waterleat
September 29th, 2011, 09:43 PM
I am trying to get my laptop working so that I can use its wireless connection.
It is an ACER Travelmate 292LCi. maybe not the best laptop!
Here are some outputs that will give you a starting point to find out what is going on
d@d-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS"
Linux d-laptop 2.6.32-33-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:08:37 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
d@d-laptop:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
01:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp
01:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
Kernel modules: ipw2200
d@d-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 unassociated ESSID:eek:ff/any
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:eek:ff Fragment thr:eek:ff
Power Management:eek:ff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
d@d-laptop:~$ rfkill list all Note here that no output is shown even though the command was entered
d@d-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67288 1 usbhid
binfmt_misc 6587 1
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 1999 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
pcmcia 30784 0
snd_intel8x0 25652 2
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
joydev 8740 0
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
yenta_socket 20408 1
ipw2200 135216 0
rsrc_nonstatic 10015 1 yenta_socket
snd 54244 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
libipw 39896 1 ipw2200
i915 288611 3
pcmcia_core 32964 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
lib80211 5046 2 ipw2200,libipw
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915
ppdev 5259 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
intel_agp 24375 2 i915
drm 162377 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
led_class 2864 0
psmouse 63677 0
serio_raw 3978 0
parport_pc 25962 1
shpchp 28835 0
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
video 17375 1 i915
output 1871 1 video
agpgart 31724 2 intel_agp,drm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
8139too 18545 0
ohci1394 26950 0
8139cp 16186 0
mii 4381 2 8139too,8139cp
ieee1394 81181 1 ohci1394
d@d-laptop:~$
d@d-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ipw2200
[ 17.450213] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 17.450216] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 17.917806] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKG] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[ 17.925065] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 17.925139] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 18.165219] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[ 18.197849] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
[ 4493.012243] ipw2200: Failed to send CARD_DISABLE: Command timed out.
[ 4493.012283] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 4493.028242] PM: suspend of drv:ipw2200 dev:0000:01:02.0 complete after 1021.875 msecs
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x18030100, writing 0x1803010b)
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0x4 (was 0x0, writing 0xe0000000)
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x0, writing 0x8000)
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x2900000, writing 0x2900006)
[ 4494.705339] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKG] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[ 4494.822615] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
d@d-laptop:~$
I hope that you can point me in right direction
It is an ACER Travelmate 292LCi. maybe not the best laptop!
Here are some outputs that will give you a starting point to find out what is going on
d@d-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS"
Linux d-laptop 2.6.32-33-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:08:37 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
d@d-laptop:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
01:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp
01:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
Kernel modules: ipw2200
d@d-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 unassociated ESSID:eek:ff/any
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:eek:ff Fragment thr:eek:ff
Power Management:eek:ff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
d@d-laptop:~$ rfkill list all Note here that no output is shown even though the command was entered
d@d-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67288 1 usbhid
binfmt_misc 6587 1
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 1999 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
pcmcia 30784 0
snd_intel8x0 25652 2
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
joydev 8740 0
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
yenta_socket 20408 1
ipw2200 135216 0
rsrc_nonstatic 10015 1 yenta_socket
snd 54244 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
libipw 39896 1 ipw2200
i915 288611 3
pcmcia_core 32964 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
lib80211 5046 2 ipw2200,libipw
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915
ppdev 5259 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
intel_agp 24375 2 i915
drm 162377 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
led_class 2864 0
psmouse 63677 0
serio_raw 3978 0
parport_pc 25962 1
shpchp 28835 0
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
video 17375 1 i915
output 1871 1 video
agpgart 31724 2 intel_agp,drm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
8139too 18545 0
ohci1394 26950 0
8139cp 16186 0
mii 4381 2 8139too,8139cp
ieee1394 81181 1 ohci1394
d@d-laptop:~$
d@d-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ipw2200
[ 17.450213] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 17.450216] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 17.917806] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKG] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[ 17.925065] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 17.925139] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 18.165219] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[ 18.197849] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
[ 4493.012243] ipw2200: Failed to send CARD_DISABLE: Command timed out.
[ 4493.012283] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 4493.028242] PM: suspend of drv:ipw2200 dev:0000:01:02.0 complete after 1021.875 msecs
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x18030100, writing 0x1803010b)
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0x4 (was 0x0, writing 0xe0000000)
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x0, writing 0x8000)
[ 4493.105231] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x2900000, writing 0x2900006)
[ 4494.705339] ipw2200 0000:01:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKG] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[ 4494.822615] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
d@d-laptop:~$
I hope that you can point me in right direction