Wireless not working

[riptreeper]

alex@VAIO:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 4992 0
nls_cp437 6656 0
vfat 14464 0
fat 54556 1 vfat
usb_storage 73664 0
libusual 19108 1 usb_storage
ipv6 267780 10
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
sonypi 23192 0
ppdev 10372 0
acpi_cpufreq 10796 1
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 2
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
freq_table 5536 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
sbs 15112 0
container 5632 0
dock 11280 0
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
sbp2 24072 0
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
arc4 2944 2
ecb 4480 2
blkcipher 8324 1 ecb
pcmcia 40876 0
joydev 13120 0
evdev 13056 8
serio_raw 7940 0
tifm_7xx1 8576 0
psmouse 40336 0
tifm_core 11012 1 tifm_7xx1
yenta_socket 27276 1
rsrc_nonstatic 13696 1 yenta_socket
iwl4965 105844 0
iwlwifi_mac80211 219108 1 iwl4965
pcmcia_core 40596 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
pcspkr 4224 0
cfg80211 15112 1 iwlwifi_mac80211
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
uvcvideo 58116 0
snd_hda_intel 344728 3
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
compat_ioctl32 2304 1 uvcvideo
videodev 29440 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15492 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common 18304 2 uvcvideo,videodev
sony_laptop 35292 0
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
sky2 47492 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
i2c_core 24832 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
battery 14212 0
ac 6916 0
snd 56996 17 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
button 9232 0
soundcore 8800 1 snd
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
intel_agp 25492 0
agpgart 34760 1 intel_agp
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
pata_acpi 8320 0
ata_generic 8324 0
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sd_mod 30720 3
usbhid 31872 0
hid 38784 1 usbhid
ahci 28420 2
ata_piix 19588 0
libata 159344 4 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ahci,ata_piix
scsi_mod 151436 6 usb_storage,sbp2,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
ohci1394 33584 0
ieee1394 93752 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ehci_hcd 37900 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146028 7 usb_storage,libusual,uvcvideo,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci _hcd
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 3
alex@VAIO:~$

[southernman]

last output we need is

lshw -C network

I found a couple of bug reports, but those were for Gutsy...

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/28397
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/16768

[riptreeper]

alex@VAIO:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 13
serial: 00:13:a9:e3:92:61
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.20 firmware=N/A latency=0 module=sky2 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 61
serial: 00:13:e8:71:57:2b
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl4965 latency=0 module=iwl4965 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
alex@VAIO:~$

Thanks for all your help I'm learning quickly you have been very helpful

[southernman]

Don't thank me yet, but I'm trying to help you either sort it out or get you pointed in the right direction.

A few things that are good:

lspci shows your wifi card has been recognized
lsmod shows the driver for your card listed
lshw shows the connection point

The bad:
It's not working... uh duh! :/

Maybe bad:
The logical name given for this connection seems odd. I thought wifi's were always named wlan0 wlan1 or so on. First time I've seen them names wmaster0 as in the last output you posted.

I'm still looking so give me a little bit, or maybe someone more experienced will see what you've got and have the answer.

I'll be bach!

[riptreeper]

Awesome thanks for spending time helping me out I really appreciate it. You don't get help like this for windows.

[southernman]

Do a simple

uname -r

to show us what kernel you have.

I've found something that may work and I want to be sure of the kernel version before suggesting it.

Awesome thanks for spending time helping me out I really appreciate it. You don't get help like this for windows.

No worries riptreeper... I know you appreciate it and that makes all the difference.

[riptreeper]

2.6.24-16generic

or l6 generic

[southernman]

This was swiped from a member by the name of walkerk, on this howto:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=646755
It's tells how to update to the beta hardy kernel and you wouldn't need to do as the kernel is newer than that time. I've only pulled the info I feel may get your connection working.

Before going further make a backup copy of the file you're about to edit by doing this:

sudo cp /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.backup

Backup is done, now proceed below.

2. WLAN Interface naming. Fix wlan0_rename, wmaster0_rename, etc...
> I had to do this to get my wireless NIC to function correctly. (wlan0 doesn't work. It'll still end up wlan0_rename)
>> Should be a temp fix as I'd assume the kernel devs will address this bug (already on launchpad)

Replace instances of <driver> with your wireless driver. (Yours in this case is iwl4965)

1. Alter the the NICs persistent interface name:

gksu gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

2. Now remove any interfaces already listed with your WLAN NIC's MAC address.

3. Add the following and then save and exit: (Replace 00:00:00:00:00:00 with your WLAN NIC's MAC address.)

# PCI device 0x14e4:0x4311 (<driver>)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:00:00:00:00", NAME="eth1"

***minor addtion to the swiped directions: where you see DRIVERS=="?*" above, make sure that your correct drives are listed here. If not, edit that portion also to show DRIVERS=="iwl4965"
***one last note, in your case it should show what is listed below as eth1, to be wmaster0. If it doesn't work and you want to tinker with it again, repeat the process and replace all instances of wmaster0 with wlan0

4. Now create an alias for eth1 and your driver, in my case b43: (again, yours is iwl4965)

echo 'alias eth1 <driver>' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/<driver>

5. Reboot

Don't worry here. If it doesn't work, you just run this command after your reboot:

sudo cp /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.backup /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

If nothing else you get a little more troubleshooting and terminal seat time!

After your reboot, post back here with the output again of (if your wifi isn't working):

lshw -C network

Now that I may have thoroughly confused ya, give it a whirl and let us know what happens.

Good luck...

[riptreeper]

alex@VAIO:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 13
serial: 00:13:a9:e3:92:61
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.20 firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 module=sky2 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 61
serial: 00:13:e8:71:57:2b
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl4965 latency=0 module=iwl4965 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g


I went through the steps as best as I could it's obviously not working yet I just plugged in my wired connection for now so that I could copy the code faster. Thanks for spending the time once again.

[southernman]

square one again huh?

Your card isn't a 802.11n by chance is it?