[SOLVED] Wireless link not working with 2.6.33-rc3

Didier Spaier · 01-07-2010, 02:59 PM

Hi all,

I have installed kernel 2.6.33-rc3 on my Lenovo ThinkPad T61 laptop running Slackware64-13.

Code:

bash-3.1# lspci -k|grep -A 3 -i wireless
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1011
        Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
        Kernel modules: iwlagn
bash-3.1# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.

bash-3.1# iwlist wlan0 scan|grep -B 5 -A 11 Bosquet
          Cell 12 - Address: 1A:D5:7F:4E:6C:D8
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=-28 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Bosquet"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=00000000817b31fa
                    Extra: Last beacon: 198ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0007426F7371756574
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
bash-3.1#

So far, so good.. But I can't get a connection through "/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start" (I could with 2.6.32.2).

Nothing interesting in dmesg at startup but whenever I run the script I always get a timeout.

Any clue ?

[EDIT] I just noticed this in /var/log/messages:

Code:

Jan  7 22:19:37 darkstar logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
Jan  7 22:19:37 darkstar logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
Jan  7 22:19:37 darkstar logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/dhcpcd -t 60  -L wlan0
Jan  7 22:19:37 darkstar dhcpcd[13507]: wlan0: dhcpcd 3.2.3 starting
Jan  7 22:19:38 darkstar dhcpcd[13507]: wlan0: hardware address = 00:21:5c:90:0b:e3
Jan  7 22:19:38 darkstar kernel: [ 8994.862965] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Jan  7 22:19:38 darkstar dhcpcd[13507]: wlan0: DUID = 00:01:00:01:12:56:e8:04:00:21:5c:90:0b:e3
Jan  7 22:19:38 darkstar dhcpcd[13507]: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
Jan  7 22:20:38 darkstar dhcpcd[13507]: wlan0: exiting

markush · 01-07-2010, 03:20 PM

Hello Didier Spaier,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

So far, so good.. But I can't get a connection through "/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start" (I could with 2.6.32.2).

I use

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_start

but I don't know if this is the same. Is there an errormessage after executing the above command?

Markus

dolphin77 · 01-07-2010, 03:22 PM

Looks like it is not related to the kernel itself.

Read Changelog

http://www.slackware.com/changelog/c...hp?cpu=x86_64:

Quote:

n/wireless-tools-29-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
In rc.wireless, look for /sys/class/net/$dev/wireless rather than at the
contents of /proc/net/wireless to determine if an interface is wireless.
In recent kernels, interfaces that are not active will not appear in
/proc/net/wireless. Thanks to Marin Glibic and Piter Punk.

So be sure that rc.wireles.new was installed correctly and check and recheck the scripts.

PS I have different hardware and I use wicd so I didn't experienced this myself. Just a guess.

Didier Spaier · 01-07-2010, 03:31 PM

Thanks a lot Dolphin77.

I upgraded to wireless-tools-29-x86_64-6.txz from -current though I be running -stable, and that did the trick