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bcm43xx-fwcutter package

E: bcm43xx-fwcutter: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #134924 reported by John Gelm
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
bcm43xx-fwcutter (Baltix)
Fix Released
Undecided
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bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Ubuntu Kernel Network Team

Bug Description

Binary package hint: bcm43xx-fwcutter

Do I have a 64-bit problem?
I am setting up a notebook PC - Compaq presario F572US
My OS is Ubuntu 7.04 64bit
I have installed the fw-cutter package with Synaptics.

The install failed with:
E: bcm43xx-fwcutter: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I ran /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh as root but got a 404 error on $DL http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o.

I STFW and found the file at http://www.vidd.us/downloads/index.php?path=deb/. I commented out the line "$DL http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o" and reran it.

  filename : wl_apsta.o
  version : 3.130.20.0
  MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3
  microcodes : 2 4 5 11
  pcms : 4 5

  microcode : 2
  revision : 0x0127
  patchlevel : 0x000e
  date : 2005-04-18
  time : 02:36:27

  microcode : 4
  revision : 0x0127
  patchlevel : 0x000e
  date : 2005-04-18
  time : 02:36:27

  microcode : 5
  revision : 0x0127
  patchlevel : 0x000e
  date : 2005-04-18
  time : 02:36:27

  microcode : 11
  revision : 0x0127
  patchlevel : 0x000e
  date : 2005-04-18
  time : 02:36:27

extracting bcm43xx_microcode2.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_microcode4.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_microcode5.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_microcode11.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_pcm4.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_pcm5.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval01.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval02.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval03.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval04.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval05.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval06.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval07.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval08.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval09.fw ...
extracting bcm43xx_initval10.fw ...

Now, I used System,Administration,Network, the blue light comes on but dmesg shows:
[10793.697562] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10793.703350] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[10793.723850] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.743090] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.760176] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.786189] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.825860] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.865738] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.906093] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.942029] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10793.977985] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10804.636357] printk: 19 messages suppressed.
[10804.636362] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10804.653147] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10804.670062] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10804.686993] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10807.485928] printk: 10 messages suppressed.
[10807.485933] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10808.517519] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[10816.314982] printk: 41 messages suppressed.
[10816.314987] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10816.331803] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10816.348727] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10821.837591] bcm43xx: IRQ_READY timeout
[10825.499560] bcm43xx: IRQ_READY timeout
[10833.152352] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[10877.018370] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[10877.064780] printk: 11 messages suppressed.
[10877.064786] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.098628] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.132472] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.166287] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.205183] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.245136] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.285096] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.325054] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.361021] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10877.397016] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10933.726083] printk: 17 messages suppressed.
[10933.726089] bcm43xx: MAC suspend failed
[10933.724411] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.726754] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.724507] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.726837] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.724599] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.726929] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.724691] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.727021] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10933.724782] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10938.707808] printk: 101909 messages suppressed.
[10938.707813] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10943.705064] printk: 102098 messages suppressed.
[10943.705069] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10948.700000] printk: 102048 messages suppressed.
[10948.700006] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10953.692659] printk: 101997 messages suppressed.
[10953.692665] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[10958.687636] printk: 102008 messages suppressed.
[10958.687641] bcm43x

root@F572US:~# tail -f /var/log/messages
Aug 26 11:06:13 F572US kernel: [11458.183071] printk: 102322 messages suppressed.
Aug 26 11:06:18 F572US kernel: [11463.177974] printk: 102286 messages suppressed.
Aug 26 11:06:23 F572US kernel: [11468.172933] printk: 102130 messages suppressed.
Aug 26 11:06:28 F572US kernel: [11473.167878] printk: 102424 messages suppressed.
Aug 26 11:06:33 F572US kernel: [11478.162860] printk: 101911 messages suppressed.
Aug 26 11:06:38 F572US kernel: [11483.157809] printk: 102654 messages suppressed.
Note: Here is where I used System,Administration,Network to disable the WIFI and the light goes back to red.
Aug 26 11:06:46 F572US dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.host_name
Aug 26 11:06:46 F572US dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.domain_name
Aug 26 11:06:46 F572US dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.nis_domain
Aug 26 11:06:46 F572US dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.nis_servers
Aug 26 11:19:57 F572US -- MARK --
Au

root@F572US:~# lspci|grep etwork
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 02)
root@F572US:~# lspci -n|grep 03:00.0
03:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 02)
root@F572US:~#

root@F572US:~# uname -a
Linux F572US 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 19:00:28 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@F572US:~#

root@F572US:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:24:78:15:CA
          inet addr:192.168.0.24 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe78:15ca/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
          RX packets:6389 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6121134 (5.8 MiB) TX bytes:936067 (914.1 KiB)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x8000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:1A:73:7F
          BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:7868 (7.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:255 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:400 (400.0 b) TX bytes:400 (400.0 b)

root@F572US:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
          Mode:Managed Frequency=2.484 GHz Access Point: Invalid
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Revision history for this message
Miłosz Kosobucki (mikom) wrote :

I can confirm that, it behaves exactly the same on HP Pavilion dv6510 laptop in gutsy beta 64-bit.

Miłosz Kosobucki (mikom)
Changed in bcm43xx-fwcutter:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Miłosz Kosobucki (mikom) wrote :

It's the same also on 32-bit version of gutsy beta. I've tried firmwares from several different source and it's always exactly the same.

Revision history for this message
Hauke (hauke-m) wrote :

The same Problem for me.

I am using a Acer Extensa 5220 with Broadcom BCM4311 PCI-E Chip.
I have installed Ubuntu Gutsy 32 Bit

iwconfig says it's connected with Link Quality 70/100 but I can't ping the access point.
When staying next to the AP I have got an connection to it and when running Windows Vista I can connect to the AP from everywhere in the house.

Hauke (hauke-m)
Changed in bcm43xx-fwcutter:
assignee: nobody → ubuntu-kernel-network
Revision history for this message
Brett Hoerner (bretthoerner) wrote :

I also received a 404 on <http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o>, but I found a copy at <http://joona.kuori.org/ubuntu-powerbook/wl_apsta.o> and the script ran fine and my wifi worked immediately.

Of course, I can't speak to the quality of that mirror or anything, it would be a good thing to have it hosted somewhere more permanent.

Revision history for this message
Przemek K. (azrael) wrote :

This is fixed in Ubuntu 9.04

Changed in bcm43xx-fwcutter (Baltix):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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