Bcm4306 won't connect to networks

[Henrik Hodne]

Binary package hint: network-manager

I am using Ubuntu 8.04
Network-manager is version o.6.6-0ubuntu5

I was trying to connect to my (unsecured) network, but instead of connecting, it just showed that it connected, and after about 30 seconds, and then returned to the computer icon.
I have tried b43-fwcutter, which worked for about 5 days, then this started happen. I then tried to uninstall b43-fwcutter and install ndiswrapper, then it just shows connected at once, but no blue bars are showin (the signal strength bars). Later again, the spinning icon showed up when connecting, bt still couldn't connect.

$ sudo lspci -vnn (Stripped to only network parts)
05:09.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Belkin Belkin F5D7001 High-Speed Mode Wireless G Network Card [1799:7001]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
        Memory at f0500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

40:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1677] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:3005]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at f0400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
        Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0

$ lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:40.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:13:21:5f:38:65
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86 firmware=5751-v3.29a latency=0 link=no module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 9
       bus info: pci@0000:05:09.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 modle=ssb
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:11:50:3f:8d:14
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

syslog during connect:
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Device wlan0 activation scheduled...
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) started...
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
May 12 11:39:10 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'ETNet' is unencrypted, no key needed.
May 12 11:39:11 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> retry to connect to global supplicant socket (try=1)
May 12 11:39:11 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD wlan0^I^Iwext^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant0^I'
May 12 11:39:11 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 45544e6574'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 927.366931] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:39:12 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 927.366941] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:13 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 927.566027] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:13 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 927.765444] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:13 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 927.964881] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f timed out
May 12 11:39:17 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change.
May 12 11:39:23 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 938.117292] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:39:23 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 938.117301] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:23 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 938.117323] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:39:23 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 938.117327] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:23 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 938.315469] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:24 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 938.515448] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:24 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 938.714342] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f timed out
May 12 11:39:28 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change.
May 12 11:39:34 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 948.865728] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:39:34 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 948.865737] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:34 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 948.865758] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:39:34 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 948.865763] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:34 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 949.064923] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:34 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 949.264357] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:34 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 949.463790] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f timed out
May 12 11:39:39 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change.
May 12 11:39:45 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 959.611454] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:39:45 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 959.611463] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:45 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 959.810392] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:45 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 960.010818] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:45 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 960.210248] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f timed out
May 12 11:39:50 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change.
May 12 11:39:55 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 970.362015] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:39:55 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 970.362027] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:56 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 970.559854] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:56 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 970.759277] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:39:56 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 970.958726] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f timed out
May 12 11:40:00 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change.
May 12 11:40:01 henrik-desktop /USR/SBIN/CRON[6674]: (smmsp) CMD (test -x /etc/init.d/sendmail && /usr/share/sendmail/sendmail cron-msp)
May 12 11:40:01 henrik-desktop sm-msp-queue[6689]: My unqualified host name (henrik-desktop) unknown; sleeping for retry
May 12 11:40:06 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 981.110114] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:40:06 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 981.110123] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:40:06 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 981.110147] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 12 11:40:06 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 981.110151] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:40:06 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 981.309313] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:40:07 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 981.508750] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f
May 12 11:40:07 henrik-desktop kernel: [ 981.708180] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:11:50:39:81:5f timed out
May 12 11:40:11 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change.
May 12 11:40:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long (>60s), failing activation.
May 12 11:40:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failure scheduled...
May 12 11:40:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (ETNet)
May 12 11:40:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed.
May 12 11:40:12 henrik-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0.

[Shang Wu (shangwu)]

Just curious if this issue has been fixed or not. If not, perhaps you can try:
http://www.omattos.com/broadcom/

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

not a network-manager bug. maybe try intrepid beta. The driver situation might have been improved for you.

[edubidu (bhe)]

where are you with this bug? I have the same thing, but no idea what I can do:

01:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 0418
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
 Memory at fe5fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

bidu@edubidu:~$ tail -f /var/log/syslog
Jan 16 18:31:37 edubidu /usr/sbin/cron[5447]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)
Jan 16 18:31:37 edubidu /usr/sbin/cron[5447]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
Jan 16 18:31:38 edubidu kernel: [ 71.846420] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Jan 16 18:31:38 edubidu kernel: [ 71.850677] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jan 16 18:31:38 edubidu kernel: [ 71.850690] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
Jan 16 18:31:38 edubidu kernel: [ 71.850788] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
Jan 16 18:31:38 edubidu NetworkManager: <debug> [1232127099.001434] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2572_drm_i915_card0').
Jan 16 18:32:52 edubidu hcid[5336]: Default passkey agent (:1.24, /org/bluez/passkey) registered
Jan 16 18:32:52 edubidu hcid[5336]: Default authorization agent (:1.24, /org/bluez/auth) registered
Jan 16 18:32:54 edubidu NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless network lists.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.852172] b43-phy0 debug: Removing Interface type 2
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu NetworkManager: <debug> [1232127318.563895] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_2').
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.904244] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.904394] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.904446] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 0x02A0 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.912050] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 0x0280 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.920011] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.927985] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 290.935970] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 44/128
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ 291.023783] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/128
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu avahi-daemon[5027]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu avahi-daemon[5027]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.3.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu avahi-daemon[5027]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.3 on wlan0.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu NetworkManager: <info> /etc/network/interface changed: rebuilding the device list.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu NetworkManager: <info> Removing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu NetworkManager: <info> Recreating the device list.
Jan 16 18:35:18 edubidu kernel: [ ...

[^_Pepe_^ (jose-angel-fernandez-freire)]

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in
it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try
with the latest Karmic 9.10 release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are
available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If the issue remains, could you run the following command from a
Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) while running Karmic. It
will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this
report.

apport-collect -p linux 229495

[Przemek K. (azrael)]

Not a b43-fwcutter bug. If you want to report bugs against the b43 driver please use the linux package.

[Przemek K. (azrael)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Neal Bartrip (neal-bartrip)]

Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/midiC0D0', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer', '/dev/sequencer', '/dev/sequencer2'] failed with exit code 1:
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'CMI8738'/'C-Media CMI8738 (model 39) at 0xb800, irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'CMedia PCI'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 41
   Simple ctrls : 22
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0406f24b-6ad5-4ba5-a820-7e7dcd456cc4
MachineType: MSI MS-6547
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=be591d1f-0bac-450d-a707-ddb5e848b4c0 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-21-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.26
RfKill:
 1: phy1: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin mythtv plugdev video
WpaSupplicantLog:

XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2857): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (xfce4-terminal:3014): Terminal-WARNING **: Unable to load terminal preferences.
 (firefox:3384): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times
dmi.bios.date: 12/20/01
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 07.00T
dmi.board.name: MS-6547
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 2.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Uknown Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.00
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr07.00T:bd12/20/01:svnMSI:pnMS-6547:pvr2.00:rvnMSI:rnMS-6547:rvr2.00:cvnUknownChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrVersion1.00:
dmi.product.name: MS-6547
dmi.product.version: 2.00
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI