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* FWD: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
@ 2011-02-10  3:31 Noel Milton Vega
  2011-02-10  4:15 ` Julian Calaby
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Noel Milton Vega @ 2011-02-10  3:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless

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    wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com, (delivered)
    linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, (bounced back from here).
    ilw@linux.intel.com (delivered)

Hello Developer Friends:

I'm writing because I'm having problems with the WiFi and Bluetooth interfaces
provided by the "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230AGN" card in my laptop. I am
running Fedora 14 Linux / 64 Bit, with the latest 2.6 kernel provided by their
repositories (2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64).

Please CORRECT me if I am wrong, but as I understand it, the drivers for this
(and similar devices) are supposed to be these:

root# locate iwlwifi
/lib/modules/2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlcore.ko


But these kernel loadable modules do not seem to work. Let me show you why...

An "lspci -k" doesn't show any of these kernel modules bound to my 
WiFi/Bluetooth
card hardware (which, again, is a Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230AGN device).
See  here....

root# lspci -k

   03:00.0 Ethernet controller: JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
(rev 05)
   Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 7100
   Kernel driver in use: jme  <--- GOOD for the Ethernet device
   Kernel modules: jme        <--- GOOD

   01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0e31 (rev a1)
   Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 7100
   Kernel driver in use: nvidia                <--- GOOD for the video 
controller.
   Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb   <--- GOOD

   04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 
34)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN
   Kernel driver in use:   <---- missing / not bound.   NO GOOD
   Kernel modules:         <---- missing / not bound.   NO GOOD

This is true even after I manually do a "root# modeprobe iwlagn" (etc.)

So it looks like (1) either these driver are not working for this device and
needs to be fixed or *enhanced* to support this card; or (2) this is not the
driver for this Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230AGNdevice, and one needs to
be written. So neither Wireless nor Bluetooth work because devices cannot be
accessed.

Many CLEVO made laptops will ship with this card (if they have not
already), and will need a working Linux device driver for it.

Btw... Here is my post about this missing driver to the Fedora and other 
forums...

   http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1442632#post1442632

Can someone help me out with this please? Thank you 

Thank you,
Noel Milton Vega
212-699-2660


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* Re: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
@ 2011-02-10  6:59 Noel Milton Vega
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Noel Milton Vega @ 2011-02-10  6:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ozan Çağlayan; +Cc: Julian Calaby, linux-wireless, Noel Milton Vega

Resent because the last messages was rejected due to having HTML formatting.

Hello Ozan:

You know that's actually a great point. You just reminded me of something!
I have noticed that, while the laptop Bluetooth indicator light does toggle
On-and-Off each time I press Fn-12; the WiFi laptop indicator light does *not*.
It has never turned on (*ever*), no matter how many times I press Fn-11
(the key combination to toggle WiFi On-and-Off). I just assumed it was
the driver issue I was having (and it may still be).

Here are your rfkill outputs...

root# rfkill list goes:

root@p170hm# rfkill list  (Run when Bluetooth light was on -- RX/TX enabled; 
WiFi light is off.)

   0: hci0: Bluetooth    <--- Note: Don't let this 2nd bluetooth interface 
beguile you.
       Soft blocked: no              This is a tiny bluetooth dongle I 
temporarily attached to
      Hard blocked: no              a USB port because this same N-6320 card 
also provides the laptop's
                                    bluetooth capability. But being connected to 
a USB port, Fn-12 will
                                    not affect it showing up in the output of 
rfkill (see later below  -
                                    it will remain in the output).
   1: hci1: Bluetooth    
      Soft blocked: no              
      Hard blocked: no              

root@p170hm# rfkill list  (Run when Bluetooth light was off -- RX/TX disabled; 
WiFi light is off)
   0: hci0: Bluetooth
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: no

In either case, I see no reference to a WiFi device.

Hope that helps some more.

Regards & Thanks,
Noel





>
>From: Noel Milton Vega <nmvega@computingarchitects.com>
>To: Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@pardus.org.tr>
>Cc: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; 
>Noel Milton Vega <nmvega@ComputingArchitects.Com>
>Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 1:55:49 AM
>Subject: Re: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation 
>Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
>
>Hello Ozan:
>
>You know that's actually a great point. You just reminded me of something!
>I have noticed that, while the laptop Bluetooth indicator light does toggle
>On-and-Off each time I press Fn-12; the WiFi laptop indicator light does *not*.
>It has never turned on (*ever*), no matter how many times I press Fn-11
>(the key combination to toggle WiFi On-and-Off). I just assumed it was
>the driver issue I was having (and it may still be).
>
>Here are your rfkill outputs...
>
>root# rfkill list goes:
>
>root@p170hm# rfkill list  (Run when Bluetooth light was on -- RX/TX enabled; 
>WiFi light is off.)
>
>   0: hci0: Bluetooth    <--- Note: Don't let this 2nd bluetooth interface 
>beguile you.
>       Soft blocked: no              This is a tiny bluetooth dongle I 
>temporarily attached to
>      Hard blocked: no              a USB port because this same N-6320 card 
>also provides the laptop's
>                                    bluetooth capability. But being connected to 
>
>a USB port, Fn-12 will
>                                    not affect it showing up in the output of 
>rfkill (see later below  -
>                                    it will remain in the output).
>   1: hci1: Bluetooth    
>      Soft blocked: no              
>      Hard blocked: no              
>
>root@p170hm# rfkill list  (Run when Bluetooth light was off -- RX/TX disabled; 
>WiFi light is off)
>   0: hci0: Bluetooth
>   Soft blocked: no
>   Hard blocked: no
>
>
>In either case, I see no reference to a WiFi device.
>
>Hope that helps some more.
>
>Regards & Thanks,
>Noel
>
>
>
>
>-----  Original Message ----
>> From: Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@pardus.org.tr>
>> To: Noel Milton Vega <nmvega@computingarchitects.com>
>> Cc: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 1:21:38 AM
>> Subject: Re: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation 
>>Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>> 
>> Perşembe 10 Şubat 2011 günü (saat 07:25:12) Noel Milton Vega şunları  
>yazmıştı:
>> > Hi Julian,
>> > 
>> > Thank you for the extended reply.  It's appreciated. Your output wish is
>> > my command. Here they are (and  then some):
>> 
>> Can you run
>> 
>> rfkill list
>> 
>> and send the output?  Are there any WLAN toggles on your laptop (a hard switch 
>
>>or Fn + Fx  combination)?
>> If yes try playing with them.
>> 
>> ---
>> Ozan  Çağlayan
>> TUBITAK/UEKAE - Pardus Linux
>> http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng
>> 

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