topic title: Didn't find: wifi turning on and off, mostly off. Keyboard too, at different times
Posts: 3
mmmmna
Joined: 23 Sep 2017
#1
Fresh install over bare metal.
Broadcom wifi card:

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$ lspci -vv
...
01:07.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Belkin F5D7001 v2000 Wireless G Plus Desktop Card
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 64
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
    Region 0: Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
    Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Installed 16.2x64, rebooted, updated software via Synaptic, rebooted, discovered my wifi card (which is normally not configured by most distros) actually works after configuring the access point. +3 for Antix doing that! Pulled the power from my ethernet connected client adapter, I'm here courtesy of the Broadcom based wifi card.

While I'm composing a forum post, my wifi data on the root window simply disappears. The connection was dropped. Launch Wicd, click the connect button, it works again.

This is a desktop PCI card, in a desktop system. I'm not activating a button or software. Keyboard is also coming and going, but the numlock key never extinguishes, so it isn't power related. The keyboard and wifi dropouts are not concurrent: wifi drops while I'm typing, keyboard drops but my mouse can still scroll the screen.

What can I offer by way of information? I'd like this to stop happening.
Posts: 3
mmmmna
Joined: 23 Sep 2017
#2
Wow.

It turns out that my wifi access point was actually turning on and off.... who knew? I certainly did not know. I happened to catch my cellphone as it reconnected in front of me.

The keyboard hasn't repeated the issue since I rebooted.

And there they are, my first 2 posts!