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saneks

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 1,020

mplayer and wireless issues (acer travelmate 5740)

hi there.

I have some issues with latest waldorf release on my acer travelmate 5740

1) gnome mplayer stops usually after each song. I could not find out how to sort that out . sometimes it plays the next, but mostly not. read the man page already and ofcourse asked good old google.

2) then, waldorf (and before statler) doesnt pick up the wireless on this machine.

here's my output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Madison [Radeon HD 5000M Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

ethernet works fine, though. I googled and found out this is a common issue on some distros with this particular controller.
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
however, since it was working fine with mint debian, I wonder why it doesnt on #!, which is debian as well.

some solutions suggested:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=273534
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … et-914478/

Last edited by saneks (2012-11-07 13:36:18)

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dura

Bloated Gimp

From: interzone

Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 2,108

Re: mplayer and wireless issues (acer travelmate 5740)

I always start with this. You probably know it already, and is probably useless:

rfkill unblock all

saneks

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 1,020

Re: mplayer and wireless issues (acer travelmate 5740)

crunchbang@crunchbang:~$ rfkill unblock all
bash: rfkill: command not found

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dura

Bloated Gimp

From: interzone

Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 2,108

Re: mplayer and wireless issues (acer travelmate 5740)

Its probably irrelevant. I know nothing about wifi, etc., But thought it would be nice to respond anyway. rfkill switches wifi/etho on and off. Others will be able to say if you kernel detects your wifi shizzle. But to me, in my vast unknowledge, it seems as if it does recognise. Hence suggesting this. I've always had to use rfkill quite a bit to turn things on and off.

sudo apt-get install rfkill

sudo rfkill unblock all

(more ramble...)

Last edited by dura (2012-11-07 14:39:54)

ivanovnegro

Ivan #000000

From: unstable madness

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 5,432

Re: mplayer and wireless issues (acer travelmate 5740)

hi there.

I have some issues with latest waldorf release on my acer travelmate 5740

1) gnome mplayer stops usually after each song. I could not find out how to sort that out . sometimes it plays the next, but mostly not. read the man page already and ofcourse asked good old google.

Posted in the mplayer beginners thread, join me there.

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