connman doesn't work with broadcom bcm 43225

[eric]

Binary package hint: connman

I have an acer 1830t with broadcom bcm 43225.
I am using the proprietary sta driver from broadcom.

Replacing network manager with connman and restarting connman and wifi is set to off and I can't activate it.
sudo iwlist scan show me the networks on eth1 but wifi is not activated.
ifconfig eth1 up doesn't work.

modprobe -r acer-wmi doesn't work unless I do iwlist scan.
Blacklisting acer-wmi doesn't work on startup unless I do a iwlist scan.
As soon as I run the iwlist scan, everything works and connman connects very fast.
It seems that after sleeping mode it can connect without the scan.

Note that network manager doesn't work out of the box either and needs to blacklist acer-wmi. Sometimes it looses connection (even if it looks connected)

Note that wicd seems to work out of the box but sometimes looses connection as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: connman 0.69-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-genUser Name 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Date: Thu Apr 28 17:50:29 2011
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110419)
IpRoute:

MachineType: Acer Aspire 1830T
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-genUser Name root=UUID=ed83bcd4-bb34-4348-b9eb-d36cd556df89 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: connman
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/28/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: V1.20
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: JV10_CS
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrV1.20:bd09/28/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire1830T:pvrV1.20:rvnIntelCorp.:rnJV10_CS:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 1830T
dmi.product.version: V1.20
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[eric (obrowny06)]

It seems that someone found a solution :
With wicd and Connman it was not working fine either
With former bcm driver or without driver as well.

So after having blacklisted acer-wmi as explained, go to applications on startup and untick bluetooth...
Then restart.
You don't have bluetooth anymore but wifi works well.

Someone said that reactivating bluetooth later on, wifi was still working.

Please test and give feedback.
thanks

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alf Gaida (agaida)]

not a bug - and even it was, 11.04 is dead