Thinkpad T42 SuSE 9.1: centrino wireless not working.
I have a dual boot Thinkpad T42 with SuSE 9.1. I've been trying to get the centrino wireless card to work ever since I got it, to no avail. The card is the IBM centrino 2200 minipci card (not the 2100). Works fine under Windows. ndsdriver didn't work at all. driverloader not only didn't work, but would lock up the computer cold. A friend was kind enough to point me to http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/, where IBM has finally started working on Linux drivers for this card, and it *should* work. I followed the directions, installed the software, waved the dead chicken over the screen (right to left, not left to right, because it's the 2.6 kernel), and it sorta maybe works. You can see some choice entries from /var/log/messages at http://www.thekramers.net/tmp/deepthinklog What works, what doesn't: - iwconfig shows eth1 as 802.11bg, managed, no access point, no signal, and a noise level of 158. - lsmod shows ipw2200, firmware_class, and ieee80211 are loaded. - ifconfig shows eth1 with the right MAC address, and shows an ipv6 address, but no ipv4 address. I'm not using ipv6. - iwspy eth1 says interface doesn't support wireless statistic collection - /var/log/messages says, among other things, "eth1: no IPv6 routers present". - dhcpcd -d eth1 times out (see logifle) Anyone have any suggestions where I can turn next? Thanks.
Quoting David Kramer <david@thekramers.net>: [snip]
Anyone have any suggestions where I can turn next?
Join the ipw2100/ipw2200 mailing list. The 2200 driver is definitely alpha quality. The 2100 driver is approaching beta quality. Jeffrey
On Tuesday 24 August 2004 06:37 pm, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
Quoting David Kramer <david@thekramers.net>: [snip]
Anyone have any suggestions where I can turn next?
Join the ipw2100/ipw2200 mailing list. The 2200 driver is definitely alpha quality. The 2100 driver is approaching beta quality.
Jeffrey
It sucks waiting for drivers, buy maybe David can grab a cheap 802.11b pcmcia card in the meantime. The wireless field is changing so fast that it makes little sense to have wireless built in. I refuse to buy any laptop with built in wireless unless it is dirt cheap, and has an mechanical shut-off switch. 802.16 is just around the corner, and all the centrino stuff is going to be deadwood then. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Quoting John Andersen <jsa@pen.homeip.net>:
On Tuesday 24 August 2004 06:37 pm, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
Quoting David Kramer <david@thekramers.net>: [snip]
Anyone have any suggestions where I can turn next?
Join the ipw2100/ipw2200 mailing list. The 2200 driver is definitely alpha quality. The 2100 driver is approaching beta quality.
Jeffrey
It sucks waiting for drivers, buy maybe David can grab a cheap 802.11b pcmcia card in the meantime.
The wireless field is changing so fast that it makes little sense to have wireless built in. I refuse to buy any laptop with built in wireless unless it is dirt cheap, and has an mechanical shut-off switch.
802.16 is just around the corner, and all the centrino stuff is going to be deadwood then.
People are using the 2100 driver for production work, just lots of firmware reloads (though I made it thru 4 hours airtime yesterday with no reload/restarts, version 0.53). The 2200 0.4 driver is now usable (earlier version just loaded the firmware and powered up the card). If you are not in a life critical situation, use it and help the development effort. The 2100 & 2200 are mini-pci cards. Not as easy to change as a PCMCIA, but not built in. And the current PCMCIA cards will just as much be deadwood. Internal wireless cards are nice, nothing to snap off. The built-in antenna may become obsolete during the lifetime of my laptop (I just retired my 486 desktop, by donating it to group at a university building a 486 cluster). Jeffrey
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
The 2200 0.4 driver is now usable (earlier version just loaded the firmware and powered up the card). If you are not in a life critical situation, use it and help the development effort.
I would love to, if I knew how to proceed. That's why I posted so much information. I'm willing to work at it and help out, but I need to know what to try next, since I don't know that much about it. I just subscribed to the mailing list last night, and will send my post there tonight.
The 2100 & 2200 are mini-pci cards. Not as easy to change as a PCMCIA, but not built in. And the current PCMCIA cards will just as much be deadwood. Internal wireless cards are nice, nothing to snap off.
Exactly. I actually have a PCMCIA 802.11b card, and it works, but I paid a boatload of money for this laptop, and it would be a big sacrifice of Linux pride to not get all the components working under Linux. And I also don't want the card sticking out, since I have to remove it to put it in its bag all the time. Thanks to both of your for your advice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DDDD David Kramer david@thekramers.net http://thekramers.net DK KD DKK D "Questions are a burden to others, DK KD Answers a prison for oneself." DDDD -The Prisoner
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