Broadcom BCM43228 gives: wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument in iwlist
llarensj
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I can believe how bad I f#ck it.
The machine is an ACER V3-571-6234

The wifi is an BCM43228, working good with linuxmint 13 and debian wheezy.
After installing liquorix, this is the error that iwlist reports:

iwlist:
wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument


This is the lspci info:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
02:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Memory Card Reader (rev 10)
02:00.2 System peripheral: Broadcom Corporation Device 16be (rev 10)
02:00.3 System peripheral: Broadcom Corporation Device 16bf (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n

This is the iwconfig info:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:300 Mb/s Tx-Power:off
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Even the wifi led is off.

The thing is, that iwlist keeps reporting "wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument" and the wifi led keeps off, even after removing liquorix kernel, and even AFTER REINSTALLING DEBIAN WHEEZY AND AFTER INSTALLING LINUXMINT 13

Linuxmint 13 says "wireless is disabled by hardware switch" (which I don't have...)

What Can I do?
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llarensj
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Now linuxmint 13.

rfkill output:
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

Im confused: it seems I have TWO wifi cards?! And one of them hardware blocked!
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don't make us guess, update inxi: inxi -U
as root or sudo, then show:

inxi -zixx
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llarensj
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Ouch, right now with linuxmint, wich I think don't behave nice with liquorix.
Anyway, still don't work, so i'll go for debian & liquorix again and pass that data.
Thanx in advance!
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