broadcom sta driver disabled and not working after update
I applied the latest updates today and when I rebooted, My wireless broadcom driver is not working and the ifconfig does not list it either anymore, was working 8 min ago but is now dead. If I turn off the wireless with a switch and back on, I get a blue light but it remains disabled and greyed out on the network icon.
Ubuntu 10.04, latest updates applied daily.
I removed the driver and reinstalled it, it did not help at all.
Also, my Truecryt gdecrypt stopped working.
Update: it seems the wireless switch on the front of the laptop is now working backwards, in checking the daemon log I found
Turning off the wifi so the light goes out:
Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch
Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): bringing up device.
Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Oct 2 20:09:18 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 42)
Oct 2 20:09:20 chuck-laptop avahi-daemon[880]: Registering new address record for fe80::216:44ff:fe7c:fe60 on eth1.*.
Turning the wifi ON the front of the computer so the light is on:
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> WiFi now disabled by radio killswitch
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state change: 3 -> 2 (reason 0)
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): deactivating device (reason: 0).
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS.
Turning off the switch:
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): taking down device.
Oct 2 20:09:50 chuck-laptop avahi-daemon[880]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::216:44ff:fe7c:fe60 on eth1.
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): bringing up device.
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Oct 2 20:10:05 chuck-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 42)
Oct 2 20:10:07 chuck-laptop avahi-daemon[880]: Registering new address record for fe80::216:44ff:fe7c:fe60 on eth1.*.
Update, I found that if I boot the laptop up with the networking switch off, then, after I'm booted up, turn it on, it works.
However if I reboot the laptop with the network switch in the on position I get the above issue with the switch being inverted and not working properly.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.28.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 2 21:11:29 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
XsessionErrors:
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1769): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(nm-connection-editor:2316): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(gnome-system-monitor:4681): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_regex_new: assertion `(compile_options & ~G_REGEX_COMPILE_MASK) == 0' failed
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: chuck 1709 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: chuck 1709 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe9fc000 irq 21'
Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9228'
Components : 'HDA:83847616,102801f3,00100201 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
Controls : 28
Simple ctrls : 18
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=74850655-3062-4769-8d37-6cb81def4e23
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1420
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=1ec6a68a-b809-4cf7-b479-dc5d71f909a3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: lucid networking regression-release needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom clamav dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video
WifiSyslog:
Oct 4 10:40:58 chuck-laptop dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.27 on eth1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
Oct 4 10:40:58 chuck-laptop dhclient: DHCPACK of 192.168.1.27 from 192.168.1.1
Oct 4 10:40:58 chuck-laptop dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.27 -- renewal in 42770 seconds.
Oct 4 12:24:27 chuck-laptop kernel: [139147.901906] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
dmi.bios.date: 01/14/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: 0DT492
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd01/14/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1420:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0DT492:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1420
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
Hello
Can you run in a terminal
apport-collect -p linux 653891
Thanks
fabio