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

[ni at centergate.net]

On 08/14/2012 10:01 AM, ni at centergate.net wrote:
> 
>> I think we might need some updated udev rules for the new
>> compat_firmware_class module.
>>
>> Can you download 50-compat_firmware.rules and compat_firmware.sh from here:
>>
>> http://www.elrepo.org/people/phil/compat/udev/
>>
>> and install to:
>>
>> /lib/udev/compat_firmware.sh
>> /lib/udev/rules.d/50-compat_firmware.rules
>>
>> File permissions/ownership should be set as follows:
>>
>> $ ll /lib/udev/compat_firmware.sh
>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 994 Aug  7 22:49 /lib/udev/compat_firmware.sh
>>
>> $ ll /lib/udev/rules.d/50-compat_firmware.rules
>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 193 Aug  7 22:49
>> /lib/udev/rules.d/50-compat_firmware.rules
> 
> I'm in much better shape right now as it appears to recognize the
> wireless interface:
> 
> 
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=19 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
> 
> After the reboot the NetworkManager Applet was gone. I loaded brcmsmac
> and the above appeared. Below are the relevant log messages:

> Aug 14 09:50:41 0wned NetworkManager[2004]: <warn> couldn't retrieve
> connections: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the
> remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy
> blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection
> was broken.


Ok, so I rebooted and NetworkManager was present. Loaded brcmsmac and
everything appears to be working properly.

Will play around a bit and see about getting brcmsmac loaded at boot.

Thanks Phil, really appreciate all the hard work and effort you put into
this!

Cheers,
Nick