CLOSED: wifi not working on Dell Xps 1530 :different questions.

TomWitko · 2009-08-21 21:41:21

Hi Guys.

Need help getting my wifi working. On other distros it works right out of the box. Right now the wifi light does not even come on. Checked the wiki page on xps 1530 and stated something about grub boot options. But have not played around with that so far.

Im thinking it has something to do with the kernel so far as the light should come on but does not.

I really want to get everything sorted out and working so far arch is the only lin distro with pacman tarball support I want and need for custom package management.

Thanks.

Last edited by TomWitko (2009-08-23 14:05:09)

kgas · 2009-08-22 05:40:40

Hello Tomwitko, the information is not enough to help you. what is your wireless card (lspci | grep -i wireless) and what ifconfig -a says?

TomWitko · 2009-08-22 10:24:31

Thanks for the reply Kgas.

$ lspci | grep -i wireless
0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:C5:84:7A:7C
inet addr:162.178.12.101 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe84:7a7c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:76415 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:52243 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:87109468 (83.0 Mb) TX bytes:4374822 (4.1 Mb)
Interrupt:16

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:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8494 (8.2 Kb) TX bytes:8494 (8.2 Kb)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:BF:75:0A:1F
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)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1C-BF-75-0A-1F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
[NO FLAGS] MTU:0 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)

Seems to be showing as there, on the wiki page states

* Wi-fi:

Works out of the box with current kernel. With the 2007.8-2 ISO you need the iwlwifi-4965 package.
On some models you need to add "noapic" to kernel boot parameters.
If you have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n or BCM4312 wireless adapter you need the broadcom-wl package from AUR.

From experience my led light for wifi needs to be on for it to work and it is not on at all but bluetooth is. This usually comes on during the boot up.

kgas · 2009-08-22 11:38:31

In Acer 4920G, for the same card with wicd every thing works fine here. The next thing is to check your rc.conf. sometimes netcfg / network won't connect to a wireless network during boot or in the first attempt. Hope you tried manually to get wireless working (for more wiki or on this forum may threads are there and will help you)

TomWitko · 2009-08-22 12:29:54

K noticed I have nothing for wifi in rc.conf and not familar with it that much. This is my rc.conf what do I have to add of un comment?

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="local"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="America/Toronto"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=()

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="archtom"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="eth0 162.178.12.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 162.178.12.1"
#ROUTES=(!gateway)
ROUTES=(gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa hal fam gdm)

TomWitko · 2009-08-22 16:52:17

Finally getting some where added wlan0 to rc.conf and played around a bit.

netcfg-auto-wireless wlan0

gives me the following error.

:: Scanning for networks [BUSY] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
- No networks available. [FAIL]

So probably not set up and configed properly.

Have to go over the install notes as I did ot need it on install and did not bother with it.

Need for library and coffee shops so have to get it running so I can connect there.

TomWitko · 2009-08-22 17:20:27

Quick question according to the wiki page on dell xps 1530 it states

* Wi-fi:

Works out of the box with current kernel. With the 2007.8-2 ISO you need the iwlwifi-4965 package.
On some models you need to add "noapic" to kernel boot parameters.

where would I put noapic and what does it do?

TomWitko · 2009-08-23 11:16:08

umm quick question about moduals , thought this was auto but my rc.conf has nothing listed there. I have the iwlwifi-4965 package package. This is kind of new to me as I was a Ubuntu user for years and almost every thing worked on the install so learning softly lol. I love this Arch.

TomWitko · 2009-08-23 12:08:22

Hi Guys

Played around with a bit more and all the hardware seems ok so tried putting wlan0 up and got a no dir file error. It shows wlan0 as there with info with ifconfig -a though. Thinking I do not have it set up properly in rc.conf.

Also ifconf -a in root shows

ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:C5:84:7A:7C
inet addr:162.178.12.101 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe84:7a7c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6557 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4309676 (4.1 Mb) TX bytes:996746 (973.3 Kb)
Interrupt:16

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:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:380 (380.0 b) TX bytes:380 (380.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:BF:75:0A:1F
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)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1C-BF-75-0A-1F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
[NO FLAGS] MTU:0 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)

wmaster0 is the wireless card but no idea what that does right now as all my linux experience from before everything worked out of the box.

Arch Linux

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