#580354 broadcom-sta: wlan unusable

Package:
broadcom-sta-source
Source:
broadcom-sta
Submitter:
Yevgeny Kosarzhevsky
Date:
2010-05-05 11:57:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#580354#5
Date:
2010-05-05 11:55:04 UTC
From:
To:
I've built the driver, but don't get wlan operational. I use Dell Inspirion 1011, latest BIOS A06

Here is some output which may be useful:
root@wbook:~# lspci |grep Broadcom
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
root@wbook:~# lsmod|grep wl
wl                   1937423  0
lib80211                2870  2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
root@wbook:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:44 Mb/s   Tx-Power:off
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Managementmode:All packets received
          Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

pan0      no wireless extensions.

root@wbook:~# dellWirelessCtl --st_wlan
Radio Status for WLAN:
        WLAN supported
        WLAN not installed
        WLAN disabled
        Status Code: 2
root@wbook:~# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument

pan0      Interface doesn't support scanning.