wifi problem after ibex 8.1 upgrade from 8.04

[al-76]

The wifi on my LG LT-20 which uses ipw2200 stopped after I upgraded to IBEX.

dmesg reports

sudo dmesg |grep ipw2200
[ 20.476039] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 20.476044] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 20.695941] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 21.046659] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
[ 21.046666] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
[ 21.046669] ipw2200: failed to register network device
[ 21.046745] ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5

[al-76]

I have resolved this. I installed the linux-firmware package, removed and put back the ipw2200 module

sudo aptitude install linux-firmware
sudo rmmod ipw2200
sudo modprobe ipw2200


sudo dmesg |grep ipw2200

[ 700.972401] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 700.972414] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 700.977455] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 701.185259] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZR (14 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

[gonzo.d]

Thank you al-76!

Same here with my Samsung Q30 aka Dell Latitude X1, nothing was recognized after the update. Now it works like charm!

cheerio g