Need Help Updating Wireless Driver on Linux Mint

2Wolves · 01-16-2014, 03:52 PM

I'm running Linux Mint 15 on a HP Envy 14 laptop that has an Intel Centrino N-6200 wifi card in it. I fooled around with the driver a while back and screwed it up - now I have wifi for about 10 minutes, if I am lucky, through the internal card. I currently use an external wifi card to use internet.

I downloaded the iwlwifi-6000-ucode-9.221.4.1.tgz package from:
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wl...034398.htm

The file is a .ucode which I have no idea how to install.

ndiswrapper -l shows I am trying to use bcmwl5 which is an invalid driver. iwconfig confirms this by not showing a wlan0. How can I install the .ucode driver on my system?

This would be a huge help, so thanks in advance!

rokytnji · 01-16-2014, 04:53 PM

Quote:

I'm running Linux Mint 15 on a HP Envy 14 laptop that has an Intel Centrino N-6200 wifi card in it. I fooled around with the driver a while back and screwed it up - now I have wifi for about 10 minutes, if I am lucky, through the internal card. I currently use an external wifi card to use internet.

Um. Ok. Open a terminal. Copy and paste my command. Type in your password.

Code:

sudo mintwifi

Copy and paste readout in code tags (# mark in toolbar in advanced reply toolbar)

I'd remove the external wifi card first when running that command though. We only want to see what is going on with that chip.

Also

Code:

inxi -Fxx

terminal readout in codetags will be needed also.
Howdy and Welcome to LQ.

2Wolves · 01-16-2014, 06:08 PM

Alright heres the mintwifi output. All readings taken without the external adapter plugged in. Thanks for the welcome :]

Code:

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)
      ==> PCI ID = 8086:4239 (rev 35)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
bcmwl5 : invalid driver!
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"Nunya"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: CC:35:40:39:AB:XX 
          Bit Rate=144.4 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:1671  Invalid misc:114   Missed beacon:0

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 64:31:50:7a:04:11  
          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)

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:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:29759 (29.7 KB)  TX bytes:29759 (29.7 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 58:94:6b:a1:bc:e8  
          inet addr:10.0.0.9  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::5b94:6bff:fea1:bce8/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5664 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:6317117 (6.3 MB)  TX bytes:859838 (859.8 KB)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists

Annnd the inxi output

Code:

System:    Host: HPEnvy Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.3) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 15 Olivia
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ENVY 14 Notebook PC version: 057D120011243E10001620100 Chassis: type: 10
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1436 version: 59.24 Bios: Hewlett-Packard version: F.26 date: 12/01/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5 CPU M 580 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10639.5 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1199.00 MHz 2: 1199.00 MHz 3: 1199.00 MHz 4: 1199.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5650/5750 / 6550M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.13.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: intel Resolution: 1366x768@59.6hz, 1366x768@59.6hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.8.0-19-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver: iwlwifi ver: in-tree: bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 58:94:6b:a1:bc:b7
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 64:31:50:7a:04:40
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (37.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_840 size: 500.1GB serial: S14LNSAD803113V temp: 0C 
Partition: ID: / size: 451G used: 176G (42%) fs: ext4 ID: /boot size: 228M used: 46M (21%) fs: ext2 
           ID: swap-1 size: 8.38GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 57.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 193 Uptime: 4 min Memory: 625.6/7783.9MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.3 alt: 4.4 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

rokytnji · 01-16-2014, 07:16 PM

Code:

Network:   Card-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver: iwlwifi ver: in-tree: bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 58:94:6b:a1:bc:b7

Ok. See that. iwlwifi module/driver

is already loaded. All you need do is connect to wlan0 in whatever Network Gnome uses. I use Mate in Mint. Not Cinnamon or Gnome or KDE. So the connection steps, passphrase, encrption, is not familiar to me with those Desktop environments.

Quote:

I downloaded the iwlwifi-6000-ucode-9.221.4.1.tgz package from:
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wl...034398.htm

The file is a .ucode which I have no idea how to install.

No need to install that. It is just a connection issue where what ever you are using to connect with , Network manager? Is the issue. Not a driver. When you get connected. You will look like mine

Code:

$ inxi -n
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac:

see where it says up instead of down like yours. wlan0 is your wireless interface showing. Just not connected by you.