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HI Everyone, After experimenting with several Linux distros (Mandriva LE2005, SuSE 9.3, Ubuntu 5.04) I have successfully solved my wireless connectivity problem. Here is the summary of it - so others may benefit: Kindly lookup: http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=19871 for details on how I did it successfully using SuSE 9.3 Pro. Thanks Ianw1974 for all your inputs. Thanks to Qchem too..

Hi Folks, Much before experimenting unsuccessfully to this level, I have been several other pages with similar IPW2200 problems on this forum. However none seem to be helpful...fully. Here are my key questions: 1. Does anyone having a centrino based laptop running SuSE 9.3 been successfully using the wireless connection? 2. Has anyone seen somebody else do it? 3. If there are indeed successful installations - can we request information sharing.................. Mandriva Gurus..... looking forward to your inputs (waiting a bit impatiently) Thanks a lot in advance

Hi All I just wanted to add a few more points to my earlier posting: 1. From Mandrake Control Center (MCC) I was able to detect the wireless hardware to be functioning.... (hardware detection list) 2. The eth0 ethernet connection thru the 10/100Mbps cable connection works perfectly fine... 3. The wireless hardware is switched on (Acer laptop has an explicit switch) when I did the ipw2200 related work (compilations, installation, modprobe etc) Have anybody successfully used the wireless support in LE2005 on an Intel Centrino laptop (Intel Pro 2200 wireless)? Thanks in advance.. waiting for all Mandriva Gurus to respond. B)

Hi Thanks for this input. I went thru the guide (it was for Mandrake 10.1 wireless) I did create the /etc/firmware as well as /lib/hotplug/firmware and copied the contents of ipw2200-fw-2.3.tar Then I did a Menu->System->Confguration->Configure your computer and tried setting up a new connection (wireless connection). It started by asking for identifying the driver manually, and prompting for parameter values (manual or autoprobe). Both ways, pressing the next button reverts back to the 'identify the driver manually'screen. A kind of infinite loop. Only way out it to cancel the setup. No luck :-( Thanks and look forward to more inputs

Hi ianw1974, (and others) Here is a long report on what I did - kindly take time to figure out whats going wrong.... Request your patient reading... and helping me out... ============================ After downloading the kernel sources: [root@Achintya ]#urpmi kernel-source-2.6-2.6.11-6mdk.i586.rpm It got successfully installed. ============================ After downloading from ieee80211.sf.net, [root@Achintya ieee80211-1.0.3]#cd ieee80211-1.0.3 [root@Achintya ieee80211-1.0.3]#make install <stdin>:1:28: linux/rhconfig.h: No such file or directory make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/build M=/home/mohan/ipw/ieee80211-1.0.3 MODVERDIR=/home/mohan/ipw/ieee80211-1.0.3 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk' Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk' install -d /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/net/ieee80211/ install -m 644 -c ieee80211.ko ieee80211_crypt.ko ieee80211_crypt_wep.ko ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.ko [root@Achintya ieee80211-1.0.3]#make installieee80211_crypt_tkip.ko /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/net/ieee80211/ install -d `echo /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/include | grep "/net\$" || echo /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/include/net` install -m 644 -c net/ieee80211.h n[root@Achintya ieee80211-1.0.3]#et/ieee80211_crypt.h `echo /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/include | grep "/net\$" || echo /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/include/net` mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/net/ieee80211//.tmp_versions install -m 644 -c ieee80211.mod ieee80211_crypt.mod ieee80211_crypt_wep.mod ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.mod ieee80211_crypt_tkip.mod /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/net/ieee80211//.tmp_versions /sbin/depmod -a This was successful! ================================= From ipw2200.sf.net I downloaded the latest ipw2200 drivers, unzipped and untared. Then: [root@Achintya ]#cd ipw2200-1.0.6 [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# make <stdin>:1:28: linux/rhconfig.h: No such file or directory mkdir -p /home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/tmp/.tmp_versions cp /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/net/ieee80211/.tmp_versions/*.mod /home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/tmp/.tmp_versions make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/build M=/home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6 MODVERDIR=/home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/tmp/.tmp_versions modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk' CC [M] /home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/ipw2200.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /home/mohan/ipw /ipw2200-1.0.6/ipw2200.mod.o LD [M] /home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/ipw2200.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk' [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# make install <stdin>:1:28: linux/rhconfig.h: No such file or directory mkdir -p /home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/tmp/.tmp_versions cp /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/net/ieee80211/.tmp_versions/*.mod /home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/tmp/.tmp_versions make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/build M=/home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6 MODVERDIR=/home/mohan/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.6/tmp/.tmp_versions modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk' Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk' install -d /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ install -m 644 -c ipw2200.ko /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ /sbin/depmod -a Don't forget to copy firmware to your hotplug's firmware directory and have the hotplug tools in place. See INSTALL for more information. =========================================== Then I went thru INSTALL text file in the ipw2200 package downloaded Followed the instructions for hotplug installation Downloaded ipw2200-fw-2.3.tgz, the firmware from http://ipw2200.sf.net/firmware.php and put it under /lib/firmware/ipw2200 Downloaded and tried installing: >>urpmi hotplug-2004_03_29-1.noarch.rpm with the results "The package(s) are already installed" In the directory where ipw2200.o was compiled, I did a % ./load which resulted in the following: Unloaded: ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt Loaded: ieee80211_crypt ieee80211_crypt_wep ieee80211_crypt_tkip ieee80211_crypt_ccmp ieee80211 ipw2200 [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# modprobe ipw2200 [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# lsmod Module Size Used by ipw2200 92360 0 ieee80211 27908 1 ipw2200 ieee80211_crypt_ccmp 6240 0 ieee80211_crypt_tkip 9344 0 ieee80211_crypt_wep 3936 0 ieee80211_crypt 4516 5 ipw2200,ieee80211,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_wep cpufreq_ondemand 5244 0 cpufreq_powersave 1376 0 speedstep-centrino 6196 1 nfsd 210272 9 exportfs 4672 1 nfsd lockd 59144 2 nfsd sunrpc 122788 12 nfsd,lockd raw 6720 1 i915 17280 1 drm 58164 2 i915 md5 3 648 1 ipv6 232320 14 rfcomm 33692 0 l2cap 20644 5 rfcomm bluetooth 41380 4 rfcomm,l2cap snd-seq-dummy 2596 0 snd-seq-oss 31584 0 snd-seq-midi-event 6208 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq 47472 5 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq-device 6796 3 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq snd-pcm-oss 49056 0 snd-mixer-oss 17248 1 snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 29184 1 snd-ac97-codec 75256 1 snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm 80712 3 snd-pcm-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec snd-timer 20324 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm snd-page-alloc 7428 2 snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm snd 46980 11 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-seq-device,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer soundcore 7104 1 snd parport_pc 31588 1 lp 9864 0 parport 31624 2 parport_pc,lp ipt_TOS 1888 12 ipt_REJECT 5600 4 ipt_pkttype 1248 4 ipt_LOG 6208 7 ipt_state 1376 17 ipt_multiport 2144 2 ipt_conntrack 1984 0 iptable_mangle 2080 1 ip_nat_irc 1568 0 ip_nat_tftp 1280 0 ip_nat_ftp 2272 0 iptable_nat 19068 3 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc 70384 1 ip_nat_irc ip_conntrack_tftp 3056 1 ip_nat_tftp ip_conntrack_ftp 71344 1 ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack 37400 9 ipt_state,ipt_conntrack,ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_conntra ck_irc,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_filter 2144 1 ip_tables 18176 10 ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,ipt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,ipt_state,ipt_multiport,ipt_conntrack,ipt able_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter af_packet 16232 2 pcmcia 18632 2 yenta_socket 19720 1 rsrc_nonstatic 9056 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 41504 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic video 13892 0 thermal 10600 0 tc1100-wmi 5188 0 processor 18164 2 speedstep-centrino,thermal fan 3108 0 container 3040 0 button 4880 0 battery 7460 0 ac 3300 0 eth1394 17160 0 firmware_class 7360 1 ipw2200 8139too 21376 0 mii 4224 1 8139too ide-cd 36772 0 ohci1394 30916 0 ieee1394 292088 2 eth1394,ohci1394 loop 13544 0 intel-agp 19996 1 agpgart 28168 3 drm,intel-agp nvram 6984 0 tsdev 6016 0 evdev 7744 1 usbmouse 4608 0 usbhid 43648 0 usblp 10752 0 ehci-hcd 28456 0 uhci-hcd 28816 0 usbcore 105880 6 usbmouse,usbhid,usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd ext3 123304 2 jbd 48344 1 ext3 ===================================== Then restarted the network services [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down interface eth1: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth1: [ OK ] ================================================================================ = Then ifconfig gives: [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B0:62:DF:0E inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fe62:df0e/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:39040 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:77267 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3104083 (2.9 Mb) TX bytes:113479906 (108.2 Mb) Interrupt:21 eth1 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:17 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) 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:603 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:603 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 bytes:27800 (27.1 Kb) TX bytes:27800 (27.1 Kb) ============== iwconfig gives the following: [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth2 no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. ==================== After rebooting the system I did [root@Achintya ]#modprobe ipw2200 FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200 (/lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Invalid argument ================== Going to the above directory I find that ipw2200.ko exists and doing a 'strings ipw2200.ko' yields the version 1.0.6. Doing a 'lsmod' now fails to list 'ipw2200' ====================== Then I did the following after going to the ipw compilation directory : [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# ./load Unloaded: ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt Loaded: ieee80211_crypt ieee80211_crypt_wep ieee80211_crypt_tkip ieee80211_crypt_ccmp ieee80211 ipw2200 [root@Achintya ipw2200-1.0.6]# modprobe ipw2200 Modprobe went thru successfully. ================== lsmod then lists it successfully. ========== When I did a 'restart' in this ipw2200 sources directory I get the following: Unloaded: ipw2200 ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt_tkip ieee80211_crypt_ccmp ieee80211_crypt_wep ieee80211_crypt Loaded: ieee80211_crypt ieee80211_crypt_wep ieee80211_crypt_tkip ieee80211_crypt_ccmp ieee80211 ipw2200 lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth2 no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. ipw2200: probe of 0000:01:02.0 failed with error -5 =========================================== I tried using Mandrake control center to add a new connection (wireless connection) It failed (goes into a infinite loop trying to load after asking for ipw2200 driver installation) I tried reconfiguring the network connection - that also fails. I tried 'wireless connection'option of Network & Internet of MCC - that just starts and exits the 'drakroam' program. ======================== So where have I failed out? What else do I need to do? How can I get my wireless setup working Look forward to all helpful inputs Thanks a lot in advance

Hi Ianw1974 Thanks for these suggestions. No I have not installed the kernel source! Are you suggesting that I go the path of compiling the latest ipw2200 drivers from sourceforge.net and plugging it in the right place so modprobe at boottime will automatically detect it and my wireless connection gets activated? And therefore do you suggest that I install the latest kernel sources ( am using 2.6.11-6mdk-i686-up-4GB) and recompile? Has this been a problem with other Intel Centrino laptops? (and this the prefered approach?) Look forward to your inputs Thanks a lot

Hi Thanks for a quick reply, Yes it is the certified Intel Pro 2200 b/g wireless that the Intel Centrino support.... Also the intel drivers website leads to the ipw2200.sourceforge.net from where I had downloaded the latest ipw2200 drivers for compilation (it failed because it demands that we compile ieee80211 from ieee80211.sf.net which I downloaded and tried compiling - that failed because it is seeking a '/lib/modules/2.6*/kernel/build' directory that does not come as part of LE2005 distribution that I picked up.. Look forward to help from everyone... thanks a lot....

Hello Everyone I have a LE2005 on my laptop Acer TravelMate 4052 (Intel Centrino 725 with Intel Pro 2200 wireless support). I am unable to get my wireless LAN connection up and running with a Netgear WGR614 box that is actively connecting other laptops (win/xp) wirelessly. Here are some of the things that I have been doing to fix this (after ensuring that the wireless subsystem is on - Acer has a explicit hardware switch on the laptop for it): a ) Use MCC to add a new wireless connection but it fails after trying to take the parameters for a wireless connection, b ) used the MCC hardware detection unit to check if Intel Pro 2200 is there - it is. Configured it with default parameter values. Still network connection not up c ) used lsmod to check if ipw2200 module is installed - found it missing. So did an ' insmod ipw2200.ko ' after untarring the zipped file present in ' /lib/modules/2.6.***/kernel/3rdparty/ipw2200... ' Insmod suceeded and lsmod now lists the module ipw2200. d ) Did a iwconfig and found that it gave a standard message : ' No wirelss extensions' on eth1. e ) Did a ipconfig -a and found that eth1 is listed but without any ip address. f ) rebooted the system and found that system defaults to initial state (with lsmod showing no ipw2200 module. g ) tried downloading and compiling the latest ipw drivers from sourceforge.net - -make failed due to dependencies *ieee80211 etc... Can you help? What steps do I take to get this wireless connection up? thanks a lot in advance

Thanks for all the help Skype works great! A ) Ensured kmix sliders and button lights are correct (mic/capture for inputs - lightred, all light green and full slider for outputs) B ) used 'artsdsp -m skype' for invoking skype. C ) ensured that no other unit is using the sound subsystem. Once more thanks

USING SKYPE IN LE2005 Hello, Now that my sound system works (and I get a hang of kmix sliders and color coded buttons) I find that skype is not fully functional. While I call up my skype contact, I can hear the ringing (and he uses skype for teleconferencing on a xp system) am not able to hear him nor he is able to hear me. I checked my headset by recording my voice and playing it back over the head set (using gstreamer - sound recorder application)...and that works fine. Skype chatting works fine(and am able to confirm the status with my friend over it...) Has this got to do with permissions/ownership? (multiple applications/linux processes claiming ownership over the same sound devices?) Whats the way out to make skype (ver 1.0.2) fully operational

Thanks a lot! I would like to add that I did the following: - went into mandrake control centre and -- installed all sound (kde) related libraries /software packages (including aumix). - checked out kmix and saw that all buttons was lit with light green color. (no red buttons) -- on the output tab, saw to it that all yellow buttons were of the light ones (except video). -- ensured that all the sliders are at their maximum And then when I ran kscd, the music turned on. So is there a structured way to reproduce what went wrong? Dont really know! Perhaps the mandriva team should fix this... thanks once more

Thanks for the reply! So, now I understand that the ' chkconfig' is not really the something that help! I found that the libstdc++ was not installed so I did: This went thru smoothly. Is there anything else that I can do to configure the system? (By the way, at boot time, the messages on the screen shows that the 'alsa' driver has been installed successfully with the string : ' intel8x0' repeating twice.... (is that a possible problem?) Again thanks in advance

Hello I also have a similar problem: I installed LE2005 on a ACER 4052 laptop (Intel centrino 725 chip set 1.6mhz on a intel motherboard with support for intel ac97 sound system). I tried playing cds - the KsCD plays it but I cannot hear it. I tried 'alsaconf' and configured as appropriate (with what ever was prompted and given as default). The 'chkconfig --list sound' gives me the output of something like: 1 2 3 4 5 6 off off on on on off If the above are the PCM channels - how do I turn all of them on? The alsa drivers load perfectly at bootup. KMix is perfectly fine showing all options to be in green (no red color codes). This laptop was earlier loaded with (old versions of) suselinux and red hat linux. And in both the sound system on teh laptop worked perfectly fine! Can anyone help? Thanks a lot in advance cases