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« Thread Started on Feb 20, 2011, 5:42pm »

My wireless doesn't seem to work, although there is no problem with it in AntiX. Is the firmware for the Intel 2200BG included in Saline?

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harsh85@laptop2:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:06.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
02:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
02:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
02:09.4 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #1 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:16pm »

Unfortunately not. AntiX should not be including it either for legal reasons. I include all the wireless firmware I can legally distribute on the images, this package is an exception.
"This firmware is covered by the Intel Pro Wireless 2100 and 2200/2915 License. You must agree to the terms of this license before it is installed."
The package name is firmware-ipw2x00

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #2 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:17pm »

from dmesg:
[code][ 7374.576277] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 7374.576281] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 7374.576336] ipw2200 0000:02:06.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 7374.576410] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 7374.576457] ipw2200 0000:02:06.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 7374.579255] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
[ 7374.579261] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
[ 7374.579265] ipw2200: failed to register network device
[ 7374.579493] ipw2200 0000:02:06.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 7374.579509] ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:06.0 failed with error -5
[93001.931358] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[97384.858429] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
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Re: Wireless
« Reply #3 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:24pm »

Thank you for the information. I may have had to install it for AntiX originally, as I am running 8.2. I just don't remember that far back, if it came with it, or I had to install it.

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #4 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:27pm »

Either apt-get or aptitude install firmware-ipw2x00.

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chevy@debian:~$ aptitude show firmware-ipw2x00
Package: firmware-ipw2x00
State: not installed
Version: 0.28
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/kernel
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Uncompressed Size: 1,270 k
PreDepends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Suggests: initramfs-tools, linux-image
Description: Binary firmware for Intel Pro Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915
This package contains the binary firmware for Intel Pro Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915 cards supported by the ipw2100 and ipw2200 drivers.

Contents:
* Intel Pro Wireless 2100 firmware (bootstrap), version 1.3 (ipw2100-1.3.fw)
* Intel Pro Wireless 2100 firmware (ibss mode), version 1.3 (ipw2100-1.3-i.fw)
* Intel Pro Wireless 2100 firmware (monitor mode), version 1.3 (ipw2100-1.3-p.fw)
* Intel Pro Wireless 2200/2915 firmware (bss), version 3.1 (ipw2200-bss.fw)
* Intel Pro Wireless 2200/2915 firmware (ibss), version 3.1 (ipw2200-ibss.fw)
* Intel Pro Wireless 2200/2915 firmware (snf), version 3.1 (ipw2200-sniffer.fw)

This firmware is covered by the Intel Pro Wireless 2100 and 2200/2915 License. You must agree to the terms of this license before it is installed.
Homepage: [url]http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php,[/url] [url]http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php[/url]

This should work with your set up. If not let us know.

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #5 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:31pm »

Thanks. I had already installed it from Debian non-free when I saw your instructions. I will unplug the wired conection and see if it works.

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #6 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:46pm »

no joy.
root@laptop2:/home/harsh85# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 No such device
Edit-still shows in dmesg

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[ 7.096159] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 7.096163] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 7.096248] ipw2200 0000:02:06.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 7.101580] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 7.101626] ipw2200 0000:02:06.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 7.664277] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #7 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:56pm »

Did you reboot your machine after installing the firmware file?

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #8 on Feb 20, 2011, 6:57pm »

yes, I did.

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #9 on Feb 20, 2011, 7:02pm »

Alright, please ensure that any physical switches or Wireless keys (Dell loves putting a stupid key on F11) are enabled. The command gksu ifconfig might point something useful out. The command gksu ifconfig wlan0 up will attempt to start the wlan0 interface.

Edit: You should probably read the user manual section on Wicd if you havn't already as well.

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #10 on Feb 20, 2011, 7:09pm »

interesting. gksu ifconfig only shows eth0 and lo.

harsh85@laptop2:~$ gksu ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #11 on Feb 20, 2011, 7:31pm »

Please open a terminal and login as root. Got some commands to try and troubleshoot this.
modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200
iwconfig To see if that accomplished anything. Just to be on the safe side try ifconfig as well. Oddly the documentation I dug up states the interface will show up as eth1

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #12 on Feb 22, 2011, 12:11pm »

This is the result:

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[root@laptop2:/home/harsh85# modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200
root@laptop2:/home/harsh85# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

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This is part of /lib/firmware
[quote][ipw2200-bss.fw usb8682.bin
ipw2200-ibss.fw zd1211
ipw2200-sniffer.fw
/quote]
[code]root@laptop2:/lib/firmware# modprobe ipw-2200-bss.fw
FATAL: Module ipw2200_bss.fw not found.

note that bash uses an underscore instead of a hyphen. I haven't found any difference whether I use underscore or hyphen in the command.

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #13 on Feb 22, 2011, 3:15pm »

Your code got it working and I just had to make some changes in the way I set up Wicd to get it to connect. Is there a change I can make somewhere so that it will automatically start the wireless?
Wicd seems to use eth1 instead of wlan0, because when I checked in AntiX it was eth1 also.

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Re: Wireless
« Reply #14 on Feb 22, 2011, 7:26pm »

Feb 22, 2011, 3:15pm, harsh85 wrote:

There should be a checkbox to automatically connect to a wireless access point in Wicd. Not 100% sure on this my machine has no wireless interfaces on it. The Debian Wiki is where I pulled those commands off of. It says the card reports as an ethernet interface for some reason. So it should be eth1 in all your Debian based operating systems.

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