Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing you because I cannot make the wireless
connection work. I have just installed a new Linux operative system
which has no driver for the wireless card. I have the device "Intel
Centrino Wireless-N 2230" into my computer and I have been trying to
follow the instructions given by "wireless.wiki.kernel" with the
following steps: 1) I installed the corresponding firmware
"iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1.". 2) I installed the driver LinuxCore5
as indicated and rebooted. 3) As I found no change, I have noted that
the hostap was absent. Than I cloned it. 4) Since it also didn't work,
I took "linux-firmware" and I installed "-9 ucode: 7260, 3160, 7265"
at /lib/firmware. I think I maybe did something wrong, but I don't
know how can I undo all these steps and try again. I really hope you
can give me some hint. Thank you very much in advance. Best Regards,
Fernand Vejar
On 03/19/2017 12:15 PM, Fernanda Vejar wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing you because I cannot make the wireless
> connection work. I have just installed a new Linux operative system
> which has no driver for the wireless card. I have the device "Intel
> Centrino Wireless-N 2230" into my computer and I have been trying to
> follow the instructions given by "wireless.wiki.kernel" with the
> following steps: 1) I installed the corresponding firmware
> "iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1.". 2) I installed the driver LinuxCore5
> as indicated and rebooted. 3) As I found no change, I have noted that
> the hostap was absent. Than I cloned it. 4) Since it also didn't work,
> I took "linux-firmware" and I installed "-9 ucode: 7260, 3160, 7265"
> at /lib/firmware. I think I maybe did something wrong, but I don't
> know how can I undo all these steps and try again. I really hope you
> can give me some hint. Thank you very much in advance. Best Regards,
> Fernand Vejar
I have nothing to do with any Intel wireless drivers, but I will give you some
advice regarding your problem.
Whenever you are reporting a problem, you must ABSOLUTELY specify the distro and
version of your Linux. You should also specify the kernel version as shown by
the "uname -r" command. It is also helpful if you specify the wireless hardware
by posting the appropriate stanza from the "lspci -nn" command.
The above will verify what device you have, but the most probable driver is
iwlwifi, which has been in the kernel for a very long time. I would be very
surprised if any distributed kernel did not have this driver available. You can
run the lsmod command to see if the driver is loaded. You should also check the
log using "dmesg | less" to see if the firmware is missing.
Larry
--
If I was stranded on an island and the only way to get off
the island was to make a pretty UI, I’d die there.
Linus Torvalds
Hello Larry,
thank you very much for your fast answer.
Buy running "modinfo iwlwifi":
filename:
/lib/modules/3.13.0-112-lowlatency/updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
version: iwlwifi-stack-public:release/LinuxCore5:3714:27076532
license: GPL
author: Copyright(c) 2003- 2014 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
version: in-tree:d
description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
firmware: iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode
srcversion: 6E29C5B96E10698E38DC01F
....
According to the reference
(https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware) I
need the iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode. I tried to install it previously as a
first step, but It didn't work. I don't understand what I did wrong.
Fernanda.
2017-03-20 12:50 GMT-03:00 Larry Finger <[email protected]>:
> On 03/20/2017 10:10 AM, Fernanda Vejar wrote:
>>
>> Hello Larry,
>>
>> thank you very much for your response.
>>
>> I'm using "Trisquel 7.0 LTS Belenos" since a few days.
>> My kernel version is acoording to "uname -r" : "3.13.0-112-lowlatency".
>> By "lspci --n"n I have found : "01:00.0 Network controller [0280]:
>> Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 [8086:0887] (rev c4)".
>> There is no evidence of iwlwifi by running" lsmod".
>> According to "dmesg | less", I've found: "Linux version
>> 3.13.0-112-lowlatency ([email protected]) (gcc version
>> 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) ) #159+7.0trisquel2 SMP PREEMPT
>> Mon Mar 13 13:58:08 UTC 2017 (Ubuntu
>> 3.13.0-112.159+7.0trisquel2-lowlatency 3.13.11-ckt39-gnu)", I think it
>> could clarify a little more. But I can't see more relevant issue given
>> by this command.
>>
>> I don't know if the problem is to be solved. Maybe I should try a new
>> distro.
>
>
> Kernel 3.13 is quite old; however according to
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware, the
> driver for the 2230 has been in the kernel since version 3.2. That reference
> also tells you what firmware is needed.
>
> To resolve this, first check that the driver is available. If the command
> "modinfo iwlwifi" returns an ERROR, then your kernel configuration does not
> contain the driver. You will also need iwldvm to be configured.
>
> Larry
>
>
On 03/20/2017 10:10 AM, Fernanda Vejar wrote:
> Hello Larry,
>
> thank you very much for your response.
>
> I'm using "Trisquel 7.0 LTS Belenos" since a few days.
> My kernel version is acoording to "uname -r" : "3.13.0-112-lowlatency".
> By "lspci --n"n I have found : "01:00.0 Network controller [0280]:
> Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 [8086:0887] (rev c4)".
> There is no evidence of iwlwifi by running" lsmod".
> According to "dmesg | less", I've found: "Linux version
> 3.13.0-112-lowlatency ([email protected]) (gcc version
> 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) ) #159+7.0trisquel2 SMP PREEMPT
> Mon Mar 13 13:58:08 UTC 2017 (Ubuntu
> 3.13.0-112.159+7.0trisquel2-lowlatency 3.13.11-ckt39-gnu)", I think it
> could clarify a little more. But I can't see more relevant issue given
> by this command.
>
> I don't know if the problem is to be solved. Maybe I should try a new distro.
Kernel 3.13 is quite old; however according to
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware, the driver
for the 2230 has been in the kernel since version 3.2. That reference also tells
you what firmware is needed.
To resolve this, first check that the driver is available. If the command
"modinfo iwlwifi" returns an ERROR, then your kernel configuration does not
contain the driver. You will also need iwldvm to be configured.
Larry
Hello Larry,
ok thank you, I will consider your advice.
I run: "cp iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode /lib/firmware". I checked it out and
it was right copied into the folder.
Fernanda
2017-03-20 14:33 GMT-03:00 Larry Finger <[email protected]>:
> On 03/20/2017 11:46 AM, Fernanda Vejar wrote:
>>
>> Hello Larry,
>>
>> thank you very much for your fast answer.
>>
>> Buy running "modinfo iwlwifi":
>> filename:
>>
>> /lib/modules/3.13.0-112-lowlatency/updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
>> version: iwlwifi-stack-public:release/LinuxCore5:3714:27076532
>> license: GPL
>> author: Copyright(c) 2003- 2014 Intel Corporation
>> <[email protected]>
>> version: in-tree:d
>> description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
>> firmware: iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode
>> firmware: iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode
>> firmware: iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode
>> firmware: iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode
>> srcversion: 6E29C5B96E10698E38DC01F
>> ....
>>
>> According to the reference
>> (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware) I
>> need the iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode. I tried to install it previously as a
>> first step, but It didn't work. I don't understand what I did wrong.
>
>
> On this list, please do not top post. When you put your information at the
> top, then the reader has to go all the way to the bottom, then back to the
> top. Having everything in chronological order is easier.
>
> The driver is in your kernel. All we need now is the firmware. Where did you
> put the file? It should have been in /lib/firmware.
>
> Larry
>
>
Hello Larry,
thank you very much for your response.
I'm using "Trisquel 7.0 LTS Belenos" since a few days.
My kernel version is acoording to "uname -r" : "3.13.0-112-lowlatency".
By "lspci --n"n I have found : "01:00.0 Network controller [0280]:
Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 [8086:0887] (rev c4)".
There is no evidence of iwlwifi by running" lsmod".
According to "dmesg | less", I've found: "Linux version
3.13.0-112-lowlatency ([email protected]) (gcc version
4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) ) #159+7.0trisquel2 SMP PREEMPT
Mon Mar 13 13:58:08 UTC 2017 (Ubuntu
3.13.0-112.159+7.0trisquel2-lowlatency 3.13.11-ckt39-gnu)", I think it
could clarify a little more. But I can't see more relevant issue given
by this command.
I don't know if the problem is to be solved. Maybe I should try a new distr=
o.
Fernanda.
2017-03-19 23:03 GMT-03:00 Larry Finger <[email protected]>:
> On 03/19/2017 12:15 PM, Fernanda Vejar wrote:
>>
>> Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing you because I cannot make the wireless
>> connection work. I have just installed a new Linux operative system
>> which has no driver for the wireless card. I have the device "Intel
>> Centrino Wireless-N 2230" into my computer and I have been trying to
>> follow the instructions given by "wireless.wiki.kernel" with the
>> following steps: 1) I installed the corresponding firmware
>> "iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1.". 2) I installed the driver LinuxCore5
>> as indicated and rebooted. 3) As I found no change, I have noted that
>> the hostap was absent. Than I cloned it. 4) Since it also didn't work,
>> I took "linux-firmware" and I installed "-9 ucode: 7260, 3160, 7265"
>> at /lib/firmware. I think I maybe did something wrong, but I don't
>> know how can I undo all these steps and try again. I really hope you
>> can give me some hint. Thank you very much in advance. Best Regards,
>> Fernand Vejar
>
>
> I have nothing to do with any Intel wireless drivers, but I will give you
> some advice regarding your problem.
>
> Whenever you are reporting a problem, you must ABSOLUTELY specify the dis=
tro
> and version of your Linux. You should also specify the kernel version as
> shown by the "uname -r" command. It is also helpful if you specify the
> wireless hardware by posting the appropriate stanza from the "lspci -nn"
> command.
>
> The above will verify what device you have, but the most probable driver =
is
> iwlwifi, which has been in the kernel for a very long time. I would be ve=
ry
> surprised if any distributed kernel did not have this driver available. Y=
ou
> can run the lsmod command to see if the driver is loaded. You should also
> check the log using "dmesg | less" to see if the firmware is missing.
>
> Larry
>
> --
> If I was stranded on an island and the only way to get off
> the island was to make a pretty UI, I=E2=80=99d die there.
>
> Linus Torvalds
On 03/20/2017 11:46 AM, Fernanda Vejar wrote:
> Hello Larry,
>
> thank you very much for your fast answer.
>
> Buy running "modinfo iwlwifi":
> filename:
> /lib/modules/3.13.0-112-lowlatency/updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
> version: iwlwifi-stack-public:release/LinuxCore5:3714:27076532
> license: GPL
> author: Copyright(c) 2003- 2014 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
> version: in-tree:d
> description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
> firmware: iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode
> firmware: iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode
> firmware: iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode
> firmware: iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode
> srcversion: 6E29C5B96E10698E38DC01F
> ....
>
> According to the reference
> (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware) I
> need the iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode. I tried to install it previously as a
> first step, but It didn't work. I don't understand what I did wrong.
On this list, please do not top post. When you put your information at the top,
then the reader has to go all the way to the bottom, then back to the top.
Having everything in chronological order is easier.
The driver is in your kernel. All we need now is the firmware. Where did you put
the file? It should have been in /lib/firmware.
Larry