[SOLVED] Wifi stop working after updating to Debian 8

ubin10 · 09-09-2015, 05:56 AM

Hello,

I have the problem since i upgrade to debian 8 lastweek
My Wifi stop working, nm can not detect my wifi (was working normally on wheezy).
I did try following (im running jessie on my IBM r50E laptop)
disable the pci wifi (BIOS setup)
remove driver
reinstall the driver/firmware ipw2200
reenable the hardware (BIOS)
doesn't change situation.
I also trying to use USB wifi dongle (RTL8188), but same situation, network manager applet doesnt detect any wifi connection

Thanks..

JeremyBoden · 09-09-2015, 08:47 AM

Does wireless work from a Debian 8 "live" DVD/USB?

ubin10 · 09-09-2015, 10:29 AM

Hi Jeremy,
Thanks to pick up my question.
I dont have a live DVD/usb, i'll try to download and prepare it.
what to check if it is working with live DVD ?

JeremyBoden · 09-09-2015, 11:12 AM

It would prove that Debian 8 works (or not) with your wifi and also allow you to download anything you need to re-establish a wifi connection.

ubin10 · 09-14-2015, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden

It would prove that Debian 8 works (or not) with your wifi and also allow you to download anything you need to re-establish a wifi connection.

Hi Jeremy,
I did try to boot using live DVD. Still has wireless problem.
Here is my lspci output :

Code:

suryo@R50e:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)
suryo@R50e:~$

Head_on_a_Stick · 09-14-2015, 11:07 AM

Please post the output of:

Code:

ip a s
dmesg|grep 'firmw\|wl'

HMW · 09-14-2015, 11:40 AM

^ What HoaS said. You are probably missing some non-free firmware. As described here:
https://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200

ubin10 · 09-14-2015, 11:50 AM

No, im quite sure i have the correct firmware since it was working normal until i upgraded to Jessie.
I tried to remove and reinstalled the firmware, doesnt change the situation

Regards

ubin10 · 09-14-2015, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

Please post the output of:

Code:

ip a s
dmesg|grep 'firmw\|wl'

ip a s

Code:

suryo@R50e:~$ ip a s
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0a:e4:c4:9a:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.4/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
    inet6 fe80::20a:e4ff:fec4:9a51/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

dmesg

Code:

suryo@R50e:~$ dmesg|grep 'firmw\|wl'
[   11.873827] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
[   11.873835] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: This firmware may be missing critical bug fixes and/or important features
[   13.342131] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[   72.928048] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware: agent did not handle request for ipw2200-bss.fw
[   72.928179] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
suryo@R50e:~$

ubin10 · 09-14-2015, 12:05 PM

wow, unable to load firmware.
I checked /lib/firmware

Code:

suryo@R50e:/lib/firmware$ ls
hp                ipw2100-1.3-p.fw  ipw2200-sniffer.fw  RTL8192E   rtlwifi
ipw2100-1.3.fw    ipw2200-bss.fw    ipw2x00.LICENSE     RTL8192SU
ipw2100-1.3-i.fw  ipw2200-ibss.fw   LICENSE.ipw2200-fw  rtl_nic
suryo@R50e:/lib/firmware$

ubin10 · 09-14-2015, 12:14 PM

did i make mistake on the upgrade procedure ?
I got the upgrade using apt-get update, apt get install

HMW · 09-14-2015, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubin10

did i make mistake on the upgrade procedure ?
I got the upgrade using apt-get update, apt get install

Just to rule things out; did you do this when you installed the firmware:

Code:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install firmware-ipw2x00 wireless-tools

Code:

# modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200

Head_on_a_Stick · 09-14-2015, 01:01 PM

https://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200#Inst...lished_Systems

EDIT: @HMW -- Snap!

You can check if your upgrade procedure from wheezy to jessie (if this is what you did) was correct by reading the official release notes:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stab...rading.en.html

HMW · 09-14-2015, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

EDIT: @HMW -- Snap!

syn·chro·nic·i·ty

ubin10 · 09-16-2015, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMW

Just to rule things out; did you do this when you installed the firmware:

Code:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install firmware-ipw2x00 wireless-tools

Code:

# modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200

I'm not sure about 'wireless-tools' option. i loaded the firmware from usb stick, it was the first time i installed wheezy (netinst), the debian installer simply asked for the firmware during installation processes.
But i'll try to reinstall it with the command, thanks

Modprobe doesnt work for me

Code:

suryo@R50e:~$ modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200
bash: modprobe: command not found
bash: modprobe: command not found
suryo@R50e:~$ sudo modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200
[sudo] password for suryo: 
bash: modprobe: command not found
suryo@R50e:~$