Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
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Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
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?
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?
Ed
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
Had a feeling I was going to see a broadcom in the log.
Please try this from a root console:
Please try this from a root console:
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modprobe -r tg3
modprobe broadcom
modprobe tg3
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
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.
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.
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
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 ... ?
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
@fanthom there is no cable plugged in. Wanting to use wifi, which works under Windows. Mouse over the Porteus task bar network icon displays:
Clicking on "VPN Connects >" displays:
Even in AF mode "modprobe -r tg3" returns nothing even after 10 minutes.
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Ethernet Network
disconnected
VPN Connections >
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Configure VPN...
Disconnect VPN
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Please add [Solved] to your thread title if the solution was found.
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
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.
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
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.brokenman wrote: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.
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
How do I:fanthom wrote:well - that makes more sense now
see here:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1099
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1099 wrote:Please create a file (plain text) at /mnt/sdXY/porteus/rootcopy/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom_blacklist.conf with following content:Code: Select all
blacklist wl
when I boot an ISO? /mnt/live/?
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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
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
use 'rootcopy=/some_folder' cheatcode.
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
Wow!! Interesting options. Possible to do it via a module?
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
Sure. options, options, options.
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
How about the broadcom_blacklist.conf file in /etc/modprobe.d/ folder?
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??
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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
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Re: Dell Latitude D400 - no network connections
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.
Rebooted, still no networks showing.

Ed