Just installed 11.3 on an aging IBM Thinkpad X40. But the network (and xdm) does not work. I saw in the logs the cryptic message
nl80211 driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
This machine worked on 10.3, so this is a confusuion.
What should I try next?
==John ff
Post result of:
/sbin/lspci -nnk
jpff wrote:
> What should I try next?
i’d suggest you try methodically working through the three ‘stickies’
at the top of this page:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/wireless/
and, then if you still have no luck post again, but include the info
requested in the “Welcome” sticky…
there are some folks who hang here who can help you–if you can’t
figure it out i’m sure…
oh, one thing most might also ask is: how did you get from 10.3 to
11.3? format install, or upgrade in place…
DVD, CD, what?
hmmmmmm…by “xdm) does not work” are you saying X is not starting?
if so, that is different issue and one which should be covered in
install-boot-login (and is maybe easily cleared…but, i don’t know
how…there are those there who do know)
–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]
On 07/26/2010 12:06 PM, jpff wrote:
>
> Just installed 11.3 on an aging IBM Thinkpad X40. But the network (and
> xdm) does not work. I saw in the logs the cryptic message
>
> nl80211 driver does not support authentication/association or connect
> commands
>
> This machine worked on 10.3, so this is a confusuion.
>
> What should I try next?
Please report your wireless device from the output of “/sbin/lspci -nnk”. I
think this message arises because the driver for your device does not use
mac80211 and nl80211.
Are you using ifup? If so, I just found a bug in ifup-wireless for devices that
do not use nl80211. It is reported (Bug 625403) and a fix posted there, but it
will take some time to propagate a fix.
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O
Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:055c]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor
to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:055d]
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor
to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad R50e [1014:055e]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graph
ics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:0557]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Dev
ice [8086:3582] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:0557]
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Con
troller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052e]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81
)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [808
6:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:2
4ca] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Contr
oller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad [1014:052d]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4
-L/ICH4-M) AC’97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:0558]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC’97 Modem
Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:055a]
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
02:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev 8d)
Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:0555]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
02:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
[1180:0822] (rev 13)
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad X60s / Z60t [1014:0556]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controlle
r [8086:1077]
Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:055b]
Kernel driver in use: e1000
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Net
work Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation IBM ThinkPad R50e [8086:2712]
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
I use traditional systems like ifconfig/ifup. Minimal GUI stuff
On 07/27/2010 03:36 AM, jpff wrote:
>
> lwfinger;2196522 Wrote:
>> On 07/26/2010 12:06 PM, jpff wrote:
>> Are you using ifup? If so, I just found a bug in ifup-wireless for
>> devices that
>> do not use nl80211. It is reported (Bug 625403) and a fix posted there,
>> but it
>> will take some time to propagate a fix.
>
> I use traditional systems like ifconfig/ifup. Minimal GUI stuff
Apparently, your configuration has not been tested and fails. As root, please
make the following change to /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless
Find the line that says “ipw2200|ipw2100|ipw3945|hostap_)" and change to
"ipw3945|hostap_)”. Immediately before that, insert the following block:
ipw2200|ipw2100)
WPA_DRIVER=wext
;;
These changes will cause the ipw2X00 units to use wext rather than nl80211,
which will restore the behavior of 10.3.
Please report back on the success/failure of this change. It was not part of the
fix I sent earlier and will need to be submitted if it helps.
I made that change but it did not seem to give a working system, but the messages are different!
Setting up (remotefs) network interfaces:
eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network
Connection (rev 05)
eth1 starting wpa_supplicant
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument
eth1 IP address: 172.16.4.17/24
eth1
All the problems remain.
Am I hitting some change in authentication in the network code?
I will try again, but there are physical problems with the attempt.
The other problems like the long delay in booting after the message imapd and the non-functioning xdm get in the way
==John ff
Just tried again with a full power cycle and i seem to have wireless back.
Thanks
Now onto th eother problems
==John ff
On 07/28/2010 03:36 AM, jpff wrote:
>
> Just tried again with a full power cycle and i seem to have wireless
> back.
> Thanks
>
> Now onto th eother problems
As it seems that the fix to ifup-wireless helped, I’ll add that change to my fix
and push it as well.
Hi, i am a Suse User since Version 6.4 
my current system is of course, openSuSE 11.3, and the new readeon driver made my old radeon 9200 card working like an charm, really.
at first, thanks for your quick fix in ifup-wireless, it worked for me too!
My Card is:
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Compaq nw8240/nx8220 [103c:12f6]
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
on an HP compaq nx7000. it is not the original wireless card. the 2200BG is a patched one, otherwise the NB Bios would’t accept that card.
well, i have got an other problem with this card.
i get a firmware error:
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
i get this error randomly, and then the connection is lost, and the card keeps restarting. after some minutes it gets a connection again.
this is, what dmeg also says:
10.199241] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kdmprq
10.199245] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
10.287216] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[C0C5] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
10.289755] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
10.289817] ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
10.662642] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZR (14 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
have you got an idea about, where the problem could be ?
On 07/28/2010 10:36 AM, mh1974 wrote:
I’m glad the ifup-wireless fix helped you.
As to the firmware error, I doubt that there have been any recent changes in the
firmware for that device. It is quite old as these things go. The only thing I
can suggest is reloading the kernel-firmware package just in case you got a bad
load. Otherwise, I would suspect a hardware error.
I really detest that whitelist that HP/Compaq puts on their BIOS. Why should it
matter if the user wants to install an arbitrary PCIe device?
You might consider a USB device. I really like the Netgear WG111V2, which is
available from Ebay for $10. Be careful that it is a V2 - V3 uses a different chip.
i have x40 as well, and wireless works just fine. The only issue I have is that network manager in KDE is disabled after I suspend the laptop. Gnome works flawlessly though.
does anybody know how to fix this KDE issue?
hi,
when i disable powermanagement for the card in the yast - network device configuration,
the firmware error seems to be gone.
the option is found in the advanced settings for the card.
well, mostly i run the laptop with AC plugged in, because the battery is already bad…
that’s why power management isn’t that important for me.
On 08/01/2010 08:06 AM, mh1974 wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> when i disable powermanagement for the card in the yast - network
> device configuration,
> the firmware error seems to be gone.
> the option is found in the advanced settings for the card.
> well, mostly i run the laptop with AC plugged in, because the battery
> is already bad…
> that’s why power management isn’t that important for me.
Good find. Perhaps power management has never worked on the IPW2200.
i was wrong, the firmware error still exists 
317.134211] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
On 08/01/2010 04:36 PM, mh1974 wrote:
>
> i was wrong, the firmware error still exists 
>
> 317.134211] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
Put your stuff in good order and post on linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org. That is
where the Intel developers hang out. Perhaps they can help.
yes good idea, i will send it there