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Wifi stop working after updating to Debian 8

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..

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

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 ?

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden (Post 5418058)

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:~$

Please post the output of:

Code:

ip a s

dmesg|grep 'firmw\|wl'

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick (Post 5420229)

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:~$

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$

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubin10 (Post 5420258)

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

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

EDIT: @HMW -- Snap! :D

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick (Post 5420284)

EDIT: @HMW -- Snap! :D

;) syn·chro·nic·i·ty

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMW (Post 5420283)

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:~$