wifi on mageia 6rc

[john67]

im new to the forum and just installed mageia 6 rc on my old dell inspiron 1545. i cant seem to get the wifi card working and im having to use a wifi dongle which is annoying as it sticks out the side of the laptop and i keep knocking it etc.
the internal card says its a broadcom bcm4312-802.11b/g lp-phy

any help appreciated

[Lebarhon]

Hello and welcome,

Check first that the packages dkms-broadcom-wl, kernel-firmware and kernel-firmware-nonfree are installed
Then what does this command answer (with root rights):

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#rfkill list all

[john67]

how do i check if package is installed?

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[root@localhost john]# rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: phy1: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
[root@localhost john]#

[isadora]

Removed double post.

[Lebarhon]

how do i check if package is installed?

Mageia Control Center/Software management/Install and Remove Software, enter the package name in the find box and press Enter. If the box before the package name is checked, that means it is installed.
http://docteam.mageia.nl/en/MCC/content ... html#d4e65

[john67]

yes the kernel module is instaalled

[doktor5000]

Please provide the output of the following commands:

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lspcidrake -v | grep -iE "wlan|wifi|wireless|net"
ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -iE "net|wpa"


and, as root:

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ifconfig -a
systemctl status network.service -a
journalctl -ab | grep -iE "fw|firmware|iwl|wifi|wire|80211"

[john67]

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[john@localhost ~]$ lspcidrake -v | grep -iE "wlan|wifi|wireless|net"
wl              : Broadcom Limited|BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4315 subv:1028 subd:000c) (rev: 01)
sky2            : Marvell Technology Group Ltd.|88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:11ab device:4354 subv:1028 subd:02aa) (rev: 13)
rt2800usb       : Ralink|802.11 n WLAN (vendor:07d1 device:3c09)
[john@localhost ~]$     ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -iE "net|wpa"
root        18     2  0 10:45 ?        00:00:00 [netns]
systemd+   997     1  0 10:46 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
root      1272     1  0 10:46 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp0s29f7u3 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wext
john      3354  3263  0 10:46 ?        00:00:31 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/net_applet
[john@localhost ~]$

[john67]

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[john@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost john]# ifconfig -a
enp9s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:23:ae:28:30:ca  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
        device interrupt 18 

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 1  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 6  bytes 498 (498.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 6  bytes 498 (498.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp0s29f7u3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.16  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::226:5aff:fe0c:8a1a  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:26:5a:0c:8a:1a  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 21183  bytes 4115757 (3.9 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 2025  bytes 250803 (244.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp12s0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:24:2c:05:88:6a  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
        device interrupt 17  base 0xc000 

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[root@localhost john]#
                                                   
[root@localhost john]# systemctl status network.service -a
● network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking                                                                                                                       
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network; generated; vendor preset: enabled)                                                                                         
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2017-06-08 10:46:04 BST; 4h 50min ago                                                                                             
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)                                                                                                                               
  Process: 1004 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)                                                                               
   CGroup: /system.slice/network.service                                                                                                                               
           ├─1217 /sbin/ifplugd -I -b -i enp9s0                                                                                                                         
           ├─1272 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp0s29f7u3 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wext                                                                       
           ├─1274 /sbin/ifplugd -I -b -i wlp0s29f7u3                                                                                                                   
           └─1496 dhclient -1 -q -lf /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient--wlp0s29f7u3.lease -pf /var/run/dhclient-wlp0s29f7u3.pid wlp0s29f7u3                                   
                                                                                                                                                                       
Jun 08 10:46:04 localhost.localdomain systemd-sysctl[1295]: Couldn't write '0' to 'net/bridge/bridge-nf-call-ip6tables', ignoring: No such file or directory           
Jun 08 10:46:04 localhost.localdomain systemd-sysctl[1295]: Couldn't write '0' to 'net/bridge/bridge-nf-call-iptables', ignoring: No such file or directory             
Jun 08 10:46:04 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started LSB: Bring up/down networking.                                                                               
Jun 08 10:46:05 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: Link beat detected.                                                                                   
Jun 08 10:46:06 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action wlp0s29f7u3 up'.
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain dhclient[1378]: DHCPREQUEST on wlp0s29f7u3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain dhclient[1378]: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain dhclient[1378]: bound to 192.168.0.16 -- renewal in 39783 seconds.
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: client: Determining IP information for wlp0s29f7u3... done.
Jun 08 10:46:08 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: Program executed successfully.

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[root@localhost john]#
un 08 10:46:04 localhost.localdomain systemd-sysctl[1295]: Couldn't write '0' to 'net/bridge/bridge-nf-call-ip6tables', ignoring: No such file or directory           
Jun 08 10:46:04 localhost.localdomain systemd-sysctl[1295]: Couldn't write '0' to 'net/bridge/bridge-nf-call-iptables', ignoring: No such file or directory             
Jun 08 10:46:04 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started LSB: Bring up/down networking.                                                                               
Jun 08 10:46:05 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: Link beat detected.                                                                                   
Jun 08 10:46:06 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action wlp0s29f7u3 up'.
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain dhclient[1378]: DHCPREQUEST on wlp0s29f7u3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain dhclient[1378]: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain dhclient[1378]: bound to 192.168.0.16 -- renewal in 39783 seconds.
Jun 08 10:46:07 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: client: Determining IP information for wlp0s29f7u3... done.
Jun 08 10:46:08 localhost.localdomain ifplugd(wlp0s29f7u3)[1274]: Program executed successfully.
[root@localhost john]# journalctl -ab | grep -iE "fw|firmware|iwl|wifi|wire|80211"
Jun 08 10:45:47 localhost.localdomain kernel: ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
Jun 08 10:45:47 localhost.localdomain kernel: acpi PNP0A03:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
Jun 08 10:45:51 localhost.localdomain kernel: [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
Jun 08 10:45:52 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 2872, rev 0202 detected
Jun 08 10:45:52 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 0001 detected
Jun 08 10:45:52 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
Jun 08 10:45:53 localhost.localdomain kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
Jun 08 10:45:57 localhost.localdomain service_harddrake[810]: FIREWIRE_CONTROLLER took:  0:00:00
Jun 08 10:46:02 localhost.localdomain network[1004]: Configuring wireless regulatory domain  [  OK  ]
Jun 08 10:46:03 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
Jun 08 10:46:03 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.36
Jun 08 10:46:03 localhost.localdomain network[1004]: Bringing up interface wlp0s29f7u3:  Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
Jun 08 10:46:19 localhost.localdomain kernel: IFWLOG: register target
Jun 08 10:46:21 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Network monitoring daemon (Interactive Firewall and wireless).
Jun 08 10:47:09 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power :
Jun 08 10:47:09 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power :
Jun 08 10:47:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power :
Jun 08 10:48:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power :

[isadora]

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[john67]

ah ok, sorry didnt realise

[doktor5000]

Well, you're currently using the Ralink wireless card, so the Broadcom one isn't used at all and may not be configured. Please try again with only the Broadcom card.

[john67]

yep, so now its running sweet as a nut
thanks for the help

[morgano]

Welcome John!
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