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#1 2008-09-27 04:20:45

ManOnONeWheel
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Registered: 2008-01-11
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ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

I am trying to get my Intel PRO 2200BG wireless card to work and I am at my wits end. I tired the firmware in pacman, I tried the firmware from http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/. Nothing works consistently I get this error:

ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.1
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw-2.2-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ipw2200: probe of 0000:00:0b.0 failed with error -5

And I tried the solution on the site, but I don't have a firmware directory in /sys/class.

What is really frustrating is that at one point I had it working! I am not sure what I did, but I haven't touched anything related to the wireless since then. I was messing around trying to get suspend to ram working and I rebooted quite a few times and the wireless came back everytime. Then one time I rebooted and I had no network interface and the module would not load without giving the error. I just installed this system and everything is up to date.

Any one got any ideas?

Last edited by ManOnONeWheel (2008-09-27 04:29:14)

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#2 2008-09-27 21:12:27

kandrews
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Registered: 2007-04-21
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

does wireless work if you reload the driver? eg. rmmod ipw2200; modprobe ipw2200

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#3 2008-09-27 22:24:55

ManOnONeWheel
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

Nope. Everytime I load the module I get the error. I've been at this some more today, and I got it working again for about an hour. Sometimes it would work right on boot up, sometimes it works after I unload the module and load it again. Sometimes it works when I try the echo 100 > /sys/class/firmware/timeout and then reload it. But most of the time it just doesn't work at all. I am begining to believe that there is something wrong with the card. I am going to try an Ubnutu install and see if the card works in that or if my problem is Arch specific. If I get the same problem in Ubuntu, I can get the same card on ebay for $20.

Its really the inconsistency that is driving me up the wall.

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#4 2008-09-28 04:39:37

AD28
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Registered: 2008-09-16
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

I had problems with ipw2200 on my T43 too.. now I'm running hardy LTS on it and it's still somewhat unstable, but at least it functions.  It tends to spike to 40%+ cpu at times and lag out my trackpoint for ~30 sec.

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#5 2008-09-28 04:44:14

ManOnONeWheel
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

Well after booting an ubuntu live cd about 5 times, I've determined the card itself is to blame. When the card is in it either freezes on boot up or shortly after or it boots and doesn't even detect that there is a card there. $20 for a 'new' one is not much anyway.

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#6 2008-10-18 02:34:07

jrmwvu04
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

Well let me throw this into the mix... this is via dmesg after a fresh boot:

ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5

However, the firmware is there and all that. And as soon as I'm booted into xfce, all I have to do is rmmod ipw2200 and then reload it, and it works just fine. And I don't know why this is.

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#7 2008-10-21 19:00:07

Corvin
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Registered: 2006-02-12
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

I've got the same problem and I can't find any solution, maybe developers can help us?, please

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#8 2008-11-03 10:18:56

lhrt
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

I have the same problem. On boot Arch shows error

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
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:02.0 disabled
ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5

But if I do a rmmod ipw2200 & modeprobe ipw2200 it works.

Whats the cause? Is it trying lo load the firmwire from any other location which it couldn't find?

Thanks,
-Lhrt

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#9 2008-11-27 20:01:34

kandrews
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

To everyone that sees:

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

Try this:

1. edit mkinitcpio.conf and add the firmware hook
2. run mkinitcpio -p kernel26
3. reboot

This fixed the issue for me. YMMV

Last edited by kandrews (2008-11-27 20:03:56)

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#10 2009-01-03 23:53:02

smartboyathome
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

I solved it. This error happens because you don't have ipw2200-fw installed. Install it, then use rmmod ipw2200 && modprobe ipw2200. That got rid of the error for me.

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#11 2009-02-07 07:53:46

sqwishy
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

smartboyathome wrote:

I solved it. This error happens because you don't have ipw2200-fw installed. Install it, then use rmmod ipw2200 && modprobe ipw2200. That got rid of the error for me.

I love you.

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#12 2009-02-13 16:58:10

exitmusic
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Registered: 2006-07-11
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Re: ipw2200 firmware only works sometimes?

smartboyathome wrote:

I solved it. This error happens because you don't have ipw2200-fw installed. Install it, then use rmmod ipw2200 && modprobe ipw2200. That got rid of the error for me.

It's worked! Thanks.

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