* ethernet not loading
@ 2019-01-09 19:09 nightowl
2019-01-10 15:01 ` Joshua Branson
2019-01-10 15:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: nightowl @ 2019-01-09 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Help guix
I have not been able to get my ethernet to connect.
I have a Broadcom BCM4401-B0 chip set using B44 driver.
I use dmesg command and see following message:
b44 ssb0:0: Required 30 BIT MASK unsupported by system.
Is there a way around this? As an independent test, I have tried the
Trisquel 8 distro and it is able to use the ethernet, so the hardware
seems to be ok.
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* Re: ethernet not loading
2019-01-09 19:09 ethernet not loading nightowl
@ 2019-01-10 15:01 ` Joshua Branson
2019-01-10 15:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Joshua Branson @ 2019-01-10 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-guix
nightowl <nightowl@members.fsf.org> writes:
> I have not been able to get my ethernet to connect.
>
> I have a Broadcom BCM4401-B0 chip set using B44 driver.
>
> I use dmesg command and see following message:
>
> b44 ssb0:0: Required 30 BIT MASK unsupported by system.
>
> Is there a way around this? As an independent test, I have tried the
> Trisquel 8 distro and it is able to use the ethernet, so the hardware
> seems to be ok.
We probably need some more information from you. What version of guix
are you running? What laptop/desktop do you have? What year was it
made? Can you post the output of Trisquel 8's "lsmod" and the output of
guix's "lsmod"?
Thanks,
Joshua
>
>
>
--
Joshua Branson
Sent from Emacs and Gnus
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* Re: ethernet not loading
2019-01-09 19:09 ethernet not loading nightowl
2019-01-10 15:01 ` Joshua Branson
@ 2019-01-10 15:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
[not found] ` <fa8581f4be068ed4b923f10105e3e740@posteo.net>
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2019-01-10 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nightowl; +Cc: Help guix
Hi nightowl,
> I have not been able to get my ethernet to connect.
>
> I have a Broadcom BCM4401-B0 chip set using B44 driver.
>
> I use dmesg command and see following message:
>
> b44 ssb0:0: Required 30 BIT MASK unsupported by system.
>
> Is there a way around this? As an independent test, I have tried the
> Trisquel 8 distro and it is able to use the ethernet, so the hardware
> seems to be ok.
Could you please tell us what kernel version you used on Trisquel?
--
Ricardo
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* Re: ethernet not loading
[not found] ` <fa8581f4be068ed4b923f10105e3e740@posteo.net>
@ 2019-01-11 4:56 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-01-24 3:26 ` nightowl
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2019-01-11 4:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nightowl; +Cc: help-guix
Hi nightowl,
please always keep the mailing list copied in your replies.
> I have since reinstalled guixsd 0.16.0 on my machine
Since Guix is stateless, reinstallation is rarely ever useful. Did the
behaviour change in the new installation?
> but when I run Trisquel 8 from a thumb drive, it reports:
>
> 4.4.0-119-generic kernel.
Guix provides a similar version of Linux libre. You can select it by
adding “(kernel linux-libre-4.4)” to your operating system configuration
file. You may also need to add “linux” to the “use-package-modules”
clause near the top.
--
Ricardo
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* Re: ethernet not loading
2019-01-11 4:56 ` Ricardo Wurmus
@ 2019-01-24 3:26 ` nightowl
2019-01-31 22:25 ` Marius Bakke
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: nightowl @ 2019-01-24 3:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: help-guix
I just got back to looking at this. I was able to add the
linux-libre-4.4 to my system, the ethernet is visible now, but the
connection is erratic. I am using gnome, but it doesn't automatically
detect the ethernet. Sometimes I can execute the 'ifconfig eth0' up
command in the terminal and connect. Other times it gives me an out of
memory message.
On 2019-01-10 10:56 pm, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Hi nightowl,
>
> please always keep the mailing list copied in your replies.
>
>> I have since reinstalled guixsd 0.16.0 on my machine
>
> Since Guix is stateless, reinstallation is rarely ever useful. Did the
> behaviour change in the new installation?
>
>> but when I run Trisquel 8 from a thumb drive, it reports:
>>
>> 4.4.0-119-generic kernel.
>
> Guix provides a similar version of Linux libre. You can select it by
> adding “(kernel linux-libre-4.4)” to your operating system
> configuration
> file. You may also need to add “linux” to the “use-package-modules”
> clause near the top.
>
> --
> Ricardo
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* Re: ethernet not loading
2019-01-24 3:26 ` nightowl
@ 2019-01-31 22:25 ` Marius Bakke
2019-02-01 4:13 ` nightowl
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Marius Bakke @ 2019-01-31 22:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nightowl, Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: help-guix
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nightowl <nightowl@members.fsf.org> writes:
> I just got back to looking at this. I was able to add the
> linux-libre-4.4 to my system, the ethernet is visible now, but the
> connection is erratic. I am using gnome, but it doesn't automatically
> detect the ethernet. Sometimes I can execute the 'ifconfig eth0' up
> command in the terminal and connect. Other times it gives me an out of
> memory message.
That sounds really strange. Does running 'dmesg' give any clues as to
what is going on?
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* Re: ethernet not loading
2019-01-31 22:25 ` Marius Bakke
@ 2019-02-01 4:13 ` nightowl
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: nightowl @ 2019-02-01 4:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marius Bakke; +Cc: help-guix
Sorry, I had been making allot of changes on my PC lately and could not
figure out what I all broke. Ended up doing a re-install but I am using
the default kernel again (4.20.5-gnu) in GuixSD. At the moment, I am
not too bothered by the lack of ethernet. I might save this problem for
another time.
Thanks.
On 2019-01-31 4:25 pm, Marius Bakke wrote:
> nightowl <nightowl@members.fsf.org> writes:
>
>> I just got back to looking at this. I was able to add the
>> linux-libre-4.4 to my system, the ethernet is visible now, but the
>> connection is erratic. I am using gnome, but it doesn't automatically
>> detect the ethernet. Sometimes I can execute the 'ifconfig eth0' up
>> command in the terminal and connect. Other times it gives me an out
>> of
>> memory message.
>
> That sounds really strange. Does running 'dmesg' give any clues as to
> what is going on?
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