My dear friends,

I have been trying for months to get my wireless working on my acer laptop and I am now beyond despair. I'm fairly new to the linux/ubuntu world, so please bear with me as I go about things. I using an Acer Extensa 67000 and here is what is at issue:


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn | grep 'Wireless'
06:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -vn
On this one I posted just what I thought would be relevant:


06:04.0 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)
Subsystem: 8086:2701
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at b0101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
Kernel modules: ipw2200




ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 059f:1018 LaCie, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:da:08:d5
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:feda:8d5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:19312 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:18239 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:18079426 (18.0 MB) TX bytes:2808653 (2.8 MB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x2000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:ce:5a:12:b6
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)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0x2000 Memory:b0101000-b0101fff

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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:520 (520.0 B) TX bytes:520 (520.0 B)


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ 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


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
pcmcia 36808 0
nf_conntrack 67608 7 xt_state,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf _nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
snd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
ipw2200 140292 0
snd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
iptable_filter 3100 1
snd 59204 19 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_se q_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
libipw 43148 1 ipw2200
lib80211 6432 2 ipw2200,libipw

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep ipw2200
[ 8.509829] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 8.509833] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 8.642245] ipw2200 0000:06:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 8.644569] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 8.644628] ipw2200 0000:06:04.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 9.322372] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:06:04.0
logical name: eth1
version: 05
serial: 00:13:ce:5a:12:b6
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.5.27 (Dec 12 2007) latency=32 link=no maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
resources: irq:17 memory:b0101000-b0101fff
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:06:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:c0:9f:da:08:d5
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.3 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:b0102000-b01020ff


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.10


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -mr
2.6.31-19-generic i686


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Reconfiguring network interfaces...
Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.
[ OK ]




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I am grateful for all and any help I can get with this. RFkill doesn't work. I really don't know where else to go with this. I have tried reinstalling the network manager - hasn't worked. Both Wicd and network manager don't even recognise any networks. Everything worked fine under windows.

Again, thanks for your help in advance.

Love,

Templeman