[arch-general] iwl5000 issues

Tue Dec 8 08:37:52 EST 2009

Updated what, I mean, which packages?

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Rafa Grimán <rafagriman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi :)
>
> Got a Lenovo T400 laptop with an Intel 5100 wireless card, lspci:
>
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN
> [Shiloh]
> Network Connection
>
> Which was working until I updated my system.
>
> Kernel version:
>
> # uname -a
> Linux currotop 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 19:01:40 CET 2009
> x86_64
> Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>
> Have the following packages installed:
>
>        # pacman -Q | grep -iE "(kernel|iw|wireless)"
>                iwlwifi-5000-ucode 8.24.2.12-2
>                kernel-headers 2.6.31.5-1
>                kernel26 2.6.31.6-1
>                kernel26-firmware 2.6.31-1
>                wireless_tools 29-3
>
> Modules that are loaded:
>
>        # lsmod | grep -i iwl
>                iwlagn          132576  0
>                iwlcore         126496  1 iwlagn
>                mac80211        179312  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
>                led_class         5160  2 thinkpad_acpi,iwlcore
>                cfg80211        104344  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
>
>
> dmesg says this:
>
>        # dmesg | grep -i iwl
>                iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
> 1.3.27ks
>                iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
>                iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ
> 17
>                iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>                iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link
> 5100AGN REV=0x54
>                iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24
> 802.11a channels
>                iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X
>                phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
>
> Nothing weird in /var/log/messages.lo:
>
> Dec  8 14:01:25 currotop kernel: iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN
> driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks
> Dec  8 14:01:25 currotop kernel: iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel
> Corporation
> Dec  8 14:01:25 currotop kernel: iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17
> (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> Dec  8 14:01:25 currotop kernel: iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel
> Wireless
> WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54
> Dec  8 14:01:25 currotop kernel: iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13
> 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
>
>
> Following the wiki:
>
>
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless#iwl3945.2C_iwl4965_and_iwl5000-
> series
>
> ifconfig -a gives this:
>
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1E:65:CF:B5:7A
>          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-1E-65-CF-
> B5-7A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>          [NO FLAGS]  MTU:0  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
>
>
> I get the following errors:
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
>
>
> # iwlist wlan0 scan
> wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
>
>
> Seems the firmware doesn't get loaded, but I have the firmware package
> installed as listed previously, checking:
>
> # pacman -Ql iwlwifi-5000-ucode
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /lib/
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /lib/firmware/
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /usr/
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /usr/share/
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /usr/share/licenses/
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /usr/share/licenses/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/
> iwlwifi-5000-ucode /usr/share/licenses/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/LICENSE
>
>
> ls -lha  /lib/firmware/iwl*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337K 2009-11-24 04:08
> /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345K 2009-11-24 04:08
> /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode
>
>
>
> my /etc.rc.conf MODULES line holds this:
>
> MODULES=(... blkcipher aes arc4 ecb cryptomgr crypto_algapi iwlagn ...)
>
>
>
>
>
> I have been reading the forums and found these 2 links:
>
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77416
>
>        seems that okczenaj solved the issue reinstalling his system and
>        installing:
>                iw
>                iwlwifi-5000-ucode
>                wireless_tools packages
>
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62532
>
>        seems iggyst00ge solved his issues by dropping Arch Linux 64
>
>
>
> Is there any way to solve this issue without having to reinstall my laptop?
>
> As I said before, my wireless was working until I updated. Don't know for
> sure
> which package broke wireless connectivity.
>
> TIA
>
>   Rafa
>
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>
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>
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>

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