[SOLVED] DW1510, broadcom-wl and wicd

Having some problems connecting up wirelessly using a DW1510 wireless card (based off the Broadcom BCM4322 chip). I've got access to an ethernet port, so I set up XFCE and wicd using pacman. However, wicd couldn't find any wireless networks - apparently b43 doesn't play nice with this particular chipset, so I took a look around and found that others use the broadcom-wl. I followed the Arch wiki's guide on setting it up, and got a kernel panic, so I rebooted and uninstalled it.
I couldn't find any other way to get the wireless card to work, so I tried to reinstall broadcom-wl, but got this:
broadcom-wl 5.100.82.111-1
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------
==> n
==> broadcom-wl dependencies:
- linux (already installed)
- linux-headers (already installed)
==> Edit install ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> -----------------------------------
==> n
==> Continue building broadcom-wl ? [Y/n]
==> -------------------------------------
==>
==> Building and installing package
==> Making package: broadcom-wl 5.100.82.111-1 (Sat Oct 22 16:44:38 BST 2011)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_111.tar.gz...
--2011-10-22 16:44:38-- http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/ … 111.tar.gz
Resolving www.broadcom.com... 63.251.216.155
Connecting to www.broadcom.com|63.251.216.155|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1407430 (1.3M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_111.tar.gz.part'
100%[======================================>] 1,407,430 573K/s in 2.4s
2011-10-22 16:44:41 (573 KB/s) - `hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_111.tar.gz.part' saved [1407430/1407430]
-> Found modprobe.d
-> Found license.patch
-> Found semaphore.patch
==> Validating source files with sha1sums...
hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_111.tar.gz ... Passed
modprobe.d ... Passed
license.patch ... Passed
semaphore.patch ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
-> Extracting hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_111.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting build()...
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 245 (offset 5 lines).
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_iw.h
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make: *** No targets. Stop.
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build broadcom-wl.
==> Restart building broadcom-wl ? [y/N]
==> ------------------------------------
==>
So, I looked around to see if yaourt had left anything behind:
[motdef@titan ~]$ rmmod wl
ERROR: Module wl does not exist in /proc/modules
[motdef@titan ~]$ modprobe wl
FATAL: Could not read '/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko': No such file or directory
[motdef@titan ~]$ sudo modprobe -r wl
Password:
[motdef@titan ~]$ modprobe wl
FATAL: Error inserting wl (/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko): Operation not permitted
Apparently modprobe thinks it exists even though the related files don't. I tried rebooting, and now I'm getting errors there, too (sorry about the crude photograph, I couldn't work out how to send the errors to a file):
As I said earlier, b43 isn't compatible with my chipset anyway, so it's not a huge problem, but irritating nevertheless.
I'm really stuck for ideas. I'm not sure if the broadcom-wl package files are actually on my system or not, and I've no idea what's missing from the kernel folder, and what it's got to do with the b43 errors at startup. Any suggestions?
Last edited by mot.def (2011-10-28 11:26:03)

mot.def wrote:
I had b43 and ssb blacklisted, as the wiki suggested.
I just reinstalled Arch from scratch and set up broadcom-wl again. Got another kernel panic after doing "sudo modprobe wl" (and got a picture), and after that I started getting the familiar modprobe and yaourt error messages.
I'll start again and try using b43, though I did try it on my very first attempt and it definitely didn't want to work with the wireless card.
I had the same kernel panic after updating the broadcom-wl driver today. I removed the driver and am now using brcmsmac which is part of the kernel. Maybe you can check that out if its compatible with your card. (See the wiki for more details.)

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I picked up a cheap macbook from a secondhand retailer for $300 and it regularly shutdown, froze, restarted as well as the grey kernel panic screen completely random no real pattern. I set about trying to solve the problem swapping ram and hard drive with my identical 2006 macbook (which I had similar problems with last year, fixed that one with a new battery connector cable). The ram and hard drive made no difference so I downloaded istat menus to see if any combination of cpu voltage, current and temperature were causing the random shutdowns. It seemed when the temperature reached certain values the computer would shutdown or freeze(around 30 to 50 degrees). I'd read on other forums about faulty cpu temperature diodes so I reapplied heatsink compound to the cpu heatsink and checked all the wiring for shorts but nothing seemed to solve the problem. I was ready to retire the computer and use it for spares for my other macbook when needed but I pulled the keyboard off one more time and tried something completely radical. This fix requires some forward planning and software installation but it has completely solved my Random shutdowns completely.
for instructions see my next post *Fix for random shutdowns white macbook*

Ok this is not for the non technical person but it is quite a simple process with the right instructions.
This first step is very important install the software coolbook($10) and fan control (Free)( not smc fan control). Set up coolbook to operate the cpu at the lowest speed and voltage for both power adapter and battery(1002MHz and .95Volts). Remove the keyboard to access the computer logic board (instructions can be found at iFixit). Remove the four screws and two connectors holding the heatsink to the logicboard and gently lift the heatsink out (very important that you leave the fan screwed in and connected). Close the computer back up if you wish to test just gently connect the keyboard and loosly sit the keyboard back in. Restart and reset the pram immediately. Let the computer boot up and then open system preferences and configure Fan Control to your liking. So far no random shutdowns for over a week (was getting many a day previously.

[SOLVED] Problem with cron and unison

I've got a very strange problem I cannot solve.
I have set unison to synchronize my laptop (mercure) against my home computer (jupiter). It works really fine.
I can run it from the terminal:
unison -batch CERTES
and it runs good.
I have set ssh keys so that id doesn't ask me for a password. And that runs fine too because if I do ssh to jupiter, I log in without any password.
That's what the unison profile looks like:
[jordi@mercure ~]$ cat .unison/CERTES.prf
root = /home/jordi/CERTES
root = ssh://[email protected]//home/jordi/Macbook
After this, everything is ok.
Then I set a cron job so this is done once an hour everyday using crontab -e:
0 * * * * /usr/bin/unison -batch CERTES
And every hour I receive this mail:
Contacting server...
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,password).
Fatal error: Lost connection with the server
Ok then, this seems like cron can't log into jupiter with ssh as I thought. So I modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config to put this option:
PermitUserEnvironment yes
I do the same on mercure, even if I think it's useless, but...
I always receive the same error and I can't get the 2 folders synchronzed.
Before my hard drive crashed a week ago, I had unison running by cron and it was working nice, but now I'm unable to do it again...
Does anyone has a clue about what's happening and how to solve it?
Last edited by jcerdan (2008-07-04 09:52:00)

I have tried adding source to the crontab but I got the same error.
This is the env output from cron:
CONSOLE=/dev/console
SHELL=/bin/sh
CMDLINE=root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/25d2ee78-61ac-4b43-929a-28180b156786 ro
TERM=linux
rootdelay=0
USER=jordi
INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86
ro=y
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
_=/usr/bin/env
RUNLEVEL=3
PWD=/home/jordi
PREVLEVEL=N
root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/25d2ee78-61ac-4b43-929a-28180b156786
SHLVL=3
HOME=/home/jordi
kinit_params= rootfstype=ext3 rootdelay=0
And this is the env output from the terminal:
[jordi@mercure ~]$ env
XDG_DATA_HOME=/home/jordi/.local/share
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
HISTSIZE=1000
QT_XFT=true
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/jordi/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=54526543
QTDIR=/opt/qt
GTK_MODULES=gnomebreakpad
USER=jordi
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-C1rLTl/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-C1rLTl/ssh
KDEDIR=/opt/kde
OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
SESSION_MANAGER=local/mercure:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3449
USERNAME=jordi
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg:/opt/kde/etc/xdg
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/opt/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core:/opt/qt/bin
DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
PWD=/home/jordi
JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/jre
LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=true
EDITOR=vi
LANG=es_ES.utf8
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=3448
GDM_LANG=es_ES.utf8
KDEDIRS=/opt/kde:/usr
PS1=[\u@\h \W]\$
PS3=>
GDMSESSION=gnome
PS2=>
HISTCONTROL=erasedups
SHLVL=1
HOME=/home/jordi
PS4=+
XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/jordi/.config
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
XDG_CACHE_HOME=/home/jordi/.cache
LOGNAME=jordi
LESS=-R
CLASSPATH=:/opt/java/jre/lib
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-5ncgDqnWoO,guid=1e082c45cdb24be2d415016e486c820b
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/:/opt/kde/share
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/opt/kde/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/qt/lib/pkgconfig
WINDOWPATH=7
DISPLAY=:0.0
J2REDIR=/opt/java/jre
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=yes
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
XAUTHORITY=/home/jordi/.Xauthority
_=/usr/bin/env
A lot of vars are different, but they refer to the Gnome environment. I can see that SHELL, TERM are different, but I don't know what can make the difference.
Do you think there's a problem there?

[SOLVED] Problem with FGLRX and Ati HD4650

Hi! I'm fede1587 and I'm a new user of Archlinux (but not a new user of Linux). I love it and the KISS philosophy.
Four days ago I intalled the new version of Arch but unfortunately I have a very big problem and after 4 days of work I have not been able to solve it.
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW41J with a ATI HD4650. I need Ati proprietary drivers, because with the open source ones, the laptop become too hot. After installing the catalyst legacy pakages (234k, catalyst-utils and catalyst-hook) both from AUR and from the repository (following the great guide in ArchWiki) and configuring, when I lanunch startx, sometimes Gnome starts and sometimes I got black screen with horizontal lines.
I'm searching for solutions from 4 days and I read a lot of topic, and I try a lot of things, but nothing!
Accourding to the various threads, I have:
1) Load the module fglrx
2) Blacklist the radeon module
3) Re-run mkinitcpio
4) Run aticonfig --initial
5) Run aticonfig --acpi-services=off
6) Add nomodeset to grub
After I tried to change kernel (thinking about some incompatibilities). I installed linux-lts, and I try with this kernel, but I have the same issue. I also try whit Bridge Linux, but nothing changed.
This is the only output found in my error.log (Xorg.X.log is empty):
Aug 26 02:36:51 localhost kernel: [ 13.326922] [fglrx:KCL_MEM_VM_MapRegion] *ERROR* remap_pfn_range failed
Aug 26 02:36:51 localhost kernel: [ 13.326932] [fglrx:__create_mapping] *ERROR* Can not get virtual address
Aug 26 02:36:51 localhost kernel: [ 13.326935] [fglrx:__mc_heap_map_virtual_space] *ERROR* Failed to map the virtual space
Aug 26 02:36:51 localhost kernel: [ 13.326938] [fglrx:mc_heap_map_virtual_space] *ERROR* Can not get virtual address
Aug 26 02:36:51 localhost kernel: [ 13.326940] [fglrx:MCIL_GetVirtualAddressInDescriptor] *ERROR* Can not get the virtual address
Aug 26 02:36:55 localhost kernel: [ 16.622882] [fglrx:KCL_MEM_VM_MapRegion] *ERROR* remap_pfn_range failed
Aug 26 02:36:55 localhost kernel: [ 16.622892] [fglrx:__create_mapping] *ERROR* Can not get virtual address
Aug 26 02:36:55 localhost kernel: [ 16.622895] [fglrx:__mc_heap_map_virtual_space] *ERROR* Failed to map the virtual space
Aug 26 02:36:55 localhost kernel: [ 16.622898] [fglrx:mc_heap_map_virtual_space] *ERROR* Can not get virtual address
Aug 26 02:36:55 localhost kernel: [ 16.622900] [fglrx:MCIL_GetVirtualAddressInDescriptor] *ERROR* Can not get the virtual address
Aug 26 02:36:55 localhost dhcpcd[529]: wlan0: sendmsg: Cannot assign requested address
Aug 26 02:36:56 localhost kernel: [ 18.364335] [fglrx:KCL_MEM_VM_MapRegion] *ERROR* remap_pfn_range failed
Aug 26 02:36:56 localhost kernel: [ 18.364346] [fglrx:__create_mapping] *ERROR* Can not get virtual address
AuAug 26 02:40:18 localhost /usr/sbin/crond[452]: (CRON) INFO (Syslog will be used instead of sendmail.): File o directory non esistente
Aug 26 02:40:25 localhost dhcpcd[476]: wlan0: sendmsg: Cannot assign requested address
I hope you can help me, because I love this distro but I can't use it with the open source driver of the ATI card (too hot) :-(
Thanks a lot for the help and sorry for my bad english.
Last edited by fede1587 (2012-08-30 22:15:57)

Hi. Now I found in my Xorg.0.log the following lines:
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] DRM interface version 1.0
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x8000
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] mapped SAREA 0x8000 to 0x7f82a04c9000
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] framebuffer handle = 0x9000
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 1 reserved context for kernel
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit done
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.97.2
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Date: Jul 4 2012
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 3.4.9-1-ARCH
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
[ 16.893] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x0000a000
[ 16.916] (EE) fglrx(0): Not enough video memory to allocate primary surface (frame buffer).
[ 16.916] (II) fglrx(0): Shutdown CMMQS
[ 16.916] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
[ 16.916] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x8000 at 0x7f82a04c9000
[ 16.916] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[ 16.916] (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed *
[ 16.916] (WW) fglrx(0): * kernel module (fglrx.ko) may be missing or incompatible *
[ 16.916] (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D and 3D acceleration disabled *
[ 16.916] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
Do you have an idea of what it could be?
Thanks a lot...

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