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queen
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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: [HOWTO] ipw2200 and udev 104 and kernel 2.6.19 |
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This is my first howto. I would like to share my successful configuration of ipw2200 and udev 104 and the newest kernel.
Baisicly I followed the link http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw2200 with few changes. I followed the instructions of kernel 2.6.17.
Here are my steps:
1. select the 802.11 stack (under 'networking') as a built in (select everything) (In my case it was already selected)
Networking-->
--- Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack
[*] Enable full debugging output
--- IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x)
<*> IEEE 802.11i CCMP support
<*> IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption
2. under the wireless lan category select 'Intel PRO/Wireless...' as a module
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
[ ] Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware
[ ] Prevent firmware from being built
--- Userspace firmware loading support
[ ] Driver Core verbose debug messages
Network Device support --->
[*] Network device support
Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) --->
[*] Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions
<M> Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection
[*] Enable promiscuous mode
[ ] Enable radiotap format 802.11 raw packet support
[ ] Enable creation of a RF radiotap promiscuous interface
[ ] Enable QoS support
[*] Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module.
Cryptographic options --->
[*] Cryptographic API
<*> AES cipher algorithms (i586)
<*> ARC4 cipher algorithm
<*> Michael MIC keyed digest algorithm
<*> CRC32c CRC algorithm (this wasn't prompted in the emerge of ipw2200)
3. compile the kernel
4. | Code: | | emerge ipw2200-firmware |
version 3
After the firmware is installed make sure you add "ipw2200" to the autoload modules (this you can do even after reboot too)
5. emerge -av wireless-tools (if you still don't have it).
6. You don't need to emerge ieee80211 (because it already selected in the kernel).
7. don't forget to update your bootloader.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Run and see the wireless card name or
Now you should have the wifi card working
If someone has questions, just ask.  |
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darkelphos
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Thanks! I try install ipw2200 more days. And with your guide at firts Thanks! and congratulations!!!
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queen
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| darkelphos wrote: | | Thanks! I try install ipw2200 more days. And with your guide at firts Thanks! and congratulations!!! |
you are welcome and good luck.
I know it's a pain to configure it. that's why i published it. If you have any problems, let me know. |
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darkelphos
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hi again! I want tell you that I traslate your guide in Spanish for the people that can't read in english. The guide is in mi Gentoo Blog. You can see here: http://www.gentoo-es.org/node/881
Thanks! And I hope that it does not matter to you.
Bye!
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queen
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| darkelphos wrote: | Hi again! I want tell you that I traslate your guide in Spanish for the people that can't read in english. The guide is in mi Gentoo Blog. You can see here: http://www.gentoo-es.org/node/881
Thanks! And I hope that it does not matter to you.
Bye! |
No problem at all. |
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Moved from Networking & Security to Documentation, Tips & Tricks.
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zoe
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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hi,i don't understand the line
" After the firmware is installed make sure you add "ipw2200" to the autoload modules (this you can do even after reboot too) "
you mean to add ipw2200 at the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x(i have 2.4 and 2.6,where to add it?)
and also when you say
"don't forget to update your bootloader. " what exactly you mean?
thanks in advance and sorry about all these questions,your guide is very helpfull |
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LocustPlague
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| zoe wrote: | hi,i don't understand the line
" After the firmware is installed make sure you add "ipw2200" to the autoload modules (this you can do even after reboot too) "
you mean to add ipw2200 at the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x(i have 2.4 and 2.6,where to add it?) |
This should be added to the kernel-2.6 file (assuming you're using a kernel version 2.6.xx)
| Quote: | and also when you say
"don't forget to update your bootloader. " what exactly you mean?
thanks in advance and sorry about all these questions,your guide is very helpfull |
This means that you should add the kernel that you compiled into the bootloader. If you simply recompiled the kernel you are already using, you don't need to take any action. |
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zoe
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the reply
when i tried to add those settings in my kernel and tried to make && make modules_install i get a lot of errors and stops saying something that
make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2
do you have any idea why this is happening?
thanks again |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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Dude Thanks alot! I've tried so many things to make it work, and nothing actually helped me till I've found your post!
Now everything is working and after the reboot the system found my wireless adapter without any problems with first shot!
So keep up the good work and thanks alot for sharing your success.
P.S - It was a little hard for me to understand what to make and what to unmark in the kernel configuration because I didn't knew where those settings located in. I've found it ofcource, but it would be nicer if you guide trough the people who ain't so good with kernel compilation and guide them to get to the right menus and submenus.
Thanks again! |
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_nightw0lf
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| zoe wrote: | thanks for the reply
when i tried to add those settings in my kernel and tried to make && make modules_install i get a lot of errors and stops saying something that
make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2
do you have any idea why this is happening?
thanks again |
I'm not really sure how to solve your problem I just know that I've used this following command and it worked well for me:
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# mount /boot/
# make && make modules modules_install install |
hope it will help you, good luck. |
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LocustPlague
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| zoe wrote: | thanks for the reply
when i tried to add those settings in my kernel and tried to make && make modules_install i get a lot of errors and stops saying something that
make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2
do you have any idea why this is happening?
thanks again |
None of those are the actual error. You will need to post the actual error in order for us to know anything...a few lines above:
make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.o] Error 1
should be some more error lines...also, how are you compiling the kernel? I used genkernel and had no problems... |
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zoe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:56 am Post subject: |
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| ok,you are right.i will try to compile again my kernel and post the error |
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zoe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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there are a lot of messages but i will try to give you an idea
make && make modules_install
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5857: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5858: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5859: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5860: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5861: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5862: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5863: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5864: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: In function 'ipw_send_tgi_tx_key':
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5916: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_3' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5918: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5920: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_2' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5922: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5924: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_1' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5926: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:5928: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: In function 'ipw_set_hw_decrypt_multicast':
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6054: error: 'IEEE80211_52GHZ_BAND' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6056: error: 'IEEE80211_OFDM_RATES_MASK' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6064: error: 'IEEE80211_OFDM_SHIFT_MASK_A' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6069: error: 'IEEE_B' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6070: error: 'IEEE80211_CCK_RATES_MASK' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6089: error: 'IEEE80211_OFDM_RATE_6MB_MASK' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6094: error: 'IEEE80211_OFDM_RATE_9MB_MASK' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6099: error: 'IEEE80211_OFDM_RATE_12MB_MASK' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: In function 'ipw_add_scan_channels':
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6405: error: 'WLAN_AUTH_LEAP' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6406: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6410: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6411: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6411: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6393: warning: unused variable 'sec'
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: At top level:
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6504: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6507: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_1' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6509: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_2' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:6511: error: 'SEC_LEVEL_3' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: At top level:
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10948: error: array type has incomplete element type
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10951: error: field name not in record or union initializer
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10951: error: (near initialization for 'ipw_geos')
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10952: error: field name not in record or union initializer
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10952: error: (near initialization for 'ipw_geos')
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10960: error: field name not in record or union initializer
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10960: error: (near initialization for 'ipw_geos')
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10961: error: field name not in record or union initializer
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10961: error: (near initialization for 'ipw_geos')
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10965: error: field name not in record or union initializer
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10965: error: (near initialization for 'ipw_geos')
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10966: error: field name not in record or union initializer
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10966: error: (near initialization for 'ipw_geos')
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10970: error: 'IEEE80211_CH_PASSIVE_ONLY' undeclared here (not in a function)
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: In function 'ipw_get_max_rate':
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:4082: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: In function 'ipw_sw_reset':
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:8521: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: In function 'ipw_net_get_stats':
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c:10453: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
any ideas ?this is just some part of the error messages,there a lot more |
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LocustPlague
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Honestly, the very first error message is usually the only one we need... |
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zoe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| i thought i should give a circular impression!i can't see the first error message |
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LocustPlague
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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(make && make modules_install) > some_file_name
This will take the output of these commands and shove them into a file called "some_file_name". If you do this, you can view the entire message. Without the first error, I'm afraid we can't really help you. |
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zoe
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i made a file nohoup.out in my root dir and the only things saved in there are the following
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
CHK include/linux/compile.h
CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.o
after that starts printing in the console all the previous error and more |
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When I type iwconfig I get the following | Code: | eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
So I think my wireless card is working. What now? Will NetworkManager pretty much take care of things from here or is that not suggested since it replaces net-misc/dhcpcd?
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LocustPlague
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| zoe wrote: | i made a file nohoup.out in my root dir and the only things saved in there are the following
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
CHK include/linux/compile.h
CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.o
after that starts printing in the console all the previous error and more |
Hrrmmm...I'm not sure why all of the information wasn't put out into the file...I tested it and it worked. You're sure you did the parentheses and everything? |
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LocustPlague
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| G2k wrote: | When I type iwconfig I get the following | Code: | eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
So I think my wireless card is working. What now? Will NetworkManager pretty much take care of things from here or is that not suggested since it replaces net-misc/dhcpcd? |
I was able to get NetworkManager to work by
| Code: | dhcdbd -s
nm-applet
NetworkManager |
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zoe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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yep,i'm quiet sure
(make && make modules_install) > /home/zoe/nohoup.out
and i got all the messages in my console |
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LocustPlague
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| I guess a quick fix would be to set your terminal's scrollback to an obscene number of lines....Open your terminal then Edit -> Profiles. Select your profile and hit Edit. On the scrolling tab, set Scrollback: to something ridiculous...that should allow more lines to remain on the terminal. |
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queen
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Sorry for the late delay. I saw only today the messages.
I used | Code: | | genkernel --menuconfig all |
and I didn't have any errors.
But as I see your card is working, LocustPlague, G2k.
Yet the error you posted, zoe, seems serious, because it complains about .c file (dereferencing pointer). All I know is that I had once something similar with other file and it turned out that my Xorg was totally messed up. In that case I emerged from scratch xorg. All these files are already tested and compiled on other architectures.
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queen
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| zoe, you have 2 options to compile your kernel. either with genkernel which is my preferred option or if you want with make then do make clean before everything. I believe it will solve your problem. |
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