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FS#29652 - ipw2200-fw: version 3.15: unable to load firmware, returns -2
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Opened by Stefan Förster (HotblackDesiato) - Sunday, 29 April 2012, 07:44 GMT
Last edited by Tom Gundersen (tomegun) - Monday, 07 May 2012, 22:25 GMT
Opened by Stefan Förster (HotblackDesiato) - Sunday, 29 April 2012, 07:44 GMT
Last edited by Tom Gundersen (tomegun) - Monday, 07 May 2012, 22:25 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
Recently, the firmware of the ipw2200 wifi has been upgraded from version 3.14 to 3.15. On my wife's notebook (IBM ThinkPad X41) this firmware doesn't load, i.e. I get a message that the file ipw2200-bss.fw cannot be load. Error -2 is returned. I have checked that the file ipw2200-bss.fw exists in the firmware folder. I have downgraded back to 3.14. The error message is gone, wifi works as it should be. Steps to reproduce: - upgrade the package ipw2200-fw to version 3.15 on an IBM Thinkpad X41. |
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Could you add a bit more info:
* The exact error message from dmesg
* increase the log level in /etc/udev/udev.conf and paste the relevant syslog messages you get
FS#28097- [udev] ipw2200 fails to load (https://bugs.archlinux.org)/task/28097Here is the exact error message from dmesg:
[ 26.729917] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[ 26.729920] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
[ 26.734208] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 26.734211] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 26.734342] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
[ 47.293445] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
[ 47.293449] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
[ 47.293453] ipw2200: failed to register network device
[ 47.293552] ipw2200: probe of 0000:04:02.0 failed with error -5
grep ipw syslog.log is empty (?)
I have checked the location of the firmware. It is in /usr/lib/firmware. I also ran "locate ipw2200-bss.fw, which gives /lib/firmware. It seems that the location has changed! So this is probably the reason.
Since the other udev bug seems not to be resolved, yet, I cannot update to the current udev version, as otherwise my wife's notebook is broken...
It seems that Bug 28097 and also this bug are gone. The machine now boots without any problems within seconds and I get the following messages in dmesg:
[ 6.764064] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[ 6.771939] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
[ 6.797706] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 6.803123] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 6.815884] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
[ 8.212591] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZA (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Many thanks for your time.