From: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: b43 'hardware blocked' but only keyboard/led touch button
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:34:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100330073401.GA13675@frolo.macqel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BB1335F.7030306@lwfinger.net>
Hello Larry,
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 06:10:23PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 03/29/2010 03:12 PM, Philippe De Muyter wrote:
> > Hello wireless-linux experts,
> >
> > I have installed yesterday the last opensuse 11.3 rc4 on a
> > hp pavilion dv6-1300sb laptop which is has a
> >
> > 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
> >
> > as wireless chip.
> >
> > I needed to install such a bleeding edge distro because opensuse 11.2 does
> > not have the lp_phy driver yet.
> >
> > with dmesg, I see :
> >
> > [ 21.818415] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
> > [ 21.820519] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/lp0initvals15.fw
> > [ 21.823084] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw
> > [ 21.975380] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 478.104 (2008-07-01 00:50:23)
> > [ 22.076456] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
> > [ 22.077743] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
> > [ 22.077747] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.
> > [ 22.078413] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> >
> > this is confirmed by rfkill :
> >
> > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
> > Soft blocked: no
> > Hard blocked: yes
> >
> > BUT, I DON'T SEE A HARDWARE RF-KILL button; I only see a red-lighted wireless
> > symbol, which is also a touch-key; in console mode, when I touch this
> > touch-key I get a message asking me to
> >
> > 'setkey e014 <keycode>'
> >
> > I have already seen this symbol being blue-lighted in the first seconds of
> > linux booting, but I don't know what changes this color or if this has
> > an effect on the 'hardware' RF-kill button. In the BIOS there is no option
> > to enable or disable the wireless interface.
> >
> > Any hint ?
> >
> > Thanks already for the good work so far
>
> Is the module hp-wmi loaded? That module is designed to implement all of the
> special keys for HP laptops.
>
> Larry
No, thanks for the suggestion. Here is the log of my attempt :
$ modprobe hp-wmi
FATAL: Error inserting hp_wmi (/lib/modules/2.6.33-6-desktop/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.ko): No such device
and there is nothing in dmesg.
If that can help, here is the output of lspci :
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
06:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller
06:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
06:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
Philippe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-30 7:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-29 20:12 b43 'hardware blocked' but only keyboard/led touch button Philippe De Muyter
2010-03-29 23:10 ` Larry Finger
2010-03-30 7:34 ` Philippe De Muyter [this message]
2010-03-30 16:47 ` Dan Williams
2010-03-30 17:11 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-03-30 19:26 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-03-30 19:31 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-03-30 20:00 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-03-30 20:06 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-03-30 20:43 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-04-19 11:53 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-04-19 14:51 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-04-19 15:00 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-04-19 15:06 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-04-24 5:42 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-04-24 15:21 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-04-24 19:56 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-04-24 20:02 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-04-25 19:50 ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-04-25 20:11 ` Larry Finger
2010-05-01 12:17 ` BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) dma & led problems Philippe De Muyter
2010-05-01 16:04 ` Gábor Stefanik
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