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iggyst00ge

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Registered: 2008-01-24

Posts: 50

intel 5300 wireless issues

My fresh Arch 64 install doesn't appear to be recognizing the Intel 5300 interface at all.

I've reinstalled wireless_tools, iwlwifi-5000-ucode,

hwdetect --show-net results in: 

NET    : e1000e ppp_generic slhc mac80211 rfkill

ifconfig gives me:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:70:B9:C0:FB
          inet addr:149.166.142.83  Bcast:149.166.142.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:42407 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:48974218 (46.7 Mb)  TX bytes:2501692 (2.3 Mb)
          Memory:f6ae0000-f6b00000

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:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:2000 (1.9 Kb)  TX bytes:2000 (1.9 Kb)

The iwlagn module should be loaded:

MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(e1000e iwlagn iwlcore snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-pcsp snd-$

bash-3.2# lsmod | grep iwl
iwlagn                102148  0
iwlcore                86468  1 iwlagn
rfkill                 12068  1 iwlcore
led_class               6408  1 iwlcore
mac80211              182184  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211               29840  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211

Am I missing something obvious?  The kernel is current as of today, which would make it kernel26 2.6.27.10-1.

Thanks for your help,

Chris

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: intel 5300 wireless issues

Unload and reload iwlagn, and look for errors in dmesg.

iggyst00ge

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Registered: 2008-01-24

Posts: 50

Re: intel 5300 wireless issues

iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
iwlagn: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5300AGN REV=0x24
iwlagn: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
phy0: Failed to initialize wep: -2
iwlagn: Failed to register hw (error -2)
iwlagn: probe of 0000:0c:00.0 failed with error -2

Here's the error.  I'm at a bit of a loss as to what's happening.

iggyst00ge

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Registered: 2008-01-24

Posts: 50

Re: intel 5300 wireless issues

Well, I dropped Arch 64 and it worked almost out of the box.  No issues whatsoever.

Chris

el mariachi

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Registered: 2007-11-30

Posts: 595

Re: intel 5300 wireless issues

I'm getting this same error with the latest kernel

Linux koi 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 26 20:00:20 CEST 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~ % lspci
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100

iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 2.6.33-ARCH-ks
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x50
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Unsupported (too old) EEPROM VER=0x114 < 0x11a CALIB=0x1 < 0x4
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
iwlagn: probe of 0000:0c:00.0 failed with error -22

 ~ % rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

The iwlagn is loaded. and this is 32bit arch

Last edited by el mariachi (2010-04-29 20:28:59)

T-u-N-i-X

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From: İstanbul

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 435

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Re: intel 5300 wireless issues

You guys can use 802.11n with this card w/o any problems? How is your dl/ul rates?

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