[opensuse] suse 10.2 and intel wireless 2200 card...
Just wondering if anyone can help me get this working. I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop, which detects my wireless card, Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection. I was running FreeBSD 6.1 and the wireless card worked fine, but I'm not having any luck under suse. After trying to chase down rpm's to help me out, I resorted to source and grabbed the drivers and firmware from sourceforge from the ipw2200 and ieee80211 projects. I'm can't get beyond the first step.
From the ieee80211-1.2.16 directory:
# make Checking in /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default for ieee80211 components... /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_tkip.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko Above files found. Remove? [y],n y grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/build//.config: No such file or directory grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/build//include/linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory ieee80211 symbols are found from /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/build/Module.symvers. Do you want to strip them? [y],n y make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/build M=/home/aharrison/Downloads/ipw/ieee80211-1.2.16 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34-obj/i386/default' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34-obj/i386/default' make: *** [modules] Error 2 Any further attempts to run the make command show: # make Checking in /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default for ieee80211 components... grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/build//.config: No such file or directory grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/build//include/linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/build M=/home/aharrison/Downloads/ipw/ieee80211-1.2.16 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34-obj/i386/default' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34-obj/i386/default' make: *** [modules] Error 2 Anyone have any suggestions? -- Andy Harrison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Andy Harrison wrote:
Just wondering if anyone can help me get this working.
I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop, which detects my wireless card, Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection. I was running FreeBSD 6.1 and the wireless card worked fine, but I'm not having any luck under suse. After trying to chase down rpm's to help me out, I resorted to source and grabbed the drivers and firmware from sourceforge from the ipw2200 and ieee80211 projects. I'm can't get beyond the first step.
Why not simply activate the card using yast? There are already ieee80211 and ipw2200 modules which ship with suse. If you have already tried that, exactly where did things fail? Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 1/10/07, J Sloan
Why not simply activate the card using yast? There are already ieee80211 and ipw2200 modules which ship with suse.
If you have already tried that, exactly where did things fail?
Joe
Oops, that would have been helpful information to include. Here is a boot sequence before any changes: Jan 8 17:55:52 linux kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Jan 8 12:55:52 linux firmware.sh[4923]: Cannot find firmware file 'ipw2200-bss.fw' Jan 8 17:55:52 linux kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 Jan 8 17:55:52 linux kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2 Jan 8 17:55:52 linux kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device Jan 8 17:55:52 linux kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed with error -5 Jan 8 17:57:55 linux kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Jan 8 17:57:55 linux kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 Jan 8 17:57:55 linux kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2 Jan 8 17:57:55 linux kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device Jan 8 17:57:55 linux kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed with error -5 Jan 8 12:57:55 linux firmware.sh[6105]: Cannot find firmware file 'ipw2200-bss.fw' I found some docs that seemed to indicate that the firmware files would have been installed automatically during initial setup, but they were not. I tried manually installing the ipw-firmware-7-10.noarch.rpm package, which is actually for 10.1. This doesn't install a file exactly named /lib/firmware/ipw2200-bss.fw so I just tried copying the corresponding *.fw file to the correct name. This is from the boot sequence after that: Jan 10 13:56:02 aharrison kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq Jan 10 13:56:02 aharrison kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation Jan 10 13:56:02 aharrison kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Jan 10 13:56:02 aharrison kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load boot firmware: -12 Jan 10 13:56:02 aharrison kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -12 Jan 10 13:56:02 aharrison kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device Jan 10 13:56:02 aharrison kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed with error -5 I also tried a couple other packages, such as ipw2200-firmware-2.4-8.at.noarch.rpm from atrpms.net, but didn't have any better luck. At this point, I have no ipw related rpm's installed and I'm just trying from source. -- Andy Harrison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
J Sloan wrote:
Andy Harrison wrote:
Just wondering if anyone can help me get this working.
I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop, which detects my wireless card, Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection. I was running FreeBSD 6.1 and the wireless card worked fine, but I'm not having any luck under suse. After trying to chase down rpm's to help me out, I resorted to source and grabbed the drivers and firmware from sourceforge from the ipw2200 and ieee80211 projects. I'm can't get beyond the first step.
Why not simply activate the card using yast? There are already ieee80211 and ipw2200 modules which ship with suse.
If you have already tried that, exactly where did things fail?
Joe
Can one have two Internet connections (eth0 and eth1) "up" at the same time on startup? If it is, how does Linux select which one (e.g. what if both the wired and wireless devices are on and the computer is disconnected from the line)?? -- Best regards, Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 15:01 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
J Sloan wrote:
Andy Harrison wrote:
Just wondering if anyone can help me get this working.
I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop, which detects my wireless card, Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection. I was running FreeBSD 6.1 and the wireless card worked fine, but I'm not having any luck under suse. After trying to chase down rpm's to help me out, I resorted to source and grabbed the drivers and firmware from sourceforge from the ipw2200 and ieee80211 projects. I'm can't get beyond the first step.
Why not simply activate the card using yast? There are already ieee80211 and ipw2200 modules which ship with suse.
If you have already tried that, exactly where did things fail?
Joe
Can one have two Internet connections (eth0 and eth1) "up" at the same time on startup? If it is, how does Linux select which one (e.g. what if both the wired and wireless devices are on and the computer is disconnected from the line)??
Select for what? If you mean routing packets, they either go to the interface the desired network is on (based on the network part of the address), or, if they are bound for a different network, the packet is routed to the default gateway (the one with a 'G' in the Flags column when listed with netstat -rn. If that fails, I think they go to eth0.
-- Best regards,
Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130
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On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 15:36 -0500, Andy Harrison wrote: This chip is working for me on a Sony VAIO.
I found some docs that seemed to indicate that the firmware files would have been installed automatically during initial setup, but they were not. I tried manually installing the ipw-firmware-7-10.noarch.rpm package, which is actually for 10.1. This doesn't install a file exactly named /lib/firmware/ipw2200-bss.fw so I just tried copying the corresponding *.fw file to the correct name. This is from the boot sequence after that:
I have installed the ipw-firmware-7-31 RPM. It contains these relevant files: /lib/firmware/ipw2200-bss.fw /lib/firmware/ipw2200-ibss.fw /lib/firmware/ipw2200-sniffer.fw Maybe they were not in the 7-10 version. They are listed at the end, implying they were added last. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 1/10/07, Roger Oberholtzer
I have installed the ipw-firmware-7-31 RPM. It contains these relevant files:
/lib/firmware/ipw2200-bss.fw /lib/firmware/ipw2200-ibss.fw /lib/firmware/ipw2200-sniffer.fw
Maybe they were not in the 7-10 version. They are listed at the end, implying they were added last.
Someone else pointed me to that file as well. I checked your suspicion and it was correct, the files were not included in the 7-10. I just did a yast update of the kernel-default package to replace those lost files from the make command in the ieee80211 source tarball. Now I'm booting cleanly with no errors so it's just a matter of trying out the wireless access when I get home. -- Andy Harrison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 1/10/07, Andy Harrison
tarball. Now I'm booting cleanly with no errors so it's just a matter of trying out the wireless access when I get home.
I finally managed to get it working. I was previously using a wpa tkip passphrase, but I couldn't figure out how to get that working. I was trying to do it partly from yast and checking configuration settings from the command line with ifconfig and iwconfig. I'm sure it was something I was doing wrong, but it seemed as if changes weren't being made even after I clicked "Finish" in yast unless I rebooted after. I would make the change in yast, click the Finish button, look at iwconfig and it would not show the changes I had made. I was getting annoyed so I just reconfigured my wap to use a wep pre-shared hex key, rebooted, logged in, it prompted me to enter the key, and everything worked right away. -- Andy Harrison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007 21:36 schrieb Andy Harrison: [...]
I found some docs that seemed to indicate that the firmware files would have been installed automatically during initial setup, but they were not. I tried manually installing the ipw-firmware-7-10.noarch.rpm package, which is actually for 10.1.
Why didn't you install the package intented for 10.2 ? There is ./ DVD1/suse/noarch/ipw-firmware-7-31.noarch.rpm IIRC you will find it also on CD6 and in the non-free repositories. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 1/10/07, Markus Koßmann
Why didn't you install the package intented for 10.2 ? There is ./ DVD1/suse/noarch/ipw-firmware-7-31.noarch.rpm IIRC you will find it also on CD6 and in the non-free repositories.
I did. I had to do it manually because it did not install the package automatically during initial installation. -- Andy Harrison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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