Loving the new W520... very fast, if only the wireless would work. Unable to get wireless interface functioning, won't even show up in ifconfig. I've appended requested wireless information, thanks in advance for any assistance. 1) Machine Brand and Model (PC/Laptop): Lenovo W520 Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Note: Wireless switch on lefthand side enabled, bluetooth led lights up but wireless does not. 2) Wireless Brand, Model and Wireless Chipset: $ lspci -nn 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation 6000 Series Gen2 [8086:0085] (rev 34) 3 ) check interface: ifconfig does not show wireless $ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. 4 ) Check for modules: $ lsmod ... iwlagn 215351 0 iwlcore 139688 1 iwlagn mac80211 269644 2 iwlagn,iwlcore cfg80211 167809 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211 ... 5) Kernel boot messages $ dmesg .... [ 13.497936] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree: [ 13.497938] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation [ 13.498058] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [ 13.498089] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 13.498181] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected 6000 Series 2x2 AGN Gen2a, REV=0xB0 [ 13.499187] lp: driver loaded but no devices found [ 13.502642] alloc irq_desc for 22 on node -1 [ 13.502645] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 .... 6 ) Network configuration $ sudo lshw -C network *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: 6000 Series Gen2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 version: 34 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:d5300000-d5301fff 7 ) Scan for networks: not relevant as no wireless interface appears 8 ) Ubuntu Version: Ubuntu 10.10 9 ) Kernel/architecture (including 32 vs. 64 bit): 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64 10 ) Restarting the network: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0. [ OK ] Additionally, modinfo shows the following: $ modinfo iwlagn filename: /lib/modules/2.6.35-28-generic/updates/compat-wireless-2.6.36/iwlagn.ko alias: iwl4965 license: GPL author: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation <ilw@linux.intel.com> version: in-tree: description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux firmware: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode firmware: iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode firmware: iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode firmware: iwlwifi-6000g2b-4.ucode firmware: iwlwifi-6000g2a-4.ucode firmware: iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode firmware: iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode firmware: iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode srcversion: 8F7F4C6196599FCA596C837
Check first if you have a button to activate Wireless on your Lenovo.
Originally Posted by ivanovnegro Check first if you have a button to activate Wireless on your Lenovo. There is a switch on the lefthand side of laptop, this is in the on position. Additionally, there is an fn+F5 key combo that should toggle wireless. The key combo appears to have no impact. The wireless switch on the left hand side of laptop appears to turn off bluetooth, but does not light the wireless led (nor does ifconfig show wireless in either position). If I've missed something, please let me know... would love a simple fix
Ok, now you could test to install additional drivers, System-> Additional drivers or something like this, Im on Kubuntu, so its different. Try to see if you can install some drivers maybe. Im not the expert for Wireless but maybe this site could also help: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/index.html
Originally Posted by ivanovnegro Ok, now you could test to install additional drivers, System-> Additional drivers or something like this, Im on Kubuntu, so its different. Try to see if you can install some drivers maybe. Im not the expert for Wireless but maybe this site could also help: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/index.html Could have sworn that was what iwlwifi provided. At least that was what the intel driver site led me to believe. I double checked the drivers offered on http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads and was able to confirm that the driver is already present in /lib/firmware and a diff confirmed it was the exact same version. i.e. I think ubuntu managed to pull down the proper drivers, and that a manual installation was unnecessary.
I suspect the drivers I have came from running this install sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic Should I have used a different set of drivers?
Why do you have a backports driver? I have also Intel and it worked out of the box on Ubuntu 10.10, maybe thats the problem. When you installed the first time do you mean you did not have Wireless and then installed from the backports?
Originally Posted by ivanovnegro Why do you have a backports driver? I have also Intel and it worked out of the box on Ubuntu 10.10, maybe thats the problem. When you installed the first time do you mean you did not have Wireless and then installed from the backports? With a fresh 10.10 install the wireless drivers did not work. I have roughly 5 years experience using ubuntu and with the exception of a broadcom card I've had little trouble with wireless cards and ubuntu. Unfortunately, with the Intel 6205 and the Lenovo W520 laptop I ran into some difficulties. After some research I found many suggested installing the backport drivers, so I gave that a try.
Please let an old fan of Intel see: Code: dmesg | grep iwl rfkill list all Thanks.
dmesg | grep iwl rfkill list all
Here you go! $ dmesg | grep iwl [ 12.545642] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree: [ 12.545644] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation [ 12.545710] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [ 12.545738] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 12.545820] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected 6000 Series 2x2 AGN Gen2a, REV=0xB0 [ 12.556240] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x715, CALIB=0x6 [ 12.556255] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels [ 12.556387] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X [ 12.570025] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-6000g2a-4.ucode' failed. [ 12.570029] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found! [ 12.570233] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled $ rfkill list all 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no
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