UCDKid Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hello all, so I am pretty new to Linux in general. I have used it at school(RedHat), and wanted to get more familiar with it. I have looked on the internet for a few days now, and I cannot seem to get my wireless card working. Apparently it has been a pretty big problem because I have found huge quantities of pages on how to fix this problem, however, a lot of the pages are old, and have a lot of dead links. I am trying to run Mandriva 2008 which i just downloaded off of the Mandriva Website. My wireless card is an Intel PRO 2200BG. I tried getting the drivers and the firmware off the Intel website, but I cannot get the ieee80211 part to install. It says Make: command not found. So basically I dont know what else to do. If someone could help me out with this, I would really appreciate it. Thanks. [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Welcome to MUB! 2 things: 1) Make sure you are root when working an installation. For example, while one may be able to "make' as a user, "make install" can only be performed by root. 2) You should install your kernel source. ("urpmi kernel-source" in a shell.) If make is not actually installed, this will install all the stuff needed for compiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 What Mandriva are you using? I'm asking that because my laptop at work (IBM T-42) has the same wireless card and sometimes I run it from the Live CD (Mandriva One). I've never had any problem with the network. So if you didn't install from the live CD, you may want to try and find it in the repositories, it can save you a lot of headache in the installation. The only problem is that I don't know the name of the package you are looking for, maybe someone else would know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 My wireless card is an Intel PRO 2200BG. I tried getting the drivers and the firmware off the Intel website, but I cannot get the ieee80211 part to install. It says Make: command not found. You shouldn't have to install anything (drivers), to make your Intel 2200 card work. did you try to set it up with the: Configure your computer > Network & internet > Set up a new network interface? Please post the output as root of lspci and lsmod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoonma Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 It says Make: command not found. Refrain from compiling stuff on your own whenever it's possible. In most cases you can install and use preconfigured packages using "urpmi" or a graphical frontend. If there's no other means left, compiling on your own can be helpful - do an "urpmi make" as root to install GNU make. In order to gain a minimal compiling environment, you'd also have to "urpmi gcc" or something similar. You'll probably need that for building a 3D hardware accelerated driver component for your machine. But the less you compile, the fewer headache you will cause for yourself. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 You shouldn't have to install anything (drivers), to make your Intel 2200 card work. did you try to set it up with the: Configure your computer > Network & internet > Set up a new network interface? Please post the output as root of lspci and lsmod from lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10) 05:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05) 05:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller 05:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller 05:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) 05:06.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller from lsmod: Module Size Used by bluetooth 46660 0 i915 22816 3 drm 72564 4 i915 iptable_raw 2656 0 xt_comment 2336 0 xt_policy 4480 0 xt_multiport 3744 4 ipt_ULOG 7748 0 ipt_TTL 2688 0 ipt_ttl 2336 0 ipt_TOS 2560 0 ipt_tos 2176 0 ipt_SAME 2880 0 ipt_REJECT 4288 4 ipt_REDIRECT 2720 0 ipt_recent 8312 0 ipt_owner 2464 0 ipt_NETMAP 2656 0 ipt_MASQUERADE 3872 0 ipt_LOG 6656 10 ipt_iprange 2336 0 ipt_ECN 3232 0 ipt_ecn 2656 0 ipt_CLUSTERIP 7460 0 ipt_ah 2400 0 ipt_addrtype 2304 0 nf_nat_tftp 2208 0 nf_nat_snmp_basic 9700 0 nf_nat_sip 4864 0 nf_nat_pptp 3552 0 nf_nat_proto_gre 3012 1 nf_nat_pptp nf_nat_irc 2816 0 nf_nat_h323 6880 0 nf_nat_ftp 3424 0 nf_nat_amanda 2560 0 ts_kmp 2592 5 nf_conntrack_amanda 4544 1 nf_nat_amanda nf_conntrack_tftp 5492 1 nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_sip 8788 1 nf_nat_sip nf_conntrack_proto_sctp 8520 0 nf_conntrack_pptp 6176 1 nf_nat_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre 5152 1 nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_netlink 24416 0 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 3072 0 nf_conntrack_irc 6200 1 nf_nat_irc nf_conntrack_h323 48572 1 nf_nat_h323 nf_conntrack_ftp 8768 1 nf_nat_ftp xt_tcpmss 2656 0 xt_pkttype 2400 4 xt_physdev 3120 0 xt_NFQUEUE 2496 0 xt_NFLOG 2560 0 xt_MARK 2784 0 xt_mark 2400 0 xt_mac 2400 0 xt_limit 2944 0 xt_length 2464 0 xt_helper 2944 0 xt_hashlimit 8748 0 ip6_tables 12836 1 xt_hashlimit xt_dccp 3588 0 xt_conntrack 3072 0 xt_CONNMARK 3200 0 xt_connmark 2688 0 xt_CLASSIFY 2368 0 xt_tcpudp 3680 11 xt_state 2784 6 iptable_nat 7332 0 nf_nat 16364 14 ipt_SAME,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_pp p,nf_nat_proto_gre,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_conntrack_ etlink,iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 14988 8 iptable_nat nf_conntrack 54824 29 ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_CLUSTERIP,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_snmp_basic,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_ppt ,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_conntrack_amanda,nf_conntrac _tftp,nf_conntrack_sip,nf_conntrack_proto_sctp,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_pr to_gre,nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrac _h323,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_helper,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_state,i table_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4 iptable_mangle 2976 1 nfnetlink 5112 4 nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack iptable_filter 3104 1 ip_tables 11716 4 iptable_raw,iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter x_tables 12196 44 xt_comment,xt_policy,xt_multiport,ipt_ULOG,ipt_TTL,ipt_ttl,ipt_TOS,ipt_tos,ipt_S ME,ipt_REJECT,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_recent,ipt_owner,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_LO ,ipt_iprange,ipt_ECN,ipt_ecn,ipt_CLUSTERIP,ipt_ah,ipt_addrtype,xt_tcpmss,xt_pktt pe,xt_physdev,xt_NFQUEUE,xt_NFLOG,xt_MARK,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_length,xt_h lper,xt_hashlimit,ip6_tables,xt_dccp,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_CLA SIFY,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables af_packet 17960 2 snd_seq_dummy 3492 0 ipv6 252772 11 nf_conntrack_h323 snd_seq_oss 29280 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6816 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 45968 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 7244 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 37312 0 snd_mixer_oss 14624 1 snd_pcm_oss video 15112 0 thermal 11304 0 sbs 16520 0 fan 4260 0 container 4032 0 button 6576 0 dock 7600 0 battery 10344 0 ac 4452 0 ide_cd 35488 0 binfmt_misc 9352 1 loop 14212 0 nls_utf8 2496 1 ntfs 254184 1 dm_mirror 20032 0 dm_mod 47776 1 dm_mirror ide_generic 1824 0 [permanent] ide_core 99396 2 ide_cd,ide_generic cpufreq_ondemand 7404 0 cpufreq_conservative 6664 0 cpufreq_powersave 2240 0 freq_table 4544 1 cpufreq_ondemand processor 25764 1 thermal tifm_sd 10216 0 tifm_7xx1 6304 0 tifm_core 8036 2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1 nvram 8200 0 mmc_block 9540 0 pcmcia 33164 0 sdhci 15084 0 ohci1394 32240 0 ipw2200 142920 0 yenta_socket 23660 1 ieee1394 80536 1 ohci1394 rsrc_nonstatic 11776 1 yenta_socket ieee80211 32392 1 ipw2200 mmc_core 22948 3 tifm_sd,mmc_block,sdhci pcmcia_core 32916 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic ieee80211_crypt 5216 1 ieee80211 snd_hda_intel 279548 4 ehci_hcd 30828 0 snd_pcm 68996 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel uhci_hcd 22736 0 usbcore 113928 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd snd_timer 19460 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8456 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_hwdep 7332 1 snd_hda_intel intel_agp 22132 1 agpgart 27592 3 drm,intel_agp sky2 38500 0 snd 43972 15 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_p m,snd_timer,snd_hwdep soundcore 6592 1 snd joydev 8736 0 iTCO_wdt 9568 0 iTCO_vendor_support 3940 1 iTCO_wdt evdev 8480 5 tsdev 7072 0 sr_mod 15044 0 sg 30680 0 ext3 118824 2 jbd 50184 1 ext3 scsi_wait_scan 1984 0 sd_mod 25888 5 ata_piix 12228 4 ahci 19460 0 libata 109424 2 ata_piix,ahci scsi_mod 124908 5 sr_mod,sg,scsi_wait_scan,sd_mod,libata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 when i try to configure the connection it says that it is unable to find network interface for the selected device. using ipw2200 driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Is your wireless connection eth0, eth1, or what? Anyway, please post the output of cat /etc/modprobe.conf and as root iwconfig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I will post these outputs later today. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 sky2 options snd-ac97-codec power_save=1 alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ahci; /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /bin/true install ide-controller /sbin/modprobe ide_generic; /bin/true remove tifm_7xx1 /sbin/modprobe -r mmc_block; /sbin/modprobe -r tifm_sd; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove tifm_7xx1 install tifm_7xx1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install tifm_7xx1 && { /sbin/modprobe mmc_block; /sbin/modprobe tifm_sd; /bin/true; } remove sdhci /sbin/modprobe -r mmc_block; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove sdhci install sdhci /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sdhci && { /sbin/modprobe mmc_block; /bin/true; } alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /bin/true alias eth1 ipw2200 iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth1 unassociated ESSID:"HOOT" Nickname:"localhost" 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:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:E21F-A935-49 Security mode:open Power Management:off 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 sit0 no wireless extensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Update. For a while, I was able to get it to configure, but it would not find any wireless networks. So, still unable to connect wirelessly. However, it is giving me the same error as before now. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Have you installed the firmware from the repos? If not, as root do urpmi ipw2200-firmware then try it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Have you installed the firmware from the repos? If not, as root dourpmi ipw2200-firmware then try it again. yes, this firmware updated when i went through the Easy Urpmi routine in the Perfect Desktop tutorial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Does anyone else have any suggestions on getting my wireless card to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCDKid Posted October 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 so after two weeks, i am just about ready to give up. i have spent countless hours on the web to no avail. I cant get my wireless to any extent. im pretty much stumped. it finds the card, but no network. sometimes it says it is unable to find interface using ipw2200 driver, it gives error in the startup. and as ironic as it may seem. in the PerfectDesktop tutorial on howtoforge.org, the same exact card is being used. i have no idea why mine will not work. again.. Toshiba Satellite a105-s2716 with intel pro 2200bg wireless card. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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