[arch-general] iwl5000 issues

Tue Dec 8 11:12:21 EST 2009

Hi :)

On Tuesday 08 December 2009 14:37:52 Flavio Costa wrote:
> Updated what, I mean, which packages?

The whole sstem:

	pacman -Sy

	pacman -Su

I don't remember wich packages got updated, there were a whole bunch. I don't 
update every day so I can't say.

   Rafa

> 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_iwl50
> >00- 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
> >
> > --
> > "We cannot treat computers as Humans. Computers need love."
> >
> > rgriman at skype.com
> > rgriman at jabberes.org
> >
> > Happily using KDE 4.3.3 :)
> 

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