[SOLVED] Changed daemons & wireless stopped working

Question

So my problem started after I edited rc.conf to change my daemon array and rebooted. I simply removed network from the daemons sections, rebooted, and upon reboot networkmanager showed no wireless connection. So I re-edited my rc.conf file and placed network back where it was, rebooted again, and the problem still exists.
In rc.conf my networking section looks like this:
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
In rc.conf my daemons sections looks like this:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa dbus hal networkmanager)
iwconfig output:
[root@N01 ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lspci output:
[root@N01 ~]# lspci | grep Network
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by SBL (2010-03-27 08:56:20)

Answer 1

Nerd King wrote:Perhaps the output of lspci will give some clues (ie is the hardware being detected or has that broken) which could direct people to a useful solution.
Well I already posted the lspci output for my wireless, but here is the output for all devices for whatever it's worth:
[root@N01 ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Ok just for reference, I went here: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/devices to double check that I had the proper driver installed. the site told me to issue the following:
[root@N01 ~]# lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
the part in brackets at the end is the pci id: [14e4:4318] which tells me that my device is supported by the b43 driver, according to the chart here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … CI_devices
I have reinstalled b43-fwcutter and the firmware for my b4318. I also tried the rmmod and modprobe commands to no avail.
Last edited by SBL (2010-03-27 08:58:13)