Not able to detect wifi connections

arunhundia · #1 10th March 2012, 12:46 PM

Hey guys,

I'm a complete newbie to linux, trying out Fedora 13 on my Samsung RV509.

I don't know much about linux, but I did a few google searches and I think these command outputs should probably help you figure out my problem.

Code:

ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr E8:11:32:1E:B4:B4  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:28 Base address:0x6000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:480 (480.0 b)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)

pan0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr BA:27:FC:B4:70:CD  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 66:00:25:D9:5D:23  
          inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:3913 (3.8 KiB)

Code:

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   46663  2 
ip6table_filter         2191  0 
ip6_tables              9211  1 ip6table_filter
ebtable_nat             1363  0 
ebtables               12467  1 ebtable_nat
ipt_MASQUERADE          1688  3 
iptable_nat             4487  1 
nf_nat                 15357  2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
rfcomm                 53043  6 
sco                    13192  2 
bridge                 37420  0 
stp                     1367  1 bridge
llc                     3545  2 bridge,stp
bnep                   11757  2 
l2cap                  38237  16 rfcomm,bnep
sunrpc                159624  1 
ipv6                  216224  30 
cpufreq_ondemand        6732  4 
acpi_cpufreq            6453  1 
kvm_intel              34569  0 
kvm                   213126  1 kvm_intel
uinput                  5210  0 
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi    13723  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   200716  1 
snd_hda_intel          20311  2 
snd_hda_codec          61515  3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4704  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                41363  0 
snd_seq_device          4867  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm                59444  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo               46869  0 
videodev               29534  1 uvcvideo
snd_timer              15063  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    45127  13 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
v4l1_compat            11106  2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore               4842  1 snd
iTCO_wdt                8724  0 
r8169                  28413  0 
i2c_i801                8286  0 
snd_page_alloc          5941  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
btusb                  12104  2 
mii                     3422  1 r8169
iTCO_vendor_support     1963  1 iTCO_wdt
bluetooth              72139  9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
microcode              10013  0 
rfkill                 12905  3 bluetooth
i915                  231439  2 
drm_kms_helper         21663  1 i915
drm                   133962  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            3929  1 i915
i2c_core               19651  6 videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video                  17109  1 i915
output                  1541  1 video

Code:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

Any help would be appreciated....

catsob · #2 10th March 2012, 01:10 PM

I can't solve your problem, but I'm wondering why you are using Fedora 13 which reached end of life june last year and not the latest Fedora 16. A change might solve the problem.

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stevea · #3 10th March 2012, 01:53 PM

This is your wifi part ....
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

Do
lspci -nnk
to see if there is a drive installed. (the 4-6 lines after the one above).

arunhundia · #4 10th March 2012, 02:07 PM

Code:

lspci -nnk

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 05)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7179]
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c581]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
3f:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
3f:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
3f:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
3f:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
3f:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
3f:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]

stevea · #5 10th March 2012, 02:54 PM

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7179]

Right - you don't have a driver for that hardware.
14e4:4727 - -is the PCI ID

For example this line is he driver for the WIRED enet

Quote:

Kernel modules: r8169

Next question - is there a driver, is it in a later kernel.

Here is a proprietary driver for Linux, you can google up directions for building & installing
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

However there IS a driver for the 4313 in recent Linux kernels.
brcmfmac.ko or maybe brcmutil.ko
but these didn't exist until very recent kernels.

If I were you I'd install f16 and then install a new kernel from koji. Trying to make new harware play under old software is a time-waster.

---------- Post added at 10:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:49 AM ----------

That driver was added to the kernel on October 11, 2011, and ARE in the F16 standard kernel (koji not required).
/lib/modules/3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64/backports/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/brcmfmac.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.7-1.fc16.x86_64/backports/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/brcmfmac.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/backports/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/brcmfmac.ko

/lib/modules/3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64/backports/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.7-1.fc16.x86_64/backports/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/backports/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko

Install F16 ! Reboot.

randomuser · #6 10th March 2012, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arunhundia

Hey guys,

I'm a complete newbie to linux, trying out Fedora 13 on my Samsung RV509.....

Fedora 13 stopped getting updates and official support in June 2011. Is there a reason you are installing this now, instead of the current version? It's much easier for us, as a community, to support you if you are willing to have your code fixed (which fedora does with supported releases) as well as your usage (which is what a forum does.