From: Noel Milton Vega <nmvega@nyceyes.com>
To: Noel Milton Vega <nmvega@nyceyes.com>,
Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>,
ozan@pardus.org.tr
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: compat-wireless trial :: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:05:31 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <971463.73333.qm@web36106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875258.44241.qm@web36104.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Hello:
As someone suggested, I tried the stable version of the compat-wireless solution
(http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable). Because I'm
running FC14 kernel version "2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64", I
selected "compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2" (if that logic is
flawed for selecting a compat version, please let me know. Thanks. Note
that I acknowledge seeing the "Bug" citation near the end of the URL above).
####################################################################
Here's what I did in a nutshell:
####################################################################
root# bzip2 -dc compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
root# cd compat-wireless-2.6.35-1
root# ./scripts/driver-select iwlwifi
root# make (The compile succeeded and generally went w/o
warnings)
root# make install
root# make modunload (Same as "modprobe -r iwlagn", although one was not
previously loaded)
root# modprobe -l | grep iwl
updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko
updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlcore.ko
updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko
root# modprobe iwlagn (Also tried a reboot here).
root# lsmod | grep iwl
iwlagn 209705 0
iwlcore 196953 1 iwlagn
mac80211 235755 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211 137516 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
root# dmesg | tail -10
[ 5047.010147] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 5047.013692] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 5047.013695] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,
max_eirp)
[ 5047.013697] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013699] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013701] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013704] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013705] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.064643] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
in-tree:d
[ 5047.064645] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
< End of dmesg output >
root# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:B4:5F:2E
inet addr:192.168.0.20 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:feb4:5f2e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:58 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:86446 (84.4 KiB) TX bytes:6898 (6.7 KiB)
Interrupt:48
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
<End of ifconfig output>
#############################################################################
Seems no luck with this version either (from the stable section).
One continuing oddity is that the WiFi light has never come on when I boot
to Linux (although the Bluetooth one does). Bluetooth/WiFi both toggle
on/off in Windows, so it's not a bad light issue.
Thanks in advance for help and suggestions,
Noel
----- Original Message ----
> From: Noel Milton Vega <nmvega@nyceyes.com>
> To: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>; ozan@pardus.org.tr
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Noel Milton Vega
><nmvega@ComputingArchitects.Com>
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 3:31:02 PM
> Subject: Re: UPDATE -- Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel
>Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
> Hello again all:
>
> It seems that the bluetooth capability of this card now works.
> I don't know whether this had to do with my installing a missing
> firmware package that Julian pointed out
> (i.e. iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.1-1.fc14.noarch), or maybe
> that the bluetooth radio was off when I was attempting to pair
> (I do remember turning it on though). In any case, I inserted an
> "rfkill unblock all" statement in /etc/rc.local to automate
> that - at least at a O/S level (thank you Ozan for alerting
> me to that command).
>
> Anyway, I'd like to post an accurate update to the question I posed on
> the forums (FedoraForum & Linuxforums) for this issue (I will
> not divulge email addresses btw).
>
> Given the dialogue we had last night, would you guys/gals
> characterize the update shown next as accurate:
>
> ###################################################################
> Hi Friends....
>
> UPDATE:
>
> In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion
> from one developer was that, though generally speaking the
> "Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel
> module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the
> Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not
> support the this card.
>
> In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does
> show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's
> rendition/distribution of that does not.
>
> "lspci(8) -v" did show the hardware (Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N
>6230
> (rev 34)), the necessary driver and firmware packages were installed, and the
> laptop RF toggle switches are set to enable wireless communications.
> Yet manually performing "modprobe(8) iwlagn" does not produce a wlan0
> interface in "ifconfig(8) -a" output; and although "dmesg(8)" shows the
> module being loaded, it does not show it detecting the card.
>
> The two work arounds were suggested (I haven't tried either):
>
> (1) Update the kernel. Since I have the latest one provided
> by Fedora for Fedora 14, this implies a manual compile
> of a kernel.org kernel. Note that if Fedora is not aware of
> this issue, it's not likely that the next kernel update
> will remedy this.
>
> (2) Using a compat-wireless technique described here,
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
>
>
> Command output during my debugging session with the developers is
> shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are
> monitoring.
>
> Regards,
> Noel
>
> ###################################################################
>
> Thanks again to all participants on this email list.
> Noel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>
> To: Noel Milton Vega <nmvega@computingarchitects.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 1:11:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation
> Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 16:25, Noel Milton Vega
> <nmvega@computingarchitects.com> wrote:
> > Hi Julian,
> >
> > Thank you for the extended reply. It's appreciated. Your output wish is
> > my command. Here they are (and then some):
> >
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo rpm -qa | grep iwl
> > #####################################################
> > iwl1000-firmware-128.50.3.1-2.fc13.noarch
> > iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-2.fc14.noarch
> > iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-1.fc13.noarch
> > python-iwlib-0.1-3.fc14.x86_64
> > iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-2.fc12.noarch
> > iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-1.fc14.noarch
> > iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-4.fc13.noarch
> > iwl5000-firmware-8.24.2.12-3.fc13.noarch
> > iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.1-1.fc14.noarch <--- Indeed that was
>missing,
>
> >and
> > I just installed it (then rebooted).
> > #####################################################
>
> Ok, if the driver supports your card then it should now work.
>
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo modprobe -r iwlagn
> > nmvega@p170hm$ lsmod | grep iwl (the Unix NULL output was provided here)
> > nmvega@-170hm$ sudo modeprobe iwlagn
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo dmesg | tail -8
> > #####################################################
> > [ 576.353525] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,
> > max_eirp)
> > [ 576.353528] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.353530] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.353532] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> >mBm)
> > [ 576.353534] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.353536] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.384224] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
> > in-tree:d
> > [ 576.384227] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
> > #####################################################
>
> Not really enough information, but yeah, the first 6 lines are the
> tail end of initialising the wireless subsystem, and the last two are
> printed when the driver loads. Given that nothing mentions the driver
> actually detecting the card, then I'm guessing it isn't supported by
> this version of the driver.
>
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ ifconfig -a
> > #####################################################
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:B4:5F:2E
> > inet addr:192.168.0.20 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:feb4:5f2e/64 Scope:Link
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:440 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:33496 (32.7 KiB) TX bytes:6320 (6.1 KiB)
> > Interrupt:48
> >
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> > RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> > RX bytes:240 (240.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
> > #####################################################
>
> And as it hasn't appeared here, that's definitely the case.
>
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo lspci -n
> > #####################################################
> > 00:00.0 0600: 8086:0104 (rev 09)
> > 00:01.0 0604: 8086:0101 (rev 09)
> > 00:16.0 0780: 8086:1c3a (rev 04)
> > 00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:1c2d (rev 04)
> > 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:1c20 (rev 04)
> > 00:1c.0 0604: 8086:1c10 (rev b4)
> > 00:1c.1 0604: 8086:1c12 (rev b4)
> > 00:1c.2 0604: 8086:1c14 (rev b4)
> > 00:1c.3 0604: 8086:1c16 (rev b4)
> > 00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:1c26 (rev 04)
> > 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:1c4b (rev 04)
> > 00:1f.2 0106: 8086:1c03 (rev 04)
> > 00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:1c22 (rev 04)
> > 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0e31 (rev a1)
> > 01:00.1 0403: 10de:0beb (rev a1)
> > 02:00.0 0c03: 1033:0194 (rev 03)
> > 03:00.0 0200: 197b:0250 (rev 05)
> > 03:00.1 0880: 197b:2392 (rev 90)
> > 03:00.2 0805: 197b:2391 (rev 90)
> > 03:00.3 0880: 197b:2393 (rev 90)
> > 04:00.0 0280: 8086:0091 (rev 34) <--- this one.
> > 05:00.0 0c00: 197b:2380 (rev 30)
> > ####################################################
>
> Ok, with this I can determine that the card wasn't added with the
> initial batch of cards I linked you to, but it appears to be fully
> supported as it was added later.
>
> > With all that provided, the only thing I didn't investigate pursuant to
your
> > below
> > email was the "compat-wireless". I will do so via the URL:
> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
>
> This is probably your best option as it appears that the stock driver
> in the F14 2.6.35 kernel doesn't support your card.
>
> I hope that installing compat-wireless goes as smoothly for you as it
> does for me, and that after installing it your card works properly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Julian Calaby
>
> Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com
> Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
> .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-11 0:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-10 20:31 UPDATE -- Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card Noel Milton Vega
2011-02-10 21:25 ` John W. Linville
2011-02-10 23:08 ` Noel Milton Vega
2011-02-10 23:17 ` Larry Finger
2011-02-11 0:05 ` Noel Milton Vega [this message]
2011-02-11 0:19 ` compat-wireless trial :: " Julian Calaby
2011-02-11 0:30 ` Noel Milton Vega
2011-02-11 1:14 ` Noel Milton Vega
2011-02-12 18:43 ` SOLVED -- " Noel Milton Vega
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