Re: brcmsmac driver only works when sitting next to the AP

[Camaleón <noelamac gmail com>]

2011/8/23 Roland Vossen <rvossen broadcom com>:
> Hello Camaleón,
>
>>> $ iw wlan0 scan
>>
>> root@stt300:~# iw wlan0 scan
>> command failed: Device or resource busy (-16)
>
> couple more requests:
>
> can you send me the output of 'sudo ps -A' ?
>
> can you issue a '$ iwlist channel' and a '$ iwlist scanning' ?

Sure, see them attached to this e-mail.

P.S: I still have the working kernel 2.6.39 available in my system and
can boot with it, just in case you want to  make any comparison.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón

root@stt300:~# ps -A
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:00 init
    2 ?        00:00:00 kthreadd
    3 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
    4 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:0
    5 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:0
    6 ?        00:00:00 migration/0
    7 ?        00:00:00 watchdog/0
    8 ?        00:00:00 migration/1
    9 ?        00:00:00 kworker/1:0
   10 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
   11 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:1
   12 ?        00:00:00 watchdog/1
   13 ?        00:00:00 cpuset
   14 ?        00:00:00 khelper
   15 ?        00:00:00 netns
   16 ?        00:00:00 sync_supers
   17 ?        00:00:00 bdi-default
   18 ?        00:00:00 kintegrityd
   19 ?        00:00:00 kblockd
   20 ?        00:00:00 kworker/1:1
   21 ?        00:00:00 khungtaskd
   22 ?        00:00:00 kswapd0
   23 ?        00:00:00 ksmd
   24 ?        00:00:00 khugepaged
   25 ?        00:00:00 fsnotify_mark
   26 ?        00:00:00 crypto
   29 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:2
  128 ?        00:00:00 ata_sff
  130 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
  131 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
  132 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
  133 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
  134 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:1
  135 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:2
  136 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:3
  137 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:4
  169 ?        00:00:00 reiserfs
  230 ?        00:00:00 udevd
  424 ?        00:00:00 kpsmoused
  430 ?        00:00:00 kworker/1:2
  462 ?        00:00:00 khubd
  466 ?        00:00:00 cfg80211
  491 ?        00:00:00 hd-audio0
  971 ?        00:00:00 rpcbind
 1105 ?        00:00:00 rsyslogd
 1130 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 1141 ?        00:00:00 acpi_fakekeyd
 1145 ?        00:00:00 NetworkManager
 1154 ?        00:00:00 modem-manager
 1159 ?        00:00:00 polkitd
 1164 ?        00:00:00 flush-8:0
 1168 ?        00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
 1176 ?        00:00:00 gdm3
 1188 ?        00:00:00 gdm-simple-slav
 1192 ?        00:00:00 acpid
 1205 ?        00:00:00 anacron
 1209 tty7     00:00:01 Xorg
 1221 ?        00:00:00 atd
 1233 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon
 1234 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon
 1244 ?        00:00:00 bluetoothd
 1249 ?        00:00:00 l2cap
 1254 ?        00:00:00 krfcommd
 1307 ?        00:00:00 cron
 1334 ?        00:00:00 udevd
 1335 ?        00:00:00 udevd
 1339 ?        00:00:00 cupsd
 1395 ?        00:00:00 gdm-session-wor
 1599 ?        00:00:00 console-kit-dae
 1667 ?        00:00:00 kauditd
 1681 ?        00:00:00 exim4
 1688 ?        00:00:00 x-session-manag
 1705 ?        00:00:00 kerneloops
 1795 ?        00:00:00 sshd
 1820 ?        00:00:00 ssh-agent
 1823 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
 1824 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 1845 tty1     00:00:00 getty
 1846 tty2     00:00:00 getty
 1847 tty3     00:00:00 getty
 1848 tty4     00:00:00 getty
 1849 tty5     00:00:00 getty
 1850 tty6     00:00:00 getty
 1855 ?        00:00:00 gconfd-2
 1861 ?        00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
 1863 ?        00:00:00 gnome-power-man
 1865 ?        00:00:00 gnome-settings-
 1874 ?        00:00:00 upowerd
 1948 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd
 1951 ?        00:00:00 metacity
 1955 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-gdu-volume
 1957 ?        00:00:00 udisks-daemon
 1958 ?        00:00:00 gnome-panel
 1959 ?        00:00:00 udisks-daemon
 1962 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
 1964 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-afc-volume
 1967 ?        00:00:01 nautilus
 1969 ?        00:00:00 bonobo-activati
 1971 ?        00:00:00 kerneloops-appl
 1972 ?        00:00:00 python
 1975 ?        00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
 1984 ?        00:00:00 mixer_applet2
 1985 ?        00:00:00 gdu-notificatio
 1986 ?        00:00:00 evolution-alarm
 1988 ?        00:00:00 polkit-gnome-au
 1993 ?        00:00:00 nm-applet
 1994 ?        00:00:00 update-notifier
 1996 ?        00:00:00 gnome-screensav
 2008 ?        00:00:00 e-calendar-fact
 2013 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
 2033 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
 2041 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-metadata
 2048 ?        00:00:00 aptd
 2056 ?        00:00:01 gnome-terminal
 2061 ?        00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
 2062 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
 2110 pts/0    00:00:00 su
 2118 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
 2167 pts/0    00:00:00 ps

root@stt300:~# iwlist channel
lo        no frequency information.

eth0      no frequency information.

wlan0     13 channels in total; available frequencies :
          Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
          Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
          Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
          Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
          Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
          Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
          Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
          Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
          Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
          Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
          Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
          Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
          Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz

root@stt300:~# iwlist scanning
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Device or resource busy