Hello again all:
It seems that the bluetooth capability of this card now works.
I don't know whether this had to do with my installing a missing
firmware package that Julian pointed out
(i.e. iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.1-1.fc14.noarch), or maybe
that the bluetooth radio was off when I was attempting to pair
(I do remember turning it on though). In any case, I inserted an
"rfkill unblock all" statement in /etc/rc.local to automate
that - at least at a O/S level (thank you Ozan for alerting
me to that command).
Anyway, I'd like to post an accurate update to the question I posed on
the forums (FedoraForum & Linuxforums) for this issue (I will
not divulge email addresses btw).
Given the dialogue we had last night, would you guys/gals
characterize the update shown next as accurate:
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Hi Friends....
UPDATE:
In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion
from one developer was that, though generally speaking the
"Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel
module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the
Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not
support the this card.
In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does
show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's
rendition/distribution of that does not.
"lspci(8) -v" did show the hardware (Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230
(rev 34)), the necessary driver and firmware packages were installed, and the
laptop RF toggle switches are set to enable wireless communications.
Yet manually performing "modprobe(8) iwlagn" does not produce a wlan0
interface in "ifconfig(8) -a" output; and although "dmesg(8)" shows the
module being loaded, it does not show it detecting the card.
The two work arounds were suggested (I haven't tried either):
(1) Update the kernel. Since I have the latest one provided
by Fedora for Fedora 14, this implies a manual compile
of a kernel.org kernel. Note that if Fedora is not aware of
this issue, it's not likely that the next kernel update
will remedy this.
(2) Using a compat-wireless technique described here,
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
Command output during my debugging session with the developers is
shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are
monitoring.
Regards,
Noel
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Thanks again to all participants on this email list.
Noel
________________________________
From: Julian Calaby <[email protected]>
To: Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 1:11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation
Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 16:25, Noel Milton Vega
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Julian,
>
> Thank you for the extended reply. It's appreciated. Your output wish is
> my command. Here they are (and then some):
>
> #####################################################
> nmvega@p170hm$ sudo rpm -qa | grep iwl
> #####################################################
> iwl1000-firmware-128.50.3.1-2.fc13.noarch
> iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-2.fc14.noarch
> iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-1.fc13.noarch
> python-iwlib-0.1-3.fc14.x86_64
> iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-2.fc12.noarch
> iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-1.fc14.noarch
> iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-4.fc13.noarch
> iwl5000-firmware-8.24.2.12-3.fc13.noarch
> iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.1-1.fc14.noarch <--- Indeed that was missing,
>and
> I just installed it (then rebooted).
> #####################################################
Ok, if the driver supports your card then it should now work.
> #####################################################
> nmvega@p170hm$ sudo modprobe -r iwlagn
> nmvega@p170hm$ lsmod | grep iwl (the Unix NULL output was provided here)
> nmvega@-170hm$ sudo modeprobe iwlagn
> nmvega@p170hm$ sudo dmesg | tail -8
> #####################################################
> [ 576.353525] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,
> max_eirp)
> [ 576.353528] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
> [ 576.353530] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
> [ 576.353532] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
>mBm)
> [ 576.353534] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
> [ 576.353536] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
> [ 576.384224] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
> in-tree:d
> [ 576.384227] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
> #####################################################
Not really enough information, but yeah, the first 6 lines are the
tail end of initialising the wireless subsystem, and the last two are
printed when the driver loads. Given that nothing mentions the driver
actually detecting the card, then I'm guessing it isn't supported by
this version of the driver.
> #####################################################
> nmvega@p170hm$ ifconfig -a
> #####################################################
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:B4:5F:2E
> inet addr:192.168.0.20 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:feb4:5f2e/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:440 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:33496 (32.7 KiB) TX bytes:6320 (6.1 KiB)
> Interrupt:48
>
> 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:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:240 (240.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
> #####################################################
And as it hasn't appeared here, that's definitely the case.
> #####################################################
> nmvega@p170hm$ sudo lspci -n
> #####################################################
> 00:00.0 0600: 8086:0104 (rev 09)
> 00:01.0 0604: 8086:0101 (rev 09)
> 00:16.0 0780: 8086:1c3a (rev 04)
> 00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:1c2d (rev 04)
> 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:1c20 (rev 04)
> 00:1c.0 0604: 8086:1c10 (rev b4)
> 00:1c.1 0604: 8086:1c12 (rev b4)
> 00:1c.2 0604: 8086:1c14 (rev b4)
> 00:1c.3 0604: 8086:1c16 (rev b4)
> 00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:1c26 (rev 04)
> 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:1c4b (rev 04)
> 00:1f.2 0106: 8086:1c03 (rev 04)
> 00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:1c22 (rev 04)
> 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0e31 (rev a1)
> 01:00.1 0403: 10de:0beb (rev a1)
> 02:00.0 0c03: 1033:0194 (rev 03)
> 03:00.0 0200: 197b:0250 (rev 05)
> 03:00.1 0880: 197b:2392 (rev 90)
> 03:00.2 0805: 197b:2391 (rev 90)
> 03:00.3 0880: 197b:2393 (rev 90)
> 04:00.0 0280: 8086:0091 (rev 34) <--- this one.
> 05:00.0 0c00: 197b:2380 (rev 30)
> ####################################################
Ok, with this I can determine that the card wasn't added with the
initial batch of cards I linked you to, but it appears to be fully
supported as it was added later.
> With all that provided, the only thing I didn't investigate pursuant to your
> below
> email was the "compat-wireless". I will do so via the URL:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
This is probably your best option as it appears that the stock driver
in the F14 2.6.35 kernel doesn't support your card.
I hope that installing compat-wireless goes as smoothly for you as it
does for me, and that after installing it your card works properly.
Thanks,
--
Julian Calaby
Email: [email protected]
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
.Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
hello...
FYI...
Trying the latest *stable* version, which if I'm understanding this is
"compat-wireless-2.6.38-rc4-1.tar.bz2", results in no "iwl*.ko" modules
being built on issuing a make(1).
Below is the output of the compile session. I attached the Makefile (hopefully
the list email address doesn't cause a bounce due to attachments).
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root@p170hm# cd compat-wireless-2.6.38-rc4-1
root@p170hm# ./scripts/driver-select iwlwifi
Processing new driver-select request...
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
Backup exists: drivers/net/wireless/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
Backup exists: net/wireless/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: drivers/net/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: drivers/ssb/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: drivers/misc/eeprom/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
root@p170hm#
root@p170hm# make
./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh config.mk > include/linux/compat_autoconf.h
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64/build
M=/home/nmvega/Downloads/compat-wireless-2.6.38-rc4-1 modules
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----- Original Message ----
> From: Julian Calaby <[email protected]>
> To: Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 7:19:07 PM
> Subject: Re: compat-wireless trial :: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for
>"Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:05, Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > As someone suggested, I tried the stable version of the compat-wireless
>solution
> > (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable). Because I'm
> > running FC14 kernel version "2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64", I
> > selected "compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2" (if that logic is
> > flawed for selecting a compat version, please let me know. Thanks. Note
> > that I acknowledge seeing the "Bug" citation near the end of the URL
above).
>
> The version for compat-wireless indicates the version of the wireless
> stack that it contains, not the version of the kernel it's for.
>
> You should download the latest version and try that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Julian Calaby
>
> Email: [email protected]
> Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
> .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
>
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:31:02PM -0800, Noel Milton Vega wrote:
> Hi Friends....
>
> UPDATE:
>
> In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion
> from one developer was that, though generally speaking the
> "Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel
> module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the
> Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not
> support the this card.
>
> In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does
> show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's
> rendition/distribution of that does not.
The point you seem to be missing is that your hardware is very new,
and the current Fedora 14 kernel is an "ancient" 6+ months old.
> "lspci(8) -v" did show the hardware (Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230
> (rev 34)), the necessary driver and firmware packages were installed, and the
> laptop RF toggle switches are set to enable wireless communications.
> Yet manually performing "modprobe(8) iwlagn" does not produce a wlan0
> interface in "ifconfig(8) -a" output; and although "dmesg(8)" shows the
> module being loaded, it does not show it detecting the card.
>
> The two work arounds were suggested (I haven't tried either):
>
> (1) Update the kernel. Since I have the latest one provided
> by Fedora for Fedora 14, this implies a manual compile
> of a kernel.org kernel. Note that if Fedora is not aware of
> this issue, it's not likely that the next kernel update
> will remedy this.
You could update to a Fedora Rawhide kernel.
As root:
yum install fedora-release-rawhide
yum --enablerepo=rawhide install kernel
Please note that Rawhide is not known for its stability...
> (2) Using a compat-wireless technique described here,
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
>
>
> Command output during my debugging session with the developers is
> shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are
> monitoring.
I'm sorry, but your acquisition of bleeding-edge hardware does not
merit a change in the normal Fedora release policy.
John
P.S. I apologize if this seems rude -- that is not my intent.
--
John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you
[email protected] might be all we have. Be ready.
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:05, Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> As someone suggested, I tried the stable version of the compat-wireless solution
> (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable). Because I'm
> running FC14 kernel version "2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64", I
> selected "compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2" (if that logic is
> flawed for selecting a compat version, please let me know. Thanks. Note
> that I acknowledge seeing the "Bug" citation near the end of the URL above).
The version for compat-wireless indicates the version of the wireless
stack that it contains, not the version of the kernel it's for.
You should download the latest version and try that.
Thanks,
--
Julian Calaby
Email: [email protected]
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
.Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
Hello:
It is working now.
Integrating stable capat-wireless modules into the stock Fedora 14 (64bit)
kernel (2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64) did not resolve the issue, so I turned my
attention to compiling an entirely new kernel. Note that I only tried
compat-wireless
version 2.6.35-1 (and none newer), as that was the only one whose compilation
would
result in an iwlagn.ko (etc.) module being created (... compilations of newer
ones did not).
So after downloading and compiling kernel version 2.6.38-rc4 (kernel.org) (and
manually integrating other necessary subsystems too, like compiling the nVidia
graphics driver while booted to that kernel), I was finally able to get "wlan0"
up via the included "iwlagn.ko (etc)" driver, as confirmed by "ethtool -i
wlan0".
I do, however, get the following *error* message when performing an
"ifconfig wlan0 up", but I suspect that that is because the hardware switch
(it's actually not a physical switch), might be in the blocked/off mode
when doing so:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Unless you look at the output of "rfkill list", it's hard to tell what state
that hardware switch in when the indicator LED is off because it only goes on
after two conditions are met: (1) the hardware switch is unblocked, and then
you perform an "ifconfig wlan0 up" (seemingly in that order). So basically I
do a "ifconfig wlan0 up", and if the above error occurs, hit "Fn + F12" to
toggle the RF switch, and then do the "ifconfig wlan0 up" again. That
combination seems to work (it was 4am, so I can't recall all right now).
If someone knows how to, -on boot-, automatically enable/unblock that RF
hardware switch, I'd love to know (probably an entry in modprobe.conf(5) -
I'll search too).
So everything in this bleeding-edge laptop functions now, and I now can turn
my attention to it's purpose (compute intensive private cloud
simulations).
Thank you again for your collective help (it was actually guidance in the
technical email exchanges that let to success).
Thanks & Best Regards,
Noel
> > In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion
> > from one developer was that, though generally speaking the
> > "Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel
> > module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the
> > Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not
> > support the this card.
> >
> > In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does
> > show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's
> > rendition/distribution of that does not.
>
> The point you seem to be missing is that your hardware is very new,
> and the current Fedora 14 kernel is an "ancient" 6+ months old.
>
The point wasn't missed. In fact I highlighted the Fedora kernel
version, and my card model to expressly make the point. Moreover,
one of my suggested work-arounds was to try a newer kernel module
(via compat-wireless) so as to bridge bridge that gap for this issue.
> > Command output during my debugging session with the developers is
> > shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are
> > monitoring.
>
> I'm sorry, but your acquisition of bleeding-edge hardware does not
> merit a change in the normal Fedora release policy.
>
Nothing in my email asked or expected them to. Still, the community
in general should know what's going on. And, I did suggest two
work-arounds in my email, neither of which asks anything of Fedora.
> P.S. I apologize if this seems rude -- that is not my intent.
>
Ah... This postscript repairs everything.
----- Original Message ----
> From: John W. Linville <[email protected]>
> To: Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]>
> Cc: Julian Calaby <[email protected]>; [email protected];
>[email protected]; Noel Milton Vega
><[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 4:25:08 PM
> Subject: Re: UPDATE -- Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel
>Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:31:02PM -0800, Noel Milton Vega wrote:
>
> > Hi Friends....
> >
> > UPDATE:
> >
> > In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion
> > from one developer was that, though generally speaking the
> > "Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel
> > module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the
> > Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not
> > support the this card.
> >
> > In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does
> > show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's
> > rendition/distribution of that does not.
>
> The point you seem to be missing is that your hardware is very new,
> and the current Fedora 14 kernel is an "ancient" 6+ months old.
>
> > "lspci(8) -v" did show the hardware (Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N
>6230
> > (rev 34)), the necessary driver and firmware packages were installed, and
>the
> > laptop RF toggle switches are set to enable wireless communications.
> > Yet manually performing "modprobe(8) iwlagn" does not produce a wlan0
> > interface in "ifconfig(8) -a" output; and although "dmesg(8)" shows the
> > module being loaded, it does not show it detecting the card.
> >
> > The two work arounds were suggested (I haven't tried either):
> >
> > (1) Update the kernel. Since I have the latest one provided
> > by Fedora for Fedora 14, this implies a manual compile
> > of a kernel.org kernel. Note that if Fedora is not aware of
> > this issue, it's not likely that the next kernel update
> > will remedy this.
>
> You could update to a Fedora Rawhide kernel.
>
> As root:
>
> yum install fedora-release-rawhide
>
> yum --enablerepo=rawhide install kernel
>
> Please note that Rawhide is not known for its stability...
>
> > (2) Using a compat-wireless technique described here,
> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
> >
> >
> > Command output during my debugging session with the developers is
> > shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are
> > monitoring.
>
> I'm sorry, but your acquisition of bleeding-edge hardware does not
> merit a change in the normal Fedora release policy.
>
> John
>
> P.S. I apologize if this seems rude -- that is not my intent.
> --
> John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you
> [email protected] might be all we have. Be ready.
>
Hello:
As someone suggested, I tried the stable version of the compat-wireless solution
(http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable). Because I'm
running FC14 kernel version "2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64", I
selected "compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2" (if that logic is
flawed for selecting a compat version, please let me know. Thanks. Note
that I acknowledge seeing the "Bug" citation near the end of the URL above).
####################################################################
Here's what I did in a nutshell:
####################################################################
root# bzip2 -dc compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -
root# cd compat-wireless-2.6.35-1
root# ./scripts/driver-select iwlwifi
root# make (The compile succeeded and generally went w/o
warnings)
root# make install
root# make modunload (Same as "modprobe -r iwlagn", although one was not
previously loaded)
root# modprobe -l | grep iwl
updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko
updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlcore.ko
updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko
root# modprobe iwlagn (Also tried a reboot here).
root# lsmod | grep iwl
iwlagn 209705 0
iwlcore 196953 1 iwlagn
mac80211 235755 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211 137516 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
root# dmesg | tail -10
[ 5047.010147] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 5047.013692] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 5047.013695] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,
max_eirp)
[ 5047.013697] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013699] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013701] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013704] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.013705] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
mBm)
[ 5047.064643] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
in-tree:d
[ 5047.064645] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
< End of dmesg output >
root# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:B4:5F:2E
inet addr:192.168.0.20 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:feb4:5f2e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:58 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:86446 (84.4 KiB) TX bytes:6898 (6.7 KiB)
Interrupt:48
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:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
<End of ifconfig output>
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Seems no luck with this version either (from the stable section).
One continuing oddity is that the WiFi light has never come on when I boot
to Linux (although the Bluetooth one does). Bluetooth/WiFi both toggle
on/off in Windows, so it's not a bad light issue.
Thanks in advance for help and suggestions,
Noel
----- Original Message ----
> From: Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]>
> To: Julian Calaby <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; Noel Milton Vega
><[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 3:31:02 PM
> Subject: Re: UPDATE -- Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel
>Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
> Hello again all:
>
> It seems that the bluetooth capability of this card now works.
> I don't know whether this had to do with my installing a missing
> firmware package that Julian pointed out
> (i.e. iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.1-1.fc14.noarch), or maybe
> that the bluetooth radio was off when I was attempting to pair
> (I do remember turning it on though). In any case, I inserted an
> "rfkill unblock all" statement in /etc/rc.local to automate
> that - at least at a O/S level (thank you Ozan for alerting
> me to that command).
>
> Anyway, I'd like to post an accurate update to the question I posed on
> the forums (FedoraForum & Linuxforums) for this issue (I will
> not divulge email addresses btw).
>
> Given the dialogue we had last night, would you guys/gals
> characterize the update shown next as accurate:
>
> ###################################################################
> Hi Friends....
>
> UPDATE:
>
> In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion
> from one developer was that, though generally speaking the
> "Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel
> module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the
> Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not
> support the this card.
>
> In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does
> show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's
> rendition/distribution of that does not.
>
> "lspci(8) -v" did show the hardware (Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N
>6230
> (rev 34)), the necessary driver and firmware packages were installed, and the
> laptop RF toggle switches are set to enable wireless communications.
> Yet manually performing "modprobe(8) iwlagn" does not produce a wlan0
> interface in "ifconfig(8) -a" output; and although "dmesg(8)" shows the
> module being loaded, it does not show it detecting the card.
>
> The two work arounds were suggested (I haven't tried either):
>
> (1) Update the kernel. Since I have the latest one provided
> by Fedora for Fedora 14, this implies a manual compile
> of a kernel.org kernel. Note that if Fedora is not aware of
> this issue, it's not likely that the next kernel update
> will remedy this.
>
> (2) Using a compat-wireless technique described here,
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
>
>
> Command output during my debugging session with the developers is
> shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are
> monitoring.
>
> Regards,
> Noel
>
> ###################################################################
>
> Thanks again to all participants on this email list.
> Noel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Julian Calaby <[email protected]>
> To: Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 1:11:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for "Intel Corporation
> Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 16:25, Noel Milton Vega
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Julian,
> >
> > Thank you for the extended reply. It's appreciated. Your output wish is
> > my command. Here they are (and then some):
> >
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo rpm -qa | grep iwl
> > #####################################################
> > iwl1000-firmware-128.50.3.1-2.fc13.noarch
> > iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-2.fc14.noarch
> > iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-1.fc13.noarch
> > python-iwlib-0.1-3.fc14.x86_64
> > iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-2.fc12.noarch
> > iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-1.fc14.noarch
> > iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-4.fc13.noarch
> > iwl5000-firmware-8.24.2.12-3.fc13.noarch
> > iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.1-1.fc14.noarch <--- Indeed that was
>missing,
>
> >and
> > I just installed it (then rebooted).
> > #####################################################
>
> Ok, if the driver supports your card then it should now work.
>
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo modprobe -r iwlagn
> > nmvega@p170hm$ lsmod | grep iwl (the Unix NULL output was provided here)
> > nmvega@-170hm$ sudo modeprobe iwlagn
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo dmesg | tail -8
> > #####################################################
> > [ 576.353525] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,
> > max_eirp)
> > [ 576.353528] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.353530] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.353532] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> >mBm)
> > [ 576.353534] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.353536] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000
> mBm)
> > [ 576.384224] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
> > in-tree:d
> > [ 576.384227] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
> > #####################################################
>
> Not really enough information, but yeah, the first 6 lines are the
> tail end of initialising the wireless subsystem, and the last two are
> printed when the driver loads. Given that nothing mentions the driver
> actually detecting the card, then I'm guessing it isn't supported by
> this version of the driver.
>
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ ifconfig -a
> > #####################################################
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:B4:5F:2E
> > inet addr:192.168.0.20 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:feb4:5f2e/64 Scope:Link
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:440 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:33496 (32.7 KiB) TX bytes:6320 (6.1 KiB)
> > Interrupt:48
> >
> > 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:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> > RX bytes:240 (240.0 b) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b)
> > #####################################################
>
> And as it hasn't appeared here, that's definitely the case.
>
> > #####################################################
> > nmvega@p170hm$ sudo lspci -n
> > #####################################################
> > 00:00.0 0600: 8086:0104 (rev 09)
> > 00:01.0 0604: 8086:0101 (rev 09)
> > 00:16.0 0780: 8086:1c3a (rev 04)
> > 00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:1c2d (rev 04)
> > 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:1c20 (rev 04)
> > 00:1c.0 0604: 8086:1c10 (rev b4)
> > 00:1c.1 0604: 8086:1c12 (rev b4)
> > 00:1c.2 0604: 8086:1c14 (rev b4)
> > 00:1c.3 0604: 8086:1c16 (rev b4)
> > 00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:1c26 (rev 04)
> > 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:1c4b (rev 04)
> > 00:1f.2 0106: 8086:1c03 (rev 04)
> > 00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:1c22 (rev 04)
> > 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0e31 (rev a1)
> > 01:00.1 0403: 10de:0beb (rev a1)
> > 02:00.0 0c03: 1033:0194 (rev 03)
> > 03:00.0 0200: 197b:0250 (rev 05)
> > 03:00.1 0880: 197b:2392 (rev 90)
> > 03:00.2 0805: 197b:2391 (rev 90)
> > 03:00.3 0880: 197b:2393 (rev 90)
> > 04:00.0 0280: 8086:0091 (rev 34) <--- this one.
> > 05:00.0 0c00: 197b:2380 (rev 30)
> > ####################################################
>
> Ok, with this I can determine that the card wasn't added with the
> initial batch of cards I linked you to, but it appears to be fully
> supported as it was added later.
>
> > With all that provided, the only thing I didn't investigate pursuant to
your
> > below
> > email was the "compat-wireless". I will do so via the URL:
> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
>
> This is probably your best option as it appears that the stock driver
> in the F14 2.6.35 kernel doesn't support your card.
>
> I hope that installing compat-wireless goes as smoothly for you as it
> does for me, and that after installing it your card works properly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Julian Calaby
>
> Email: [email protected]
> Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
> .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
>
>
Thanks Julian. Doing that now.
----- Original Message ----
> From: Julian Calaby <[email protected]>
> To: Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 7:19:07 PM
> Subject: Re: compat-wireless trial :: Need Linux driver (preferably 64 bit) for
>"Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34)" WiFI & Bluetooth card ...
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:05, Noel Milton Vega <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > As someone suggested, I tried the stable version of the compat-wireless
>solution
> > (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable). Because I'm
> > running FC14 kernel version "2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64", I
> > selected "compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2" (if that logic is
> > flawed for selecting a compat version, please let me know. Thanks. Note
> > that I acknowledge seeing the "Bug" citation near the end of the URL
above).
>
> The version for compat-wireless indicates the version of the wireless
> stack that it contains, not the version of the kernel it's for.
>
> You should download the latest version and try that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Julian Calaby
>
> Email: [email protected]
> Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
> .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/
>
On 02/10/2011 05:08 PM, Noel Milton Vega wrote:
>
> > > In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion
> > > from one developer was that, though generally speaking the
> > > "Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel
> > > module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the
> > > Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not
> > > support the this card.
> > >
> > > In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does
> > > show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's
> > > rendition/distribution of that does not.
> >
> > The point you seem to be missing is that your hardware is very new,
> > and the current Fedora 14 kernel is an "ancient" 6+ months old.
> >
> The point wasn't missed. In fact I highlighted the Fedora kernel
> version, and my card model to expressly make the point. Moreover,
> one of my suggested work-arounds was to try a newer kernel module
> (via compat-wireless) so as to bridge bridge that gap for this issue.
>
> > > Command output during my debugging session with the developers is
> > > shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are
> > > monitoring.
> >
> > I'm sorry, but your acquisition of bleeding-edge hardware does not
> > merit a change in the normal Fedora release policy.
> >
> Nothing in my email asked or expected them to. Still, the community
> in general should know what's going on. And, I did suggest two
> work-arounds in my email, neither of which asks anything of Fedora.
>
> > P.S. I apologize if this seems rude -- that is not my intent.
> >
> Ah... This postscript repairs everything.
As an interested reader, he was not being rude. Usually, anyone that writes to
this list using the tone that you did, and continue to do, get blasted. You,
however, did not, but I predict that the gloves will soon come off!
Larry