redhat 9 kernel 2.6.9 and ipw2100

scotoma · 01-02-2005, 06:39 PM

hey all,

any ideas why I cant get my 2100 working?

I installed:

ipw2100-0.54
firmware1.2
wireless_tools.27

I can modprobe ipw2100 ok, but thats it. dmesg results in:

eth1: Using hotplug firmware load.
eth1: Firmware 'ipw2100-1.2.fw' not available or load failed.
eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2
eth1: Failed to power on the adapter.
eth1: Failed to start the firmware.
divert: freeing divert_blk for eth1

I tried installing in legacy mode but that did even allow me to modprobe.

Ideas?

Thanks for your help!

pf3016 · 01-04-2005, 02:26 AM

put your firmware under the dir: /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
this should work

scotoma · 01-04-2005, 04:20 AM

I have the firmware in usr/lib/hotplug/firmware and /etc/firmware

still no dice I have all of the needed configs in the install directions set to y. Just not sure whats happening.