Broadcom 4321 stopped working...grumble grumble...

[papapenguin]

I have been having problems with my Broadcom 4321 and Wicd Network Manager...

Wicd says that there are no wireless networks found, but...

nm-tool says:

donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0  [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            r8169
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        00:1E:68:1A:26:6D

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes
    Speed:           100 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.1.5
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.1.1

    DNS:             192.168.1.1


- Device: wlan1 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            wl
  State:             disconnected
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        00:1A:73:5B:E8:28

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points 
    soundeXperiment: Infra, 20:E5:2A:63:20:F7, Freq 2422 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 100 WPA2
    bookarts:        Infra, 20:AA:4B:53:9E:64, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 67 WPA WPA2
    Archedigm:       Infra, C0:C1:C0:31:73:27, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 60 WPA
    Thin Fins N Land:Infra, 70:73:CB:BB:AF:91, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 57 WPA2
    Sound Sound Guest Network: Infra, 72:73:CB:BB:AF:92, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 50 WPA WPA2
    blackcat:        Infra, 20:10:7A:70:73:FC, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 52 WPA2
    Arntson:         Infra, 00:40:36:3A:7B:55, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 50 WPA
    MOTOROLA-5BE0C:  Infra, F8:35:DD:3B:50:91, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 49 WPA2
    barview:         Infra, B2:B2:DC:93:43:2C, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 47 WPA
    Green:           Infra, 58:6D:8F:C8:3C:9C, Freq 5745 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 39 WPA WPA2
    Green:           Infra, 58:6D:8F:C8:3C:9B, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 45 WPA WPA2
    HP-Print-60-ENVY 4500 series: Infra, F0:92:1C:FB:D9:60, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 42 WPA2
    PuppiesandGoats: Infra, 7C:4F:B5:B7:68:DD, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 42 WPA2
    Thin Fins N Land 5GHz: Infra, 70:73:CB:BB:AF:92, Freq 5180 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 29 WPA2
    Sound Sound Guest Network: Infra, 72:73:CB:BB:AF:93, Freq 5180 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 29 WPA WPA2
    CLF:             Infra, 20:AA:4B:8F:15:7A, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32 WPA WPA2
    NuBlackArt:      Infra, 00:24:7B:5A:41:D1, Freq 2452 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 25 WPA WPA2
    Cat Spit:        Infra, 28:37:37:4C:6D:F3, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WPA2
    WiFiRSU_64:      Infra, AC:81:12:0A:AF:80, Freq 2447 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA2
    Bird's Butt:     Infra, 00:22:3F:1F:A3:6E, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 49 WEP
    The Inter-web:   Infra, 00:11:24:5D:D5:3B, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WEP
    SYDNEY-PC-guest: Infra, C0:C1:C0:31:73:28, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 64
    myqwest4527:     Infra, 00:24:7B:6F:75:50, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 84 WPA WPA2
    GameNotFame:     Infra, 00:24:7B:B5:6B:0C, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WPA WPA2
    MelanieRouter:   Infra, C8:B3:73:17:20:7C, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA WPA2
    new:             Infra, 20:AA:4B:B1:30:54, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 22 WPA2
    Ars 111:         Infra, 50:67:F0:F0:D9:A0, Freq 2417 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32 WPA WPA2
    NuBlackArtsWest: Infra, 00:24:7B:5A:41:D0, Freq 2452 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 22 WEP


donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$

which seems to show that it is picking up networks...

I saw this command on another forum and tried it:

donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$ dmesg | grep -e wl -e 04:00
[    0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion tx2500 Notebook PC/30F1, BIOS F.0F 08/18/2009
[    5.764683] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[    5.798803] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or  required key missing - tainting kernel
[    5.989280] INFO @wl_cfg80211_attach : Registered CFG80211 phy
[    6.085405] wlan0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.141 (r415941)
[    6.920755] systemd-udevd[371]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1
[    7.032507] init: network-interface (wlan1) pre-start process (657) terminated with status 1
[    7.049501] init: network-interface (wlan1) post-stop process (663) terminated with status 1
[  650.717862] ERROR @wl_dev_intvar_get : error (-1)
[  650.717883] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1)
donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$

iwconfig:

donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$ iwconfig
wlan1     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$

lspci:

donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci                                      
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 11h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 11h Processor Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS780M [Mobility Radeon HD 3200]
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
donald@donald-HP-Pavilion-tx2500-Notebook-PC:~$

what am I missing?

[kc1di]

Hi,
Could you go to a terminal and list the output of these commands:

 lsmod

and

 rfkill list all