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Old 09-24-2012, 09:32 AM   #1
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PowerPack 2010.2 and wireless


It does not detect the eth1 (Wi-Fi) card, and no option to use linux driver, only ndiswrapper which I don't like and don't know where it is located?

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ifconfig:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr my mac address
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:29 Base address:0xe000

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:398 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:398 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:48804 (47.6 KiB) TX bytes:48804 (47.6 KiB)


iwconfig:

lo no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.
 
Old 09-24-2012, 10:18 AM   #2
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So far, I can see your wirless card does not show up. Run the command '/sbin/lspci' and post the results.

From that, we'll see if the system is seeing your card. Right now, I can tell there appears to be no driver loaded ( or the wrong driver ).

lspci will will show what hardware you have. From there we'll determine what driver you need. Then we'll see if Mandy supplies it. If it is not on your system, you can look in the repos. Failing that, we'll look for the source, and you compile it. Then you use the modprobe command to load it.
 
Old 09-24-2012, 10:20 AM   #3
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here is is :
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0154 (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 0166 (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e31 (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e3a (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e2d (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 1e20 (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e10 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e12 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e14 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e16 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e26 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1e57 (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 1e03 (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 1e22 (rev 04)
02:00.0 Class ff00: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5229 (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 0888 (rev c4)
0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co.,
Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07)
 
Old 09-24-2012, 10:35 AM   #4
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Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 0888 (rev c4)
This is your wireless card.

It appears it should use the iwlwifi driver. The firmware needed is in the package "iwl2030-firmware".

I don't know if your version of Mandriva has packages for this card, and its firmware or not. Can you look in MCC, both for Installed and Not installed packages, and see if they are there, if listed and not there, install them.

If you can not find them, upgrading to a later version may be the fastest way of solving your problems.
 
Old 09-24-2012, 10:40 AM   #5
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I initially installed 2011 powerpack but didn't like the KDE theme and it has no Gnome this is why I downgraded to 2010.2,
I also remember that under 2011 PowerPack it did not recognize the wifi ..?!

Thanks
 
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I would suggest if you want Gnome, pick an up to date distro that has it. Mint for example.

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I also remember that under 2011 PowerPack it did not recognize the wifi ..?!
Did you run the commands I gave you on 2011 when you had it installed? The fact that it didn't seem to work doesn't mean the driver was not loaded.
 
Old 09-24-2012, 11:01 AM   #7
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It has the following packages iwlwifi-number-ucode .
I installed all of them and here is the out put of ifconfig -a , iwconfig is the same :

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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr my mac address
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:29 Base address:0x2000

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:470 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:470 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:54180 (52.9 KiB) TX bytes:54180 (52.9 KiB)

pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr my mac address
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
 
Old 09-24-2012, 11:18 AM   #8
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I like Mandriva, is PowerPack 2011 is the newest version of Mandriva ??
 
Old 09-24-2012, 12:11 PM   #9
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Installing the packages does not load the module. You will, as root, have to run 'modprobe iwlwifi' in a konsole. If you get any messages back, post them. If you don't get messages back, the module loaded. Then you can try 'ifconfig wlan0 up'; that is assuming your system names the wireless card wlan0. If that is not the correct name, run 'ifconfig' and it will list all configure adapters. Find the correct name, and try 'ifconfig correctname up'. You will still have to configure wireless things like essid, encryption keys etc.

Mandriva 2011 appears to be the latest release. You might want to take a look at Magia. It is a fork from Mandriva, and has had stable 2 releases since 2011 came out. Its developers once worked for Mandrake, and Mandriva. It looks and feels like Mandriva. It has MCC with all the nice tools Mandriva has.
 
Old 09-25-2012, 07:07 PM   #10
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Please continue to the OP's new Powerpack 2011 thread.
 
  


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