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(Happened automatically, once I had enabled the non-free +</I>><i> repository and hit 'Configure' in the Network Centre.) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Sadly, although the WiFi finds the router's SSID, it fails +</I>><i> (repeatedly) to Connect. (WPA key checked multiple times.) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The wireless adapter is a Broadcom Corp'n BCM 43225 802.11b/g/n, which +</I>><i> worked fine under Mageia-2. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In the same physical position*, my Toshiba laptop (running Mandriva +</I>><i> 2010.2) autoconnects on boot. (*The router is less than 3 ft away.) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 'uname -a' shows "kernel 3.6.2-desktop-1.mga3". +</I>><i> +</I>><i> MCC/Software shows the following 'broadcom' items installed: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> dkms-broadcom-wl +</I>><i> broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-latest +</I>><i> broadcom-wl-kernel-3.6.2-desktop-1.mga3 +</I>><i> broadcom-wl-kernel-3.5.5-desktop-0.rc1.1.mga3 +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In an effort to find a solution, I then did the folllowing: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> - Removed all those broadcom items +</I>><i> - Installed the kernel 3.6.2-netbook-1.mga3 (i.e. 'latest') +</I>><i> - Installed broadcom-wl-kernel-latest (to get latest driver) +</I>><i> - Rebooted +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Result: Same as before: The wireless adapter finds the only SSID, but +</I>><i> fails to connect. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> N.B. Mageia-2 on the same netbook had no such problem. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Anyone any ideas, please, as to how to recover the situation?! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> (I have raised a bug report (7844)) +</I>same problem here with a HP laptop. + +# lspcidrake -v | grep Wireless +wl : Broadcom Corporation|BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN +Controller [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4727 subv:103c subd:1483) +(rev: 01) +btusb : Broadcom Corp|Broadcom 2070 Bluetooth [Wireless|Radio +Frequency|Bluetooth] (vendor:0a5c device:21b4) + +in addition i cannot have a wireless connection when configure through +the gui,with or without network manager (no problem when configuring +with the wireless tools from the cmdline) and as author said no +automatic reconection; even after a suspend to ram. +and the network icon disapeared from the taskbar (KDE) + +# uname -a +Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.2-desktop-1.mga3 #1 SMP Wed Oct 17 +20:45:11 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + +I have also to say that my usb mouse doesn't survive a suspend/resume (i +have to unplug and replug it)! +no problem with the touchpad though. + +JPB + + +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008822.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia-3-Alpha2: Broadcom wireless driver fails to connect to SSID +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008829.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia-3-Alpha2: Broadcom wireless driver fails to connect to SSID +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8825">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8825">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8825">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8825">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |