iwlwifi-4965 driver doesn't seem to work

gokz1000 · 2008-10-19 15:43:07

Hey Guys,
I've been using iwlwifi-4965 drivers for a while now but recently they just stopped working.

I think it may have been something to do with the kernel upgrade but I'm not sure (I hadn't had to use wireless internet in a long time so I don't know exactly when the problem started).

I went ahead and had pacman reinstall the iwlwifi-4965-ucode drivers, but to no avail. The driver seems to be installed and working, but whenever i do

iwlist wlan0 scan

i get no results.

When I do ifconfig i get:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1C:25:80:9A:3A  
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21c:25ff:fe80:9a3a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1191 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:4 txqueuelen:100 
          RX bytes:693431 (677.1 Kb)  TX bytes:230480 (225.0 Kb)
          Memory:fe200000-fe220000 

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:3B:47:7D:01  
          UP 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 00-1F-3B-47-7D-01-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

I made sure the manual switch on the thinkpad was turned on, and i made sure to do:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

I also checked rc.conf just incase and sure enough iwl4965 is listed in the modules, so that can't be the problem.

Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,

ichbinesderelch · 2008-10-19 20:56:31

you need to run iwlist as root to get results, running it without sudo will just give the search results from the last sudo search.

.:B:. · 2008-10-19 22:30:44

You don't need root powers to get scan results...

[stijn@hermes ~]$ iwlist intel scan
intel     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                    ESSID:"BorrominiNet"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:10
                    Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
                    Quality=100/100  Signal level=-36 dBm  Noise level=-94 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000568f38f1cc

[stijn@hermes ~]$ ls -l /sys/class/net
totaal 0
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 okt 20 00:29 intel
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 okt 20 00:29 lo
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 okt 20 00:29 wmaster0

Regular user privileges should just work. You made sure the radio is on?

I have an Intel Wireless Pro 4965 too, firmware I have is 4.44.1.20-1, and I'm still on a (custom) 2.6.26 kernel. I read the past days on iwlwifi-ucode upgrades, I haven't seen any though, maybe my local mirror is a bit slow to rsync...

Last edited by B (2008-10-19 22:33:14)

Garns · 2008-10-20 02:38:28

man iwlist wrote:

scan[ning]
Give the list of Access Points and Ad-Hoc cells in range, and optionally a whole bunch of information about them (ESSID, Quality, Frequency,
Mode...). The type of information returned depends on what the card supports.
Triggering scanning is a privileged operation (root only) and normal users can only read left-over scan results. By default, the way scanning is
done (the scope of the scan) is dependant on the card and card settings.
This command take optional arguments, however most drivers will ignore those. The option essid is used to specify a scan on a specific ESSID. The
option last do not trigger a scan and read left-over scan results.

Last edited by Garns (2008-10-20 02:39:16)

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#1 2008-10-19 15:43:07

iwlwifi-4965 driver doesn't seem to work

#2 2008-10-19 20:56:31

Re: iwlwifi-4965 driver doesn't seem to work

#3 2008-10-19 22:30:44

Re: iwlwifi-4965 driver doesn't seem to work

#4 2008-10-20 02:38:28

Re: iwlwifi-4965 driver doesn't seem to work

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