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edge-t

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Registered: 2008-07-05

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[SOLVED!] Wireless card Intel 2200BG not loading

Hi all,

Just installed Arch linux about 24 hours ago. I'm a newbie at linux, only 2 months experience--I don't know a lot about linux.

After installing Arch linux with ipw2200-fw, I tried configuring my wireless card. It's not showing in ifcofig -a. There's only eth0. After googling for a while, I found this in my dmesg.

ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device

What does this mean? hwdetect --net shows (sky2, ipw2200). ifconfig and iwconfig shows nothing about my 2200BG card; I'm at the end of my wits. Anyone can spill some light on this?

Last edited by edge-t (2008-07-07 18:37:35)

Factory

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Registered: 2008-02-24

Posts: 108

Re: [SOLVED!] Wireless card Intel 2200BG not loading

Welcome to Linux, where wireless is always always always a hassle.

Could you post the output of `grep MODULES /etc/rc.conf` and `lsmod | grep ipw` please?

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edge-t

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Registered: 2008-07-05

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED!] Wireless card Intel 2200BG not loading

Here's the output from grep MODULES /etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=(sky2 ipw2200 ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-ac97-codec snd-intel8x0 snd-intel8x0m soundcore ppp-generic)

Here's the one from lsmod | grep ipw

ipw2200               140872  0
ieee80211              30792  1 ipw2200

Heh, It's not really a hassle. I've got Ubuntu on another subnotebook(Asus eee pc 900), it detects wireless fine; but it's loaded with loads of other stuff I don't really use. I just thought that I might try using Arch, build the OS to my specs. Plus I heard that Arch runs really well on older and slower computers.

Plus I heard it's a good distro to learn more about linux.

Oh, the model of my laptop: Toshiba Satellite M50-P346 Intel M processor 740 1.73 ghz, Mobility Radeon X600SE. It's about 3 years old, not exactly cutting-edge hardware. Haven't installed Xserver on this thing yet, but I'm thinking of running only CLI on this installation--loads fast. Plus I can learn more about linux this way... at least that's what I think.

gain

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Registered: 2008-04-11

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED!] Wireless card Intel 2200BG not loading

Hi all,

Just installed Arch linux about 24 hours ago. I'm a newbie at linux, only 2 months experience--I don't know a lot about linux.

After installing Arch linux with ipw2200-fw, I tried configuring my wireless card. It's not showing in ifcofig -a. There's only eth0. After googling for a while, I found this in my dmesg.

ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device

What does this mean? hwdetect --net shows (sky2, ipw2200). ifconfig and iwconfig shows nothing about my 2200BG card; I'm at the end of my wits. Anyone can spill some light on this?

did you install the firmware with pacman? if not, the package name is ipw2200-fw, and you can install it with

# pacman -Sy ipw2200-fw

from root, of course...

after that, for unload and reload the module to detect your wifi card without rebooting, you have to do

# modprobe -r ipw2200
# modprobe ipw2200

from root again...

that's all! enjoy

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edge-t

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Registered: 2008-07-05

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED!] Wireless card Intel 2200BG not loading

did you install the firmware with pacman? if not, the package name is ipw2200-fw, and you can install it with

# pacman -Sy ipw2200-fw

from root, of course...

after that, for unload and reload the module to detect your wifi card without rebooting, you have to do

# modprobe -r ipw2200
# modprobe ipw2200

from root again...

that's all! enjoy

Alright, I feel like a retard. I followed your instructions to the dot. 'ifconfig -a' lists eth1 as my wireless card now. In other words, it's working--haven't tried connecting to any network tho'.

Thanks for the help guys!