On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Julien HENRY <henryju@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have big difficulties to make my wifi working (stay Not-Associated). After the first installation of my distrib, it worked fine, then after a few reboots it doesn't work anymore. Yesterday I deleted all wifi and wpa configuration and after lot af try I managed to make it work again. I rebooted and it was still working. But today it doesn't work anymore. > > My config: > > lspci > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61) > > uname -r > 2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb > > distrib > Mandriva 2008.0 64bit > > Microcode version was iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.1.21 but I upgraded to iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.2.21 and rebooted but got same problem. > > My access point is configured with WPA (TKIP + AES) and ESSID is not hidden. > > Here is the result with a genuine configuration: > > 1) Just after boot (wlan0 is not configured): messages1.txt > 2) Just after configuring wlan0 using Mandriva tool: messages2.txt > > At this point, we can see the problem: > > My access point is correctly listed: > > # iwlist wlan0 scanning > ... > Cell 03 - Address: 1A:66:DE:7A:AE:DC > ESSID:"MiddleEarth" > Mode:Master > Channel:7 > Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7) > Quality=100/100 Signal level:-17 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm > Encryption key:on > IE: WPA Version 1 > Group Cipher : TKIP > Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP > Authentication Suites (1) : PSK > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s > 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s > 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s > Extra:tsf=0000000833cdef72 > Extra: Last beacon: 899ms ago > ... > > But can't manage to be associated: > > # iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > wmaster0 no wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"MiddleEarth" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=15 dBm > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B > Encryption key:3266-C437-9DA2-5422-18C3-2621-22BB-35D1-B24C-7E80-E99E-9850-AC21-4F8F-7779-18E3 [2] Security mode:open > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > So I tried to use latest version of the driver (compat). Compilation and installation worked fine. But I couldn't manage to unload some modules with the script (I had to use rmmod): > > # make unload > Unloading mac80211... > FATAL: Module mac80211 is in use. > Unloading cfg80211... > FATAL: Module cfg80211 is in use. > make: *** [unload] Erreur 1 > > # lsmod | grep iw > iwlagn 104708 0 > iwlcore 87620 1 iwlagn > rfkill 13988 3 iwlcore,thinkpad_acpi > led_class 8456 2 iwlcore,thinkpad_acpi > mac80211 178600 2 iwlagn,iwlcore > cfg80211 31504 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211 > # rmmod iwlagn > # rmmod iwlcore > # make unload > Unloading mac80211... Thanks I'll add these to the script > Then I tried to load: > # modprobe iwl4965 > WARNING: Error inserting iwlcore (/lib/modules/2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb/updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlcore.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) We no longer have iwl4965, the new name is iwlagn, try that. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
