Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections

[Ed_P]

RazorQt, 3.0.1 i486

It boots ok but no networks showing up.

Tried to use wgetpaste to upload the psinfo.txt file but that didn't work. Used pastebin.com instead: http://pastebin.com/XLQuacYj

Suggestions?

[brokenman]

Had a feeling I was going to see a broadcom in the log.
Please try this from a root console:

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modprobe -r tg3
modprobe broadcom
modprobe tg3

[Ed_P]

Thanks brokenman.

I opened a terminal window, invoked root mode, entered "modprobe -r tg3", and nothing happened. No response. Pressed Enter a couple of times, nothing.

I closed the terminal window, reopened it, reinvoked root mode, reentered "modprobe -r tg3" and got back a msg saying it was busy.

So I thought rebooting and retrying would help. In shutting down I encountered an error that I believe I've gotten consistently shutting down, "[ 355.433650] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache". I've waited up to 15 minutes in the past for it to finish and shutdown but it never does and I have to power off to complete the shutdown.

BTW I tried alt+sysres REISUB and it didn't help.

[fanthom]

it was busy because it was held by NetworkManager. log file shows that device was initialized properly - are you sure that cable was plugged, connection was not blocked by the firewall/router, etc ... ?

[Ed_P]

@fanthom there is no cable plugged in. Wanting to use wifi, which works under Windows. Mouse over the Porteus task bar network icon displays:

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Ethernet Network
  disconnected
VPN Connections >

Clicking on "VPN Connects >" displays:

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Configure VPN...
Disconnect VPN

Even in AF mode "modprobe -r tg3" returns nothing even after 10 minutes.

[fanthom]

well - that makes more sense now
see here:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1099

[brokenman]

Ed_P, it will not give any output. It simply unloads/reloads a kernel module. In any case, follow the instructions given above for broadcom.

[Ed_P]

Ed_P, it will not give any output. It simply unloads/reloads a kernel module. In any case, follow the instructions given above for broadcom.

OK, will do. Thanks guys. But when I said no response I meant it wasn't giving me a new prompt to enter the other commands either.

[Ed_P]

well - that makes more sense now
see here:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1099

How do I:

Please create a file (plain text) at /mnt/sdXY/porteus/rootcopy/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom_blacklist.conf with following content:

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blacklist wl

when I boot an ISO? /mnt/live/?

[brokenman]

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# Mount current ISO
mloop /path/to/my/porteus.iso

# Copy files to writable location
mkdir /tmp/newiso
cp -a /mnt/loop/* /tmp/newiso

# Create rootcopy file
mkdir -p /tmp/newiso/porteus/rootcopy/etc/modprobe.d
echo "blacklist wl" >> /tmp/newiso/rootcopy/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom_blacklist.conf

# Create new ISO
cd /tmp/newiso/porteus
./make_iso.sh /tmp/mynew.iso

# Cleanup
cd -
rm -r /tmp/newiso
uloop

[fanthom]

use 'rootcopy=/some_folder' cheatcode.

[Ed_P]

Wow!! Interesting options. Possible to do it via a module?

[brokenman]

Sure. options, options, options.

[Ed_P]

How about the broadcom_blacklist.conf file in /etc/modprobe.d/ folder?

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# Default driver for supporting broadcom wifi chipsets is proprietary broadcom-sta (wl.ko).
# Please refer to 'Broadcom wifi under Porteus' HOWTO
# in case when you want to use the opensource drivers (b43/brcmsmac):
# http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1099
#
# Blacklist opensource drivers they wont interfere with wl.ko:

blacklist ssb
blacklist bcma
blacklist b43
blacklist brcmsmac

And what do I do with the "[ 1834.372805] sl 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache" msg that is stopping the system from rebooting or shutting down??

[Ed_P]

Added "blacklist wl" to the broadcom_blacklist.conf file in the /etc/modprobe.d/ folder, copied the file to /mnt/sda3/porteus and added the 'rootcopy=/porteus' cheatcode to my boot parms.

Rebooted, still no networks showing.