[elrepo] [elrepo-devel] Broken kmod-compat-wireless package

ni at centergate.net ni at centergate.net
Fri Aug 10 17:41:53 EDT 2012 

Phil,

Thanks again man!

So I snagged and installed the following:

> kmod-compat-wireless-3.5-3.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

> You can report back either here or to the bug tracker - I don't mind which.

Unfortunately it isn't working yet, here's where I'm at (please let me
know if I missed anything).


I believe the following directory structure was created with the install:

/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64/weak-updates/compat-wireless/

I didn't look in this location before, so I can't be sure. I can
uninstall to verify if need be. There are a number of relevant .ko files
there (symlinked to
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/extra/compat-wireless/).

I'm also not seeing anything for bcma in the following locations (though
I'm not sure it matters):

/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/net/wireles


I'm not seeing anything in "/lib/firmware/" named bcma, wondering if
this is part of the problem (I thought I had a dir there before during
one  of my troubleshooting steps, but I honestly can't recall). Should I
be ripping this out of the file I download from Broadcom's site or doing
something like what's mentioned here with the src.rpm
http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod?


iwconfig shows the following:

lo        no wireless extensions.
em1       no wireless extensions.
vmnet1    no wireless extensions.
vmnet8    no wireless extensions.


lspci -vn shows:

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n
Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at e4b00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
	Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-c4-ff-ff-f4-68-a3
	Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
	Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
	Kernel modules: bcma


lsmod | grep "mac80211\|brcmutil\|cfg80211\|compat\|bcma"
bcma                   29837  0
compat                 26336  1 bcma



Nothing in dmesg, but messages show the following as it pertains to
NetworkManager:

Aug 10 17:07:59 0wned NetworkManager[1987]: <info> WiFi now enabled by
radio killswitch
Aug 10 17:16:05 0wned NetworkManager[1987]: <info> caught signal 15,
shutting down normally.
Aug 10 17:16:05 0wned NetworkManager[1987]: <info> exiting (success)
Aug 10 17:17:16 0wned kernel: e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver -
1.9.5-k
Aug 10 17:17:16 0wned kernel: e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R)
PRO/1000 Network Connection
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> NetworkManager
(version 0.8.1-33.el6) is starting...
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Read config file
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> trying to start the
modem manager...
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned avahi-daemon[2022]: Network interface enumeration
completed.
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> monitoring kernel
firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Bonding/VLAN support
disabled
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]:    ifcfg-rh: Acquired D-Bus
service com.redhat.ifcfgrh1
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Loaded plugin
ifcfg-rh: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the
NetworkManager mailing list.
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]:    ifcfg-rh: parsing
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo ...
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]:    ifcfg-rh: parsing
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1 ...
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]:    ifcfg-rh:     read
connection 'System em1'
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> found WiFi radio
killswitch rfkill0 (at /sys/devices/platform/dell-laptop/rfkill/rfkill0)
(driver dell-laptop)
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio
killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio
killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> WiMAX enabled by
radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Networking is enabled
by state file
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): carrier is OFF
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): new Ethernet
device (driver: 'e1000e' ifindex: 2)
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): exported as
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): now managed
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): device state
change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): bringing up
device.
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): preparing device.
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): deactivating
device (reason: 2).
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> modem-manager is now
available
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <warn> bluez error getting
default adapter: The name org.bluez was not provided by any .service files
Aug 10 17:17:18 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Trying to start the
supplicant...
Aug 10 17:17:19 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> wpa_supplicant started
Aug 10 17:17:21 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <warn>
/sys/devices/virtual/net/vmnet1: couldn't determine device driver;
ignoring...
Aug 10 17:17:21 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <warn>
/sys/devices/virtual/net/vmnet8: couldn't determine device driver;
ignoring...
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): carrier now ON
(device state 2)
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): device state
change: 2 -> 3 (reason 40)
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
starting connection 'System em1'
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): device state
change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0)
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): device state
change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): device state
change: 5 -> 7 (reason 0)
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Beginning DHCPv4 transaction
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> dhclient started with
pid 2283
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
DHCPv4 will time out in 45 seconds
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
Aug 10 17:17:22 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): DHCPv4 state
changed nbi -> preinit
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): DHCPv4 state
changed preinit -> reboot
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) scheduled...
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) started...
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info>   address 10.100.10.116
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info>   prefix 24
(255.255.255.0)
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info>   gateway 10.100.10.1
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info>   nameserver '4.2.2.1'
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled...
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) complete.
Aug 10 17:17:25 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started...
Aug 10 17:17:26 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> (em1): device state
change: 7 -> 8 (reason 0)
Aug 10 17:17:26 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Policy set 'System
em1' (em1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Aug 10 17:17:26 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
successful, device activated.
Aug 10 17:17:26 0wned NetworkManager[2010]: <info> Activation (em1)
Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.



Cheers,
Nick

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