Doktor, I am happy to look around the IP-level settings to make sure the settings are correct for Firefox. But I am still unsure whether there are driver-level issues. Could you advise how I might check what
unsatisfied dkms[*]
I should perhaps search for?

Just in case this matters, is there a way I can check what kernel is running here?

Ron

by **doktor5000** » Oct 11th, '15, 17:13

ronleach wrote:
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[ron@localhost broadcom_init]$ url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/ [ron@localhost broadcom_init]$ wget -d $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e dkms\-2 -e dkms-min -e wireless -e $(rpm -E %_lib)iw -e wpa_supplicant -e psclite1| awk '{print $2}') wget: missing URL Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... Try `wget --help' for more options.

Manually fetched these files from the repository:
broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm
dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm
broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm

Could you advise how I might check what
unsatisfied dkms[*]
I should perhaps search for?

Seems I noted only half the stuff I did, and it's also quite logical. The nonfree repository only contains the proprietary broadcom wl driver packages:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[16:55:49]─[~] url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/ [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[16:56:01]─[~] lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -- -wl 11. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm 12. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm 13. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm 14. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-server-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm 15. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm 16. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm 17. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-server-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm 24. http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[16:56:05]─[~]

But all the other packages (dkms, dkms-minimal, wireless-tools, etc) are in the core repository. That is also why you didn't receive and URL's from the lynx output and why wget failed (nothing to download).
This is what the URLs for the rest of the necessary packages looks like:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[16:56:05]─[~] url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[16:58:01]─[~] lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e dkms\-2 -e dkms-min -e wireless -e $(rpm -E %_lib)iw -e wpa_supplicant -e psclite1| awk '{print $2}' http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/dkms-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/dkms-minimal-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/wireless-regdb-20150406-1.mga5.noarch.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/wireless-tools-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/wpa_supplicant-2.3-3.mga5.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/wpa_supplicant-gui-2.3-3.mga5.i586.rpm [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[16:58:15]─[~] lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e gcc\-cpp -e $(rpm -E %_lib)mpc3 -e $(rpm -E %_lib)ncurses\-devel -e libstdc++\-devel -e /make\- | awk '{print $2}' http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/gcc-cpp-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/libstdc++-devel-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/make-4.0-6.mga5.i586.rpm [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[16:59:37]─[~]

So the commands again:
nonfree packages

Code: Select all: url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release wget $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e broadcom-wl-common -e dkms-broadcom-wl | awk '{print $2}')

core packages

Code: Select all: url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release wget $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e dkms\-2 -e dkms-min -e wireless -e $(rpm -E %_lib)iw -e wpa_supplicant -e psclite1| awk '{print $2}') wget $(lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e gcc\-cpp -e $(rpm -E %_lib)mpc3 -e $(rpm -E %_lib)ncurses\-devel -e libstdc++\-devel -e /make\- | awk '{print $2}')

ronleach wrote:Just in case this matters, is there a way I can check what kernel is running here?

Sure, uname -r or uname -a will tell you. And best please also post that here, along with the following information so we can have a look at why those lockups appear.

Which desktop environment are you using? Do you use net_applet or NetworkManager?
And please provide the output of the following commands:

Code: Select all: lspcidrake -v | grep -i -e net -e wireless -e wifi ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -ie net -e wpa

and, as root:

Code: Select all: ifconfig -a netstat -rn rfkill list all systemctl status network.service -a journalctl -ab | grep -iE "fw|firmware|iwl|wifi|wire|80211" ping -c4 8.8.8.8 host 8.8.8.8

by **doktor5000** » Oct 11th, '15, 17:21

Just saw that now:

ronleach wrote:Mageia 5 freezes (and sometimes the caps-lock light flashes). We encountered some problems installing the driver, and it may not be properly installed.

That's an unrecoverable kernel panic. Since I switched to a new mainboard (asus z97 pro wifi a/c) I also have to use the broadcom wl driver, and with the older 3.1x kernels I had some kernel oopses during boot due to the wl driver, but it worked just fine.

Although I don't use the binary (precompiled) dkms modules called broadcom-wl-kernel-version but I only use the dkms-broadcom-wl driver, as described above.
Best get all those packages installed, and then reboot and provide the information asked at the end of my previous post.

by **ronleach** » Oct 12th, '15, 10:45

doktor5000 wrote:Best get all those packages installed, and then reboot and provide the information asked at the end of my previous post.

After downloading (which proceeded without problems), installing still thought some files were missing or were mismatched. Here's the output:

Code: Select all: [live@localhost 0000-0001]$ su [root@localhost 0000-0001]# urpmi ./*.rpm Packages wireless-regdb-20150406-1.mga5.noarch, dkms-minimal-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch, wpa_supplicant-2.3-3.mga5.i586, libiw30-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586, wireless-tools-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586 are already installed Some requested packages cannot be installed: dkms-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch (due to unsatisfied patch) dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586 (due to unsatisfied dkms[*]) gcc-cpp-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied libmpc.so.3) libiw-devel-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied devel(libm)) libmpc3-1.0.2-4.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied libmpfr.so.4) libncurses-devel-5.9-21.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied devel(libstdc++)) Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) Marking dkms-minimal as manually installed, it won't be auto-orphaned Marking libiw30 as manually installed, it won't be auto-orphaned writing /var/lib/rpm/installed-through-deps.list To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: Package Version Release Arch (medium "Live Nonfree") broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586> 6.30.223.248 33.mga5.nonf> i586 (recommended) (command line) broadcom-wl-common 6.30.223.248 2.mga5.nonfr> i586 broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-des> 6.30.223.248 33.mga5.nonf> i586 make 4.0 6.mga5 i586 wpa_supplicant-gui 2.3 3.mga5 i586 3.1MB of additional disk space will be used. 2MB of packages will be retrieved. Proceed with the installation of the 5 packages? (Y/n) installing /var/local/mga_rpms/nonfree/broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ./broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ./make-4.0-6.mga5.i586.rpm ./broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ./wpa_supplicant-gui-2.3-3.mga5.i586.rpm Preparing... ############################################# 1/5: broadcom-wl-common ############################################# 2/5: broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 ############################################# 3/5: broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586-latest ############################################# 4/5: wpa_supplicant-gui ############################################# 5/5: make ############################################# wl.ko.xz: - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5/dkms-binary/3rdparty/broadcom-wl/ depmod......... DKMS: install Completed. broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree, 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5, i586: installed-binary from 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 While some packages may have been installed, there were failures. Some requested packages cannot be installed: dkms-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch (due to unsatisfied patch) dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586 (due to unsatisfied dkms[*]) gcc-cpp-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied libmpc.so.3) libiw-devel-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied devel(libm)) libmpc3-1.0.2-4.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied libmpfr.so.4) libncurses-devel-5.9-21.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied devel(libstdc++)) Continue installation anyway? [root@localhost 0000-0001]#

Edit: I'll look around the repository for files that will satisfy these. I'm not sure about the 'unsatisfied dkms[*]' complaint, though. This had occurred earlier, but the fetch we used doesn't seem to have solved the problem. End edit.

You suggested I rebooted, but I'm running on a live (USB) iso so, thinking that rebooting would 'lose' those installs, I didn't do that. I did continue with the tests you suggested - though I imagine these will be less informing because the install is incomplete. Nevertheless, I will post the results in the next message in case they are of help.

Ron

by **ronleach** » Oct 12th, '15, 11:23

Here is the output from the commands suggested in an earlier post.

Uname -r

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# uname -r 3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5

lspcidrake

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# lspcidrake -v | grep -i -e net -e wireless -e wifi wl : Broadcom Corporation|BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4365 subv:103c subd:2230) (rev: 01)

ps -ef

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -ie net -e wpa root 16 2 0 08:55 ? 00:00:00 [netns] systemd+ 1122 1 0 08:56 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd live 2455 2291 0 08:57 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/net_applet

ifconfig -a

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# ifconfig -a lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) RX packets 5035 bytes 383699 (374.7 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 5035 bytes 383699 (374.7 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 wlp1s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.0.77 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 ff49::ca86:a337:65fd:1aa4 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether a7:3d:a7:c9:ce:73 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 5 bytes 541 (541.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 25 TX packets 17 bytes 1503 (1.4 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 device interrupt 16

netstat -rn

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.78 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlp1s0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlp1s0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlp1s0

rfkill

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# rfkill list all 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

journalctl

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# journalctl -ab | grep -iE "fw|firmware|iwl|wifi|wire|80211" Oct 12 09:55:45 localhost kernel: acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge Oct 12 09:55:48 localhost kernel: input: HP Wireless hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input4 Oct 12 09:55:50 localhost kernel: bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM43142A0-0a5c-216c.hcd failed with error -2 Oct 12 09:56:17 localhost service_harddrake[623]: id2edd: 0x5b06d161=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80 0x538f454a=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev82 0x3317f1a3=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev81 Oct 12 09:56:25 localhost service_harddrake[623]: id2edd: 0x5b06d161=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80 0x538f454a=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev82 0x3317f1a3=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev81 Oct 12 09:00:47 localhost urpmi[2793]: called with: ./broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ./broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ./dkms-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch.rpm ./dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ./dkms-minimal-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch.rpm ./gcc-cpp-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586.rpm ./libiw30-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586.rpm ./libiw-devel-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586.rpm ./libmpc3-1.0.2-4.mga5.i586.rpm ./libncurses-devel-5.9-21.mga5.i586.rpm ./make-4.0-6.mga5.i586.rpm ./wireless-regdb-20150406-1.mga5.noarch.rpm ./wireless-tools-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586.rpm ./wpa_supplicant-2.3-3.mga5.i586.rpm ./wpa_supplicant-gui-2.3-3.mga5.i586.rpm Oct 12 09:01:17 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM4365 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.248 (r487574) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: DFS Master region: FCC Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 1700 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (0 s) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (0 s) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:01:18 localhost kernel: cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A) Oct 12 09:09:15 localhost drakhardware[3444]: id2edd: 0x538f454a=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev82 0x3317f1a3=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev81 0x5b06d161=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth bluedevil alsa-utils plasma-applet-battery iw rfkill aoss wireless-tools dkms-broadcom-wl wpa_supplicant crda wireless-regdb broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5 wireless-tools Oct 12 09:09:58 localhost drakconnect[3576]: Found settings for driver "wl" in category "network::connection::wireless" Oct 12 09:09:59 localhost drakconnect[3576]: No firmware package for module "wl" is required, skipping Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:55:a5:6f:ca:3d Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:55:a5:6f:ca:3d Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: changed mode of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:55:a5:6f:ca:3d to 700 Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: written interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:55:a5:6f:ca:3d Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/OurWiFi Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/OurWiFi Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: changed mode of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/OurWiFi to 700 Oct 12 09:12:01 localhost drakconnect[3576]: written interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/OurWiFi Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4228 at net/wireless/sme.c:929 cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211]() Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: Modules linked in: xt_recent iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 xt_comment ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_addrtype bridge stp llc wl(PO) cfg80211 nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat rfcomm iptable_mangle xt_mark ip6table_mangle xt_tcpudp ip6table_raw xt_CT iptable_raw xt_multiport nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat_snmp_basic nf_conntrack_snmp nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_sip xt_conntrack nf_nat_pptp nf_nat_proto_gre nf_nat_irc nf_nat_h323 nf_nat_ftp nf_nat_amanda nf_nat nf_conntrack_sane nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_proto_udplite ts_kmp nf_conntrack_proto_sctp nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_irc nf_conntrack_h323 nf_conntrack_amanda nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables lockd grace i915 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit bnep nvram cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave dm_zero usbhid dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod ecb iTCO_wdt uvcvideo iTCO_vendor_support videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core joydev v4l2_common videodev hp_wmi sparse_keymap hid_rmi snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm intel_rapl snd_timer intel_soc_dts_thermal intel_powerclamp evdev coretemp btusb bluetooth media kvm serio_raw crc32_pclmul mei_txe mei lpc_ich snd microcode soundcore shpchp i2c_i801 iosf_mbi thermal wmi battery hp_wireless dw_dmac dw_dmac_core int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel processor_thermal_device Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bf90e>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect+0x11e/0x1a0 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57c000c>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwap+0x15c/0x1b0 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd8a0>] cfg80211_wext_siwap+0xf0/0x190 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd7b0>] ? cfg80211_wext_giwfreq+0x160/0x160 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp1s0)[4254]: Using detection mode: wireless extension Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: IFWLOG: register target Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4252 at net/wireless/sme.c:929 cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211]() Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: Modules linked in: ipt_IFWLOG ipt_psd xt_set ip_set_hash_ip ip_set nf_log_ipv4 nf_log_common xt_LOG af_packet xt_recent iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 xt_comment ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_addrtype bridge stp llc wl(PO) cfg80211 nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat rfcomm iptable_mangle xt_mark ip6table_mangle xt_tcpudp ip6table_raw xt_CT iptable_raw xt_multiport nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat_snmp_basic nf_conntrack_snmp nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_sip xt_conntrack nf_nat_pptp nf_nat_proto_gre nf_nat_irc nf_nat_h323 nf_nat_ftp nf_nat_amanda nf_nat nf_conntrack_sane nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_proto_udplite ts_kmp nf_conntrack_proto_sctp nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: wmi battery hp_wireless dw_dmac dw_dmac_core int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel processor_thermal_device int3403_thermal i2c_hid hid pwm_lpss_platform intel_smartconnect ac pwm_lpss spi_pxa2xx_platform i2c_designware_platform i2c_designware_core rfkill_gpio button processor rfkill sunrpc sch_fq_codel ipv6 autofs4 overlay squashfs nls_utf8 isofs uas usb_storage mmc_block xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbcore crc32c_intel sdhci_pci usb_common video sdhci_acpi sdhci mmc_core loop [last unloaded: bcma] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bf90e>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect+0x11e/0x1a0 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bfcd6>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwessid+0xe6/0x180 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd24b>] cfg80211_wext_siwessid+0x3b/0x60 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd210>] ? cfg80211_wext_giwessid+0x70/0x70 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:12:48 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:13:49 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:14:49 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:15:49 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1)

Pings etc:

// This machine is on a subnet with no internet access, and the gateway router is offline. There is an httpd server on this subnet which I am using for (eg) http:// testing. Hence the local net results, below

Code: Select all: [root@localhost 0000-0001]# ping -c4 8.8.8.8 PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. From 192.168.0.77 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.0.77 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.0.77 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.0.77 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3000ms pipe 4 [root@localhost 0000-0001]# ping 192.168.0.95 PING 192.168.0.95 (192.168.0.95) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.86 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.831 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.829 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=171 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=80.8 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.837 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.855 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.792 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.95: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.830 ms ^C --- 192.168.0.95 ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8010ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.792/28.789/171.446/56.246 ms [root@localhost 0000-0001]# host 192.168.0.95 bash: host: command not found [root@localhost 0000-0001]# host 8.8.8.8 bash: host: command not found [root@localhost 0000-0001]#

Finally, because the local pings worked, I tried
http://192.168.0.95 // the local httpd server on this subnet
in Firefox. Same result as before, that FF connected, but then the machine froze, with the caps lock light flashing. But unless the driver is completely installed (the previous post records installation failures), I am not sure that the kernel could expect to work smoothly.

Ron

by **doktor5000** » Oct 12th, '15, 20:37

ronleach wrote:While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.
Some requested packages cannot be installed:
dkms-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch (due to unsatisfied patch)
dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586 (due to unsatisfied dkms[*])
gcc-cpp-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied libmpc.so.3)
libiw-devel-30-0.pre9.9.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied devel(libm))
libmpc3-1.0.2-4.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied libmpfr.so.4)
libncurses-devel-5.9-21.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied devel(libstdc++))
Continue installation anyway?

Seems you used some minimal installation, so the package "patch" is missing:

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[20:28:26]─[~] lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e /patch- | awk '{print $2}' http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/core/release/patch-2.7.4-1.mga5.i586.rpm [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[20:28:54]─[~]

You may also need the libmpfr4 and libstdc++-devel packages, by the looks of it.

If there are messages at the beginning about "Some requested packages cannot be installed:" then you know you're missing some dependencies.

by **doktor5000** » Oct 12th, '15, 20:44

ronleach wrote:
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Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4228 at net/wireless/sme.c:929 cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211]() Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: Modules linked in: xt_recent iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 xt_comment ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_addrtype bridge stp llc wl(PO) cfg80211 nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat rfcomm iptable_mangle xt_mark ip6table_mangle xt_tcpudp ip6table_raw xt_CT iptable_raw xt_multiport nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat_snmp_basic nf_conntrack_snmp nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_sip xt_conntrack nf_nat_pptp nf_nat_proto_gre nf_nat_irc nf_nat_h323 nf_nat_ftp nf_nat_amanda nf_nat nf_conntrack_sane nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_proto_udplite ts_kmp nf_conntrack_proto_sctp nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_irc nf_conntrack_h323 nf_conntrack_amanda nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables lockd grace i915 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit bnep nvram cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave dm_zero usbhid dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod ecb iTCO_wdt uvcvideo iTCO_vendor_support videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core joydev v4l2_common videodev hp_wmi sparse_keymap hid_rmi snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm intel_rapl snd_timer intel_soc_dts_thermal intel_powerclamp evdev coretemp btusb bluetooth media kvm serio_raw crc32_pclmul mei_txe mei lpc_ich snd microcode soundcore shpchp i2c_i801 iosf_mbi thermal wmi battery hp_wireless dw_dmac dw_dmac_core int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel processor_thermal_device Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bf90e>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect+0x11e/0x1a0 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57c000c>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwap+0x15c/0x1b0 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd8a0>] cfg80211_wext_siwap+0xf0/0x190 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd7b0>] ? cfg80211_wext_giwfreq+0x160/0x160 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp1s0)[4254]: Using detection mode: wireless extension Oct 12 09:12:04 localhost.localdomain kernel: IFWLOG: register target Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4252 at net/wireless/sme.c:929 cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211]() Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: Modules linked in: ipt_IFWLOG ipt_psd xt_set ip_set_hash_ip ip_set nf_log_ipv4 nf_log_common xt_LOG af_packet xt_recent iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 xt_comment ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_addrtype bridge stp llc wl(PO) cfg80211 nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat rfcomm iptable_mangle xt_mark ip6table_mangle xt_tcpudp ip6table_raw xt_CT iptable_raw xt_multiport nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_nat_snmp_basic nf_conntrack_snmp nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_sip xt_conntrack nf_nat_pptp nf_nat_proto_gre nf_nat_irc nf_nat_h323 nf_nat_ftp nf_nat_amanda nf_nat nf_conntrack_sane nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_proto_udplite ts_kmp nf_conntrack_proto_sctp nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: wmi battery hp_wireless dw_dmac dw_dmac_core int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel processor_thermal_device int3403_thermal i2c_hid hid pwm_lpss_platform intel_smartconnect ac pwm_lpss spi_pxa2xx_platform i2c_designware_platform i2c_designware_core rfkill_gpio button processor rfkill sunrpc sch_fq_codel ipv6 autofs4 overlay squashfs nls_utf8 isofs uas usb_storage mmc_block xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbcore crc32c_intel sdhci_pci usb_common video sdhci_acpi sdhci mmc_core loop [last unloaded: bcma] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] ? cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57a83f7>] cfg80211_connect+0x337/0x400 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bf90e>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect+0x11e/0x1a0 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bfcd6>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwessid+0xe6/0x180 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd24b>] cfg80211_wext_siwessid+0x3b/0x60 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:20 localhost.localdomain kernel: [<f57bd210>] ? cfg80211_wext_giwessid+0x70/0x70 [cfg80211] Oct 12 09:12:25 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:12:48 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:13:49 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:14:49 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1) Oct 12 09:15:49 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1)

Those issues seem to be the problem, like driver crashes.

by **ronleach** » Nov 1st, '15, 18:15

I have not yet been able to install the Broadcom wl software. I have have been trying to install the driver, and then install each individual 'missing' package that I have been able to locate on the 'release' software site:

http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/ ... e/release/

When I try to install the Broadcom wl driver, and the dependencies that it has, or dependent files have, asked for, the system asks for two files that I cannot find in the repository.

These are the files I am trying to install:

Code: Select all: broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm dkms-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch.rpm dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm gcc-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586.rpm gcc-cpp-4.9.2-4.mga5.i586.rpm glibc-devel-2.20-20.mga5.i586.rpm kernel-desktop586-devel-3.19.8-3.mga5-1-1.mga5.i586.rpm kernel-desktop586-devel-latest-3.19.8-3.mga5.i586.rpm kernel-desktop586-latest-3.19.8-3.mga5.i586.rpm kernel-userspace-headers-3.19.8-3.mga5.i586.rpm libmpc3-1.0.2-4.mga5.i586.rpm make-4.0-6.mga5.i586.rpm ncurses-5.9-21.mga5.i586.rpm ncurses-extraterms-5.9-21.mga5.i586.rpm

The response from the urpmi command is:

Code: Select all: Packages kernel-desktop586-latest-3.19.8-3.mga5.i586, ncurses-5.9-21.mga5.i586 are already installed Some requested packages cannot be installed: dkms-2.0.19-34.mga5.noarch (due to unsatisfied kernel-devel) dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586 (due to unsatisfied dkms[*]) kernel-desktop586-devel-3.19.8-3.mga5-1-1.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied ncurses-devel) kernel-desktop586-devel-latest-3.19.8-3.mga5.i586 (due to unsatisfied kernel-desktop586-devel-3.19.8-3.mga5) Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)

The missing files seem to be:

(i) ncurses-devel - which I couldn't find in the repository (though I tried ncurses but it was already there, anyway); it seems to be needed as part of the gcc package for the kernel-devel, and doesn't appear to be in the backports or testing sections, either

(ii) kernel-desktop586-devel-3.19.8-3.mga5 - which I also could not find (though kernel-desktop586-devel-3.19.8-3.mga5-1-1.mga5.i586 is there but needed ncurses-devel) but have tried to install kernel-desktop586-devel-latest-3.19.8-3.mga5.i586 in its place, but fails (as per the report).

Some of the files mentioned earlier in the thread do not seem to be needed, at least, not so far. One other change is that I am running from the LiveDVD now, rather than from the LiveCD. Kernel is 3.19.8-Desktop586-3.mga5 .

Is there anything I can do to resolve the request for the ncurses-devel file?

Ron

by **doktor5000** » Nov 1st, '15, 19:55

ronleach wrote:One other change is that I am running from the LiveDVD now, rather than from the LiveCD. Kernel is 3.19.8-Desktop586-3.mga5 .

Well, it should be working with the LiveDVD, as it already includes the binary driver. Did you try to setup a connection yet?

ronleach wrote:Is there anything I can do to resolve the request for the ncurses-devel file?

This is what you need: http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/ ... 5.i586.rpm

by **ronleach** » Nov 1st, '15, 20:48

doktor5000 wrote:
Well, it should be working with the LiveDVD, as it already includes the binary driver. Did you try to setup a connection yet?

Huh. I'd assumed the driver wasn't prebuilt on *any* media. Thank you, very much, for pointing me to that.

Yes, the machine sees the chipset, and loads the 43142 driver.
It doesn't see the wifi service (2 metres away).

Clicking the network icon, no wifi services are listed and the machine says

Code: Select all: Unable to find network interface for selected device (using bcma driver)

MCC (Hardware tab) reports that the driver in use is 'bcma' (I'd expected wl, but the machine is seeing the chipset) and recommends I install bcma-config, I clicked 'yes'. No joy, still doesn't see the 'network interface'.

I think the machine is seeing the chipset, but does not seem to get much further.

(I haven't reverted to trying to build up the driver myself.)

Is bcma-config the correct package to use?

Ron

by **doktor5000** » Nov 1st, '15, 23:14

ronleach wrote:Unable to find network interface for selected device (using bcma driver)

MCC (Hardware tab) reports that the driver in use is 'bcma' (I'd expected wl, but the machine is seeing the chipset) and recommends I install bcma-config, I clicked 'yes'. No joy, still doesn't see the 'network interface'.

You need to blacklist bcma driver (and possibly others) - see e.g. viewtopic.php?p=58386#p58386 on how to do that.

by **ronleach** » Nov 2nd, '15, 13:20

doktor5000 wrote:
You need to blacklist bcma driver (and possibly others) - see e.g. viewtopic.php?p=58386#p58386 on how to do that.

Tantalisingly close, Doktor.

I performed:

Code: Select all: # modprobe -r b43 bcma # modprobe -r brcmsmac bcma # modprobe wl modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found

In the linked thread, the advice is then to run MCC/hardware

Doing so the 'ethernet' (it is only wifi on this HP Stream 11 laptop) section reported all the 'codes' but reported

Code: Select all: module: unknown ('unknown' is in red colour)

I followed the advice to blacklist the bcma drivers

Code: Select all: echo -e "blacklist b43\nblacklist bcma\nblacklist ssb\n" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-mga.conf

but I did not reboot - because I am running from LiveDVD and I assumed that the LiveDVD is a read-only device and would not retain this entry in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-mga.conf across a reboot.
(Is my assumption correct?)

After blacklisting, I repeated the modprobe sequence,

Code: Select all: # modprobe -r b43 bcma # modprobe -r brcmsmac bcma # modprobe wl modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found

with the same result.

I repeated MCC/hardware and, again, MCC did not load wl, reporting that the 'module' for the wifi was 'unknown'.

It seems very close. I'm sure it works, but for some reason I am not quite getting there.
I would be most interested in any comments, and especially if 'rebooting' after blacklisting would work across a reboot; I haven't tried that, yet, because I thought to keep the machine in this state in case there is value in doing so.

Ron

by **doktor5000** » Nov 2nd, '15, 21:49

Well, for the live media that will not work. The purpose of blacklisting kernel modules has the effect that those are not automatically loaded during system boot (but they can still be loaded afterwards manually).
So instead of blacklisting them in live mode it is sufficient to simply unload the "conflicting" kernel modules as you did, but that was not your problem.

Problem is really that the wl driver is not contained in the live media, I just checked. So you need to use the precompiled driver packages for testing.
You need broadcom-wl-common and the other package has to match your kernel. As an example, you mentioned "Kernel is 3.19.8-Desktop586-3.mga5" then you would need broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm ( and the -latest package broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586-latest as a dependency to enable automatic updates)

Code: Select all: [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[20:27:12]─[~] url=http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release [doktor5000@Mageia5]─[20:36:09]─[~] lynx -dump -listonly $url | grep -i -e /broadcom | awk '{print $2}' http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop586-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-server-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop586-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/i586/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-server-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.i586.rpm

For an x86_64 live media you would need to adapt the URL ... just tested with the x86_64 KDE LiveDVD and the packages installed fine,
and hence modinfo shows the properties and supported options for the wl kernel module.

Code: Select all: [root@localhost ~]# urpmi http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/x86_64/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.x86_64.rpm http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/mageia/distrib/5/x86_64/media/nonfree/release/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.x86_64.rpm Um die Abhängigkeiten zu erfüllen, werden die folgenden Pakete installiert: Paket Version Release Arch (Medium »Live Nonfree«) broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-la> 6.30.223.248 33.mga5.nonf> x86_64 (empfohlen) (Befehlszeile) broadcom-wl-common 6.30.223.248 2.mga5.nonfr> x86_64 broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-des> 6.30.223.248 33.mga5.nonf> x86_64 1.3MB zusätzlicher Speicher werden benötigt 1.4MB an Paketen werden geholt Fortfahren mit der Installation der 3 Pakete? (J/n) /var/cache/urpmi/partial/broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.x86_64.rpm /var/local/mga_rpms/nonfree/broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-latest-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.x86_64.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/partial/broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5-6.30.223.248-33.mga5.nonfree.x86_64.rpm wird installiert Vorbereiten … ################################################################################################################################################################################ 1/3: broadcom-wl-common ################################################################################################################################################################################ 2/3: broadcom-wl-kernel-3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5 ################################################################################################################################################################################ 3/3: broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-latest ################################################################################################################################################################################ wl.ko.xz: - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5/dkms-binary/3rdparty/broadcom-wl/ depmod..... DKMS: install Completed. broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree, 3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5, x86_64: installed-binary from 3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5 [root@localhost ~]# modinfo wl filename: /lib/modules/3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5/dkms-binary/3rdparty/broadcom-wl/wl.ko.xz srcversion: C0B5DD1048D3707CFE53D06 alias: pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc02sc80i* depends: cfg80211 vermagic: 3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5 SMP mod_unload modversions parm: passivemode:int parm: wl_txq_thresh:int parm: oneonly:int parm: piomode:int parm: instance_base:int parm: nompc:int parm: intf_name:string [root@localhost ~]#

by **ronleach** » Dec 31st, '15, 18:01

Doktor, thank you for that advice. In the end this route failed for me. Again, these steps resulted in the symptoms as above, appearing to begin working, but the kernel panicked and flashing the caps-lock light.

Looking around, I found a document on Broadcom's site, describing an update to their wl driver

https://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta ... 23.271.txt

which specifically advises

Code: Select all: NOTABLE CHANGES --------------- Upgraded to support 3.19 kernel APIs.

I thought this might be the route because my symptoms could be seen as some Kernel problem, coupled with the specific hardware on this HP laptop. The Mageia5 driver is older than this version and I thought for a while about trying to build a driver myself. But I've never done that.

I did some more searching and found that Fedora already had a pre-built 6.30.223.271 driver in their fc23 repo. Now, I use Fedora on a few laptops so I had a go at running a live FC23 on this HP device, adding the updated wl driver from Fedora's non-free repo; it worked.

Doktor, in the end I installed Fedora 23 onto this HP Stream 11 laptop, because it was the only way I could seem to get the Broadcom 43142 chipset working within the HP hardware.

I wanted to post this note not only so as to have a chance to thank you for all your help (and patience) - I've learnt such a lot while pursuing this - but also to provide some experience in case the Mageia community or devs were also encountering these kernel 3.19 problems with the Broadcom chipset, or even were merely thinking about whether to adopt the later Broadcom wl package release or not.

Finally, for all the readers of this thread, it is very clear that it is possible to install a Broadcom 43142 driver while offline (the original scope of this thread) by following the steps that doktor5000 set out. However, unless that driver is fully compatible with their kernel and their hardware, WiFi may not work correctly.

Gratefully, Ron

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