Problem with Wireless Network Adapter on brcmsmac driver (Broadcom BCM4313) - Ubuntu 18.04.5

Bug #1916028 reported by Piotr
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Dear Launchpad Team,

I want to a report errors for my hardware but I don't know if it bug or problem with the kernel itself. I installed Xubuntu 20.04.1 and I noticed when it is startup (booting) that are two information (errors?) shown of the screen. I thinked that this is only a problem with Xubuntu system but on Ubuntu 20.04.1 I had also this same informations when I run dmesg command in terminal. I installed also Ubuntu 18.04.5 but in this system I have also these errors? I think that on Ubuntu 18.04.5 I have more errors that on Ubuntu 20.04.1.

This is from dmesg on Ubuntu 18.04.5 system:

[ 25.402xxx] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)
[ 25.402xxx] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_config: change power-save mode: false (implement)
[ 26.711xxx] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: associated
[ 26.711xxx] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: true (implement)
[ 13.771xxx] b43: probe of bcma0:1 failed with error -524

I erased some data with "x" because I don't know if it safe to write these kind of information public. I am beginner.

One of the Launchpad user told me that this is not error. Okay but I have problem with my Wi-fi. This don't work sometimes. I found the fix. I musted to change in panel configuration of my router channels for 2.4 Ghz. It had auto option enabled. I musted limited to 3 channel because when this was high value my wi-fi doesn't work. I think that this is problem with brcmsmac driver because on bcmwl-kernel-source I don't have this problem on bionic (Ubuntu 18.04.5).

I have this same problem on Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.04.1. I had also problems with bcmwl-kernel-source on Ubuntu 20.04.1 after some update but maybe this is fixed now. I don't know because I switched back to bionic.

Some terminal output:

uname -a

5.4.0-65-generic #73~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 19 09:02:24 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lshw -C network

*-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=brcmsmac driverversion=5.4.0-65-generic

lsb_release -crid

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04

On lsusb output

I can see Broadcom Corp. BCM2070 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. So this is a bluetooth card. I don't know if it the same device. I think that bluetooth and wi-fi is supported by this same device but like you can see there are different names.

On lspci -nnk output

BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: bcma

Can you fix it? Broadcom users have a lot of problems on Ubuntu system. Maybe if you fix brcmsmac driver this will be not problem anymore. Sorry if this doubled bug, maybe someone in the past report this.

Piotr (peterq94)
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This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1916028

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
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tags: added: focal
Piotr (peterq94)
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Michal Bojanowski (michal2992) wrote :

I'm having exactly the same problems.

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Michal Bojanowski (michal2992) wrote : apport information

ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: mbojan 1017 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-18 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 6450b
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic root=UUID=c83c5991-d3cd-4b19-9406-46354a976ee2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.8.0-44-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.8.0-44-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.187.9
Tags: focal
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 01/11/2011
dmi.bios.release: 15.6
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68CDE Ver. F.06
dmi.board.name: 146D
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 73.13
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU10919TZ
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 115.19
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CDEVer.F.06:bd01/11/2011:br15.6:efr115.19:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook6450b:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn146D:rvrKBCVersion73.13:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN
dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 6450b
dmi.product.sku: WD777EA#AKD
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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Michal Bojanowski (michal2992) wrote :

Relevant messages from dmesg:

[ 7558.964284] wlp68s0b1: deauthenticating from 2c:a1:7d:d2:d7:eb by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
[ 7558.967915] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: disassociated
[ 7558.967924] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp filtering: 1 addresses (implement)
[ 7558.967926] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: false (implement)
[ 7569.944159] wlp68s0b1: authenticate with 2c:a1:7d:d2:d7:eb
[ 7569.944301] wlp68s0b1: send auth to 2c:a1:7d:d2:d7:eb (try 1/3)
[ 7569.947116] wlp68s0b1: authenticated
[ 7569.948994] wlp68s0b1: associate with 2c:a1:7d:d2:d7:eb (try 1/3)
[ 7569.952839] wlp68s0b1: RX AssocResp from 2c:a1:7d:d2:d7:eb (capab=0x1411 status=0 aid=1)
[ 7569.953462] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: associated
[ 7569.953467] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: qos enabled: true (implement)
[ 7569.953480] wlp68s0b1: associated
[ 7569.975338] brcmsmac bcma0:1: wl0: brcms_c_d11hdrs_mac80211: txop exceeded phylen 159/256 dur 1778/1504
[ 7569.996823] brcmsmac bcma0:1: wl0: brcms_c_d11hdrs_mac80211: txop exceeded phylen 137/256 dur 1602/1504
[ 7569.997320] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp68s0b1: link becomes ready
[ 7571.052103] brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: arp filtering: 1 addresses (implement)

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Piotr (peterq94) wrote :

I can see that Mr Michal Bojanowski also was affected by this bug so that is why I change status to confirmed.

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Piotr (peterq94) wrote :

This is problem with brcmsmac driver. This driver work perfectly but only with limited wi-fi channels like I said in first post. On high number wi-fi channels this have problem with connection to my router. On bcmwl-kernel-source I don't have this issue. So maybe Linux kernel team should fix issue with brcmsmac driver ? I prefer open source drivers instead restricted so this is very important to fix it. If they fix it a lot of people can simply install system without additional drivers and this will be so great!

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