10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

[Myk Robinson]

Hello-

Used your driver package in Ubuntu Hardy with no trouble at all. Testing
the Intrepid beta now. Before today, using the compat-wireless driver
for kernel 2.6.27, networkmanager showed all devices grayed out and
iwlist scan would not work. Today's driver release has allowed me to
connect, but still drops the connection with intel 2945abg. Also, it
causes the touchpad to lose sync when the connection is dropped.

Here is a pastebin containing some dmesg info that might be helpful.

http://pastebin.com/f286ee42c

Thanks,

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Myk Robinson
Computer Support Specialist
Kingdom Computer Solutions
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myk.robinson@kingdomcomputer.info
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Re: 10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 07:55 -0500, Myk Robinson wrote:
> Hello-
> 
> Used your driver package in Ubuntu Hardy with no trouble at all. Testing
> the Intrepid beta now. Before today, using the compat-wireless driver
> for kernel 2.6.27, networkmanager showed all devices grayed out and

Hmm, what do you mean by "grayed out"?  What exactly did the menu say?

Dan

> iwlist scan would not work. Today's driver release has allowed me to
> connect, but still drops the connection with intel 2945abg. Also, it
> causes the touchpad to lose sync when the connection is dropped.
> 
> Here is a pastebin containing some dmesg info that might be helpful.
> 
> http://pastebin.com/f286ee42c
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Re: 10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

[reinette chatre]

On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 07:55 -0500, Myk Robinson wrote:
> Hello-
> 
> Used your driver package in Ubuntu Hardy with no trouble at all. Testing
> the Intrepid beta now. Before today, using the compat-wireless driver
> for kernel 2.6.27, networkmanager showed all devices grayed out and
> iwlist scan would not work. Today's driver release has allowed me to
> connect, but still drops the connection with intel 2945abg. Also, it
> causes the touchpad to lose sync when the connection is dropped.
> 
> Here is a pastebin containing some dmesg info that might be helpful.
> 
> http://pastebin.com/f286ee42c
> 

The log shows some firmware errors. Could you please follow the steps on
http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=fw_error_report to help us find the
cause of the problem?

Thanks

Reinette

Re: 10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

[Myk Robinson]

Hi, thanks for the response.

The NetworkManager applet in the task bar positively identified both my
wireless devices. The Intel 3945abg and the secondary Belkin FD7050 USB
wireless, but both were "grayed out", or unselectable. No wireless
networks were shown. When this happened, running    sudo lshw -C network
in the console showed the wireless devices as "disabled", which explains
the grayed out part.. Just not sure why they were disabled and couldnt
figure how to enable them. 

 Also, when this occurred, trying to check by console with    sudo
iwlist wlan0 scan   yielded no results whatsoever. No error, no positive
results. The cursor just sat there blinking until I pressed Ctrl+C to
stop the process from running any further.

Immediately following this event, uninstalling the compat-wireless
driver and reverting back to the "out of the box" driver provided with
the distro allowed the connection to take place, but with regular
dropped connections.

Thanks,

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Myk Robinson
Computer Support Specialist
Kingdom Computer Solutions
http://www.kingdomcomputer.info
myk.robinson@kingdomcomputer.info
(731) 616.5030



On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 11:16 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 07:55 -0500, Myk Robinson wrote:
> > Hello-
> > 
> > Used your driver package in Ubuntu Hardy with no trouble at all. Testing
> > the Intrepid beta now. Before today, using the compat-wireless driver
> > for kernel 2.6.27, networkmanager showed all devices grayed out and
> 
> Hmm, what do you mean by "grayed out"?  What exactly did the menu say?
> 
> Dan
> 
> > iwlist scan would not work. Today's driver release has allowed me to
> > connect, but still drops the connection with intel 2945abg. Also, it
> > causes the touchpad to lose sync when the connection is dropped.
> > 
> > Here is a pastebin containing some dmesg info that might be helpful.
> > 
> > http://pastebin.com/f286ee42c
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> 

Re: 10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

[Myk Robinson]

On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 14:38 -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 14:18 -0500, Myk Robinson wrote:
> > Sure will
> > 
> > Just curious, what can you tell me about the dmesg I posted? I don't
> > understand much of it, that is just what I have learned to run right
> > after stuff happens :)
> 
> The log shows that the driver is loaded/unloaded a couple of times -
> probably by wpa_supplicant. The details surrounding the error will
> become clear when we get more debugging.
> 
> 
> > As for the module, can you tell me how to autoload it with those
> > parameters? Or should i jsut upon booting rmmod the module then reload
> > it with your suggested parameters?
> 
> You could ask modprobe to load the module with parameters. perhaps
> in /etc/modprobe.d/options. You could also use the rmmod/modprobe after
> system reboot as you suggested. 
> 
> Reinette

Here is some more output from dmesg with the module parameters loaded.
SOrry if there is some output that you don't need in there too.

http://pastebin.com/m47cf17c9

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Myk Robinson
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myk.robinson@kingdomcomputer.info
(731) 616.5030

Re: 10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

[Myk Robinson]

Here is a dmesg log using the 10-18-2008 build on a Gateway M-6881
laptop with the intel 3945abg wifi.


http://pastebin.com/f2b96dfd3

I hope this helps get it sorted out. In the meantime, I will compile
today's build and see what happens.

THanks,

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Myk Robinson
Computer Support Specialist
Kingdom Computer Solutions
http://www.kingdomcomputer.info
myk.robinson@kingdomcomputer.info
(731) 616.5030


On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 08:45 -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 07:55 -0500, Myk Robinson wrote:
> > Hello-
> > 
> > Used your driver package in Ubuntu Hardy with no trouble at all. Testing
> > the Intrepid beta now. Before today, using the compat-wireless driver
> > for kernel 2.6.27, networkmanager showed all devices grayed out and
> > iwlist scan would not work. Today's driver release has allowed me to
> > connect, but still drops the connection with intel 2945abg. Also, it
> > causes the touchpad to lose sync when the connection is dropped.
> > 
> > Here is a pastebin containing some dmesg info that might be helpful.
> > 
> > http://pastebin.com/f286ee42c
> > 
> 
> The log shows some firmware errors. Could you please follow the steps on
> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=fw_error_report to help us find the
> cause of the problem?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Reinette
> 

Re: 10-17-2008 Build issues - Intel 3945abg - Ubuntu Intrepid

[reinette chatre]

On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 06:33 -0700, Myk Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 14:38 -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 14:18 -0500, Myk Robinson wrote:
> > > Sure will
> > >
> > > Just curious, what can you tell me about the dmesg I posted? I don't
> > > understand much of it, that is just what I have learned to run right
> > > after stuff happens :)
> >
> > The log shows that the driver is loaded/unloaded a couple of times -
> > probably by wpa_supplicant. The details surrounding the error will
> > become clear when we get more debugging.
> >
> >
> > > As for the module, can you tell me how to autoload it with those
> > > parameters? Or should i jsut upon booting rmmod the module then reload
> > > it with your suggested parameters?
> >
> > You could ask modprobe to load the module with parameters. perhaps
> > in /etc/modprobe.d/options. You could also use the rmmod/modprobe after
> > system reboot as you suggested.
> >
> > Reinette
> 
> Here is some more output from dmesg with the module parameters loaded.
> SOrry if there is some output that you don't need in there too.
> 
> http://pastebin.com/m47cf17c9

Your driver is not compiled with debugging support.Could you please
recompile the driver to support debugging (CONFIG_IWL3945_DEBUG) and
rerun your test?

Thank you

Reinette