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Hi, |
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I still cannot make my Intel wireless card work under |
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kernel 2.6.14. Wireless works fine with 2.6.12.6, but not |
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with 2.6.13.x or 2.6.14. |
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I have a Dell Inspiron 510m with built-in wireless, for which |
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the ipw2100 driver is appropriate. I have followed the advice |
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in the Wiki for ipw2100-with-2.6.14 and taken some extra steps, |
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but still nothing. |
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Here are the relevant outputs from dmesg. |
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2.6.14 (fails) |
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ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' |
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ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 1.1.0 |
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ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation |
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ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 7 (level, low) |
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-> IRQ 7 |
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ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection |
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eth0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver ! |
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###### How do I fix the driver in question? ###### |
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I have already run "emerge -C ipw2100" to remove that Gentoo |
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package, which is no longer needed with kernel 2.6.14. How |
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does wireless still work under 2.6.12.6 without that package? |
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It is lucky that it does still work, otherwise you wouldn't be |
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reading this post. |
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2.6.12.6 (works) |
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ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' |
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ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.0.3 |
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ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation |
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<jketreno@×××××××××××.com> |
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ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 1.1.2 |
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ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation |
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ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 7 (level, low) |
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-> IRQ 7 |
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ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection |
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eth0: Reseting on mode change. |
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eth0: Reseting on mode change. |
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ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP' |
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Here are the relevant outputs from iwconfig, with a few details |
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obscured. |
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2.6.14 (fails) |
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Warning: Driver for device eth0 has been compiled with version 19 |
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of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17. |
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Some things may be broken... |
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eth0 unassociated ESSID:off/any Nickname:"ipw2100" |
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Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 |
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Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power:off |
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Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off |
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Encryption key:off |
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Power Management:off |
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Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 |
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Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 |
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
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2.6.12.6 (works) |
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eth0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"**" Nickname:"ipw2100" |
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Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:12:**:**:**:** |
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Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:off |
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Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off |
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Encryption key:***** |
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Power Management:off |
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Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=-52 dBm |
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Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 |
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:1 Missed beacon:0 |
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Is the warning about versions 19 and 17 significant? It seems |
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to come from iwconfig, which is part of wireless-tools. I have |
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version 27-r1 of that package, which is the latest available. |
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Thanks in advance, |
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John Green |
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