PandaBoard ES wifi connection issues [Solved]

[jeffstory]

Pandaboard ES:

Have a complete xfce desktop with NetworkManager. System is stable and runs great and is totally usable as a basic desktop replacement.

The one stumbling block left is the wireless though. I've recently learned Ubuntu uses a tiwlan package for wireless hardware support, but see no such package in the Arch ARM repos. I thought perhaps I'd try the ti-connectivity package, but it errors out when installing per below.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[jeff@ArchArm ~]$ sudo pacman -S ti-connectivity
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): ti-connectivity-20120612-1

Total Installed Size: 3.82 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking package integrity [####################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [####################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [####################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/TIInit_7.2.31.bts exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-fw-2.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-fw-ap.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-fw.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-3.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-4-mr.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-4-plt.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-4-sr.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-plt-3.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl127x-nvs.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-fw-3.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-fw-4-mr.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-fw-4-plt.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-fw-4-sr.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-fw-ap.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-fw-plt-3.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-fw.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl128x-nvs.bin exists in filesystem
ti-connectivity: /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl12xx-nvs.bin exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
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I also read about a wl12XX with the kernel, which shows up in modules.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[jeff@ArchArm ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6660 1
arc4 1691 2
wl12xx 43000 0
wlcore 129787 1 wl12xx
mac80211 479965 1 wlcore
cfg80211 183561 2 mac80211,wlcore
rfkill 17575 1 cfg80211
usbkbd 4314 0
usbmouse 2720 0
usbhid 35310 0
smsc95xx 12159 0
wlcore_sdio 3844 0
')


$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[root@ArchArm jeff]# ip link set up wlan0
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
')


$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[jeff@ArchArm ~]$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.
')

ifconfig shows no wireless.

[jeffstory]

A little more troubleshooting:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '$ dmesg | grep firmware
[ 16.265686] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 16.642028] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 17.024566] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 17.034088] wl12xx: ERROR firmware boot failed despite 3 retries
[ 17.632720] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 18.023742] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 18.397125] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 18.406707] wl12xx: ERROR firmware boot failed despite 3 retries
[ 18.797302] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 19.171691] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 19.562683] wl12xx: ERROR could not get firmware ti-connectivity/wl127x-fw-5-sr.bin: -2
[ 19.574249] wl12xx: ERROR firmware boot failed despite 3 retries
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I got the package ti-connectivity to load after removing the offending files listed in op. However, it simply reinstalled the "4" series bins rather than the "5" series I had hoped for.....

I believe the the packages ti-connectivity and linux firmware both install the ti-connectivity firmware.

Is there a package or patch that would supply the firmware as needed above so that I may get my wireless working?

EDIT TO ADD INFO: linux-firmware: add ti-connectivity fw v5

Found this http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/comm ... a9ee7f1599

Never searched and installed a patch before ..... How to determine safety of patch? Would anyone care to walk me through installing this or point me to info to do it myself?

[kmihelich]

So ti-connectivity just needs to be updated for v5 firmware then?

[jeffstory]

Yea I think that would supply what I need.

[kmihelich]

I'll get a new version of the package into the queue, probably won't see it until tomorrow and it will still conflict with linux-firmware. Looks like that package just needs to be updated upstream, and I can drop the ti-connectivity package.

[jeffstory]

Thanks kmihelich

Wireless is working after upgrading ti-connectivity.