ZenMini help wireless fault-solved

[innova]

Hi guys
 Wireless was working but has failed. Tried it under root but no luck,booted from live CD and was working so i guess its a config fault.

In Control center the hardware says intel corp Pro7Wireless 220 BG (calexio2) Network, when i checked this under live CD it said eth1 intel corp Pro7Wireless 220 BG (calexio2) Network.  When i try to configure it the message says "Unable to find network interface for selected device (using IPW2200 driver )".

Today i installed Privoxy from Synaptic and have been trying to configure that, all was well before, so i have uninstalled it and being very new to Linux am struggling to rectify the problem. Hardware is IBM T43 40GB, 2Gb Ram, and most of the FN keys work even got OSD with them,only FN+F5 have never worked which toggles between bluetooth and wireless and i haven,t found a cure for this. The wireless LED has also stopped working last couple of days.
Another thing i tried was another kernel 2.6.32.24-pclos1.bfs but this didn,t help so have reverted back to 2.6.33.7-pclos6.bfs.

[melodie]

Hi,

It looks like you are talking about several different things in the same topic. Could you concentrate on just the wireless problem, that would make it easier to get into the problem.

What is that wifi card ? Please copy here into code tags what the console returns when you invoke as root "lspci".

[innova]

Hi melodie
 from lspci i get

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
0b:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 8d)
0b:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

[melodie]

Hi,

The driver chosen by drakxnet is correct. You can try this:
go to network connections section in PCC and remove all connections. Then, configure a new wireless connection.

If this is not ok, then try to activate network-auth in services, to make it start at boot, reboot, and retry to configure the wireless connection.

If this fails, come back here and give back the content of the command as root of "lsmod".

[innova]

Hi
 Just tried that with no success,have noticed in network centre that no ref i.e eth1 is assigned to the adapter.this is the result of lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 26419  4
ppp_async               5482  1
ppp_generic            18027  5 ppp_async
slhc                    4511  1 ppp_generic
sco                     6673  2
bnep                    7876  2
l2cap                  23325  6 rfcomm,bnep
crc16                   1303  1 l2cap
bluetooth              43438  6 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap
snd_usb_audio          64549  0
snd_usb_lib            13230  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            16051  1 snd_usb_lib
snd_hwdep               4798  1 snd_usb_audio
radeon                424084  2
ttm                    32251  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         22467  1 radeon
xt_time                 1589  0
drm                   138034  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4134  1 radeon
xt_connlimit            2686  0
xt_realm                 706  0
iptable_raw             1686  0
xt_comment               688  0
xt_recent               6950  0
xt_policy               1898  0
ipt_ULOG                4238  0
ipt_REJECT              1654  0
ipt_REDIRECT             901  0
ipt_NETMAP               877  0
ipt_MASQUERADE          1287  0
ipt_ECN                 1373  0
ipt_ecn                 1013  0
ipt_CLUSTERIP           4341  0
ipt_ah                   841  0
ipt_addrtype            1514  0
nf_nat_tftp              620  0
nf_nat_snmp_basic       6671  0
nf_nat_sip              3900  0
nf_nat_pptp             1648  0
nf_nat_proto_gre        1131  1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_nat_irc               996  0
nf_nat_h323             4210  0
nf_nat_ftp              1536  0
nf_nat_amanda            742  0
ts_kmp                  1559  5
nf_conntrack_amanda     2065  1 nf_nat_amanda
nf_conntrack_sane       2847  0
nf_conntrack_tftp       2781  1 nf_nat_tftp
nf_conntrack_sip       13168  1 nf_nat_sip
nf_conntrack_proto_sctp     5423  0
nf_conntrack_pptp       3996  1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_conntrack_proto_gre     3525  1 nf_conntrack_pptp
nf_conntrack_netlink    12233  0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns     1130  0
nf_conntrack_irc        3084  1 nf_nat_irc
nf_conntrack_h323      40706  1 nf_nat_h323
nf_conntrack_ftp        4605  1 nf_nat_ftp
ipt_set                 1059  0
ipt_SET                 1195  0
ip_set_nethash          4926  0
ip_set_iptreemap        6312  0
ip_set_iptree           4034  0
ip_set_ipporthash       4879  0
ip_set_portmap          2549  0
ip_set_macipmap         2654  0
ip_set_ipmap            2536  0
ip_set_iphash           4243  0
ip_set                 15129  18 ipt_set,ipt_SET,ip_set_nethash,ip_set_iptreemap,ip_set_iptree,ip_set_ipporthash,ip_set_portmap,ip_set_macipmap,ip_set_ipmap,ip_set_iphash
xt_TPROXY               1069  0
nf_tproxy_core          1475  1 xt_TPROXY,[permanent]
xt_tcpmss               1089  0
xt_pkttype               772  0
xt_physdev              1395  0
xt_owner                 854  0
xt_NFQUEUE              1716  0
xt_NFLOG                 813  0
nfnetlink_log           6212  1 xt_NFLOG
xt_multiport            1930  0
xt_MARK                  703  0
xt_mark                  703  0
xt_mac                   756  0
xt_limit                1282  0
xt_length                904  0
xt_iprange              1174  0
xt_helper                995  0
xt_hashlimit            6752  0
xt_DSCP                 1593  0
xt_dscp                 1249  0
xt_dccp                 1573  0
xt_conntrack            2082  0
xt_CONNMARK             1061  0
xt_connmark              921  0
xt_CLASSIFY              711  0
ipt_LOG                 3838  0
xt_tcpudp               1886  0
xt_state                1038  0
iptable_nat             3834  0
nf_nat                 13655  12 ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_pptp,nf_nat_proto_gre,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4       9304  3 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4          1029  2 xt_TPROXY,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack           53944  31 xt_connlimit,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_CLUSTERIP,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_snmp_basic,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_pptp,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_conntrack_amanda,nf_conntrack_sane,nf_conntrack_tftp,nf_conntrack_sip,nf_conntrack_proto_sctp,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_proto_gre,nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_h323,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_helper,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_mangle          2599  0
nfnetlink               3102  2 nf_conntrack_netlink,nfnetlink_log
iptable_filter          2119  0
ip_tables               8347  4 iptable_raw,iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables               12592  46 xt_time,xt_connlimit,xt_realm,xt_comment,xt_recent,xt_policy,ipt_ULOG,ipt_REJECT,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_ECN,ipt_ecn,ipt_CLUSTERIP,ipt_ah,ipt_addrtype,ipt_set,ipt_SET,xt_TPROXY,xt_tcpmss,xt_pkttype,xt_physdev,xt_owner,xt_NFQUEUE,xt_NFLOG,xt_multiport,xt_MARK,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_length,xt_iprange,xt_helper,xt_hashlimit,xt_DSCP,xt_dscp,xt_dccp,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_CLASSIFY,ipt_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
ipv6                  225119  0
binfmt_misc             5463  1
loop                   10812  0
dm_mod                 53859  0
cpufreq_ondemand        7001  1
cpufreq_conservative     4938  0
cpufreq_powersave        698  0
acpi_cpufreq            5593  1
freq_table              3091  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
ohci1394               22706  0
sbp2                   15898  0
ieee1394               69560  2 ohci1394,sbp2
fuse                   49169  4
snd_intel8x0           22846  3
snd_intel8x0m           9452  0
snd_ac97_codec         89641  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
snd_seq_dummy           1266  0
ac97_bus                 946  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_oss            22664  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5421  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                40562  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          5214  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
option                 18211  1
snd_pcm_oss            29075  0
wacom                  16414  0
snd_pcm                58511  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              15571  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          11087  1 snd_pcm_oss
usbserial              28209  3 option
usbhid                 30227  0
pcmcia                 26282  0
libipw                 22190  0
nsc_ircc               11348  0
snd                    46023  19 snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
thinkpad_acpi          51515  0
yenta_socket           17217  1
usb_storage            35870  0
rsrc_nonstatic          7981  1 yenta_socket
hid                    55680  1 usbhid
pcmcia_core            28436  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
rfkill                 13688  4 bluetooth,thinkpad_acpi
irda                   97036  1 nsc_ircc
lib80211                4658  1 libipw
i2c_i801                6742  0
soundcore               5525  1 snd
rng_core                2844  0
snd_page_alloc          6494  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm
led_class               2696  1 thinkpad_acpi
ppdev                   4427  0
i2c_core               18431  4 radeon,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
video                  16538  0
thermal                10712  0
ac                      2650  0
battery                 8252  0
processor              30194  2 acpi_cpufreq
parport_pc             26677  0
uhci_hcd               16669  0
iTCO_wdt                8770  0
parport                29235  2 ppdev,parport_pc
floppy                 44787  0
iTCO_vendor_support     2302  1 iTCO_wdt
pcspkr                  1382  0
sr_mod                 11608  0
ehci_hcd               27666  0
sg                     21318  0
rtc_cmos                6825  0
nvram                   5257  3 thinkpad_acpi
tg3                    89667  0
output                  1743  1 video
libphy                 18046  1 tg3
crc_ccitt               1311  2 ppp_async,irda
cdrom                  28817  1 sr_mod
button                  4713  0
joydev                  7238  0
evdev                   6325  16
usbcore               121377  10 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,option,wacom,usbserial,usbhid,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
ata_generic             2399  0
ide_pci_generic         2278  0
ide_gd_mod             19219  0
ide_core               85160  2 ide_pci_generic,ide_gd_mod
pata_acpi               2303  0
ata_piix               18428  4
ahci                   28746  0
libata                144174  4 ata_generic,pata_acpi,ata_piix,ahci
sd_mod                 26819  5
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crc_t10dif              1195  1 sd_mod

[melodie]

Hi,

I am not a specialist, but I would start with removing all nat, firewall, conntrack, and stuff likable to create diversion in the network scheme. Why do you have pcmcia on ? If you have internal intel wireless, you could deactivate pcmcia (and yenta-socket with it).

When you type as root "iwlist scan" what do you get ? And when you type as root "ifconfig -a" what do you get ?

[innova]

I am a novice to Linux,if it helps i am using a mobile internet dongle at the moment plugged into USB. Results from iwlist scan

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

irda0     Interface doesn't support scanning.

ppp0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

results from ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:41:59:7C:77 
          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)
          Interrupt:16

irda0     Link encap:IrLAP  HWaddr 00:00:00:00 
          NOARP  MTU:2048  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:8
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:400 (400.0 b)  TX bytes:400 (400.0 b)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol 
          inet addr:10.139.114.19  P-t-P:10.64.64.64  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3450 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:763114 (745.2 KiB)  TX bytes:604206 (590.0 KiB)

eth1 is not listed anymore which is what the wireless was

[melodie]

Hi,

I don't know how you can get it to work with the usb dongle, there is no wireless seen whatsoever.

What type of connection is provided by your ISP ?

[innova]

The dongle works,internal wireless has stopped as has the touchpad now,am thinking about doing a fresh install

[Xero]

What dongle is it? The more details you provide, the better the chance we can help you.

[innova]

Hi Xero
   The usb dongle,Vodafone, is working fine the problem is the built in wireless. When trying to add new connection in PCC i get this,"unable to find network interface for selected device(using ipw22200 driver)
this is from the log when trying to add connection

15:50:51 drakconnect[3942]: running: /bin/rpm -q --qf %{name} wireless-tools
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: running: dmidecode
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: Found settings for driver "ipw2200" in category "network::connection::wireless"
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: No kernel_module package for module "ipw2200" is required, skipping
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: No tools package for module "ipw2200" is required, skipping
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: Required firmware package for module "ipw2200" is already installed, skipping
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: Loading module ipw2200
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: running: /sbin/modprobe ipw2200
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: running: /sbin/modprobe -n ipw2200
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: Settings for driver "ipw2200" applied
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: running: /sbin/modprobe ipw2200
15:50:53 drakconnect[3942]: running: /sbin/modprobe -n ipw2200

In the network center the wireless card is there but hasnt got eth1 next to it, the others have eth0 pppo etc
It all used to work and still does using the live CD, i think ive messed up something somewhere

Under services when i start wlan i get these messages

/etc/wlan/shared:line71:[:too many arguments
/etc/wlan/shared:line92:/etc/wlan/shared.*:No such file or directory

[innova]

Dont know how i did it, but it is now working and seeing all local networks!!
Always learning

Thankyou for all your help people