Unknown error 132

iksrazal · April 21, 2010, 9:48am

Hi all,

I have a laptop whose wireless worked fine in 11.1, but I have problems in 11.2 . I run this alias:

alias wan2='rcnetwork stop && ip link set wlan0 up && iwconfig wlan0
essid ZyXEL && dhcpcd wlan0 ’

Which results in:

/root> wan2
Shutting down network interfaces:
eth0 device: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
No configuration found for eth0
Nevertheless the interface will be shut down.
eth0 done
wlan0
No configuration found for wlan0
Nevertheless the interface will be shut down.
wlan0 done
Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . done
RTNETLINK answers: Unknown error 132

hwinfo shows:

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input10/event10
N: input/event10
S: char/13:74
S: input/by-id/usb-Ralink_802.11_bg_WLAN-event-if00
S: input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-event
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input10/event10
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=74
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event10
E: ID_VENDOR=Ralink
E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=Ralink
E: ID_VENDOR_ID=0db0
E: ID_MODEL=802.11_bg_WLAN
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=802.11\x20bg\x20WLAN
E: ID_MODEL_ID=6877
E: ID_REVISION=0001
E: ID_SERIAL=Ralink_802.11_bg_WLAN
E: ID_TYPE=generic
E: ID_BUS=usb
E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:ffffff:
E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00
E: ID_USB_DRIVER=rt73usb
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0
E: DMI_VENDOR=MICRO-STAR INT_L CO.,LTD
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/char/13:74 /dev/input/by-id/usb-Ralink_802.11_bg_WLAN-event-if00 /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:2:1.0-event

dmesg shows:

669.328338] rt73usb 2-2:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
669.417801] input: rt73usb as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input10
669.495160] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

I ran these commands also:

/root> iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
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

[linux-trav(root)]
/root> iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down

Please help.

syampillai · April 21, 2010, 11:38am

Why this?
rcnetwork stop

novsan · April 21, 2010, 12:35pm

Hi!
Looks like rfkill switch have been soft disabled after execution of “rcnetwork stop”.
Please read this page: rfkill - Linux Wireless
You can search for rfkill package here: Software.openSUSE.org

knurpht · April 21, 2010, 1:10pm

I don’t understand why you’re trying to do things this way. Can you please first explain this, it would make us understand what you’re trying to achieve.

iksrazal · April 21, 2010, 7:08pm

About the alias: its not important, its just a way to start my wireless in a clean state from the shell, which works fine on my desktop with 11.2 and previously on 11.1 . Kinternet and Network Manager has never really worked for me.

Without running the alias…

In /var/log/messages I get “ifup: No configuration found for wlan0” .

yast “network settings” doesn’t show any wireless cards. When I try to add → device type wireless, I check “usb” since hwinfo
shows “rt73usb” , I get:

wlanbus (No hwinfo)

Device Name: wlanbus-usb
Started automatically at boot
IP address assigned using DHCP

Therefore I see no option in kinternet to add a connection to wlan0. “iwlist scan” and iwconfig shows the same info as my first post. See my hwinfo output for wlan0 above. Please help.

iksrazal · April 22, 2010, 4:14am

Digging deeper, I see hwinfo showing this section:

64: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_db0_6877_noserial_if0
Unique ID: hSuP.kMYwghKIXz8
Parent ID: pBe4.9T1GDCLyFd9
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0
SysFS BusID: 2-2:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Micro Star International 802.11 bg WLAN”
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x0db0 “Micro Star International”
Device: usb 0x6877 “802.11 bg WLAN”
Revision: “0.01”
Driver: “rt73usb”
Driver Modules: “rt73usb”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Speed: 480 Mbps
HW Address: 00:1d:92:1c:96:a7
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: “usb:v0DB0p6877d0001dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFF”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rt73usb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe rt73usb”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #58 (Hub)

Again, the problem seems to be /var/log/messages showing “ifup: No configuration found for wlan0” , “iwlist scan” showing “wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down” and no luck with yast. I’ve been searching the forums and RTFM, and I’m stuck. Please help.

iksrazal · April 24, 2010, 7:11pm

Still stuck and need help. I pinned down the “unknown error 132” to this:

/root>ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132

I see the firmware getting loaded here:

Apr 21 12:19:49 linux-trav kernel: 1357.642739] rt73usb 2-2:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
Apr 21 12:19:49 linux-trav kernel: 1357.748082] input: rt73usb as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input10
Apr 21 12:19:49 linux-trav kernel: 1357.820313] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

This file exists:

/lib/firmware/rt73.bin

That seems to be the right firmware for my Micro Star wireless card.

There is no file /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless . I tried letting knetworkmanager manage the network - that’s a strange UI. When I mouse over it its shows “unavailable” . I tried scanning and nothing was found.

I’ve been reading and trying everything but getting nowhere. Please help.

lwfinger · April 24, 2010, 8:33pm

On 04/24/2010 12:16 PM, iksrazal wrote:
>
> Still stuck and need help. I pinned down the “unknown error 132” to
> this:
>
> /root>ifconfig wlan0 up
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
>
> I see the firmware getting loaded here:
>
> Apr 21 12:19:49 linux-trav kernel: 1357.642739] rt73usb 2-2:1.0:
> firmware: requesting rt73.bin
> Apr 21 12:19:49 linux-trav kernel: 1357.748082] input: rt73usb as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input10
> Apr 21 12:19:49 linux-trav kernel: 1357.820313] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):
> wlan0: link is not ready
>
> This file exists:
>
> /lib/firmware/rt73.bin
>
> That seems to be the right firmware for my Micro Star wireless card.
>
> There is no file /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless . I tried
> letting knetworkmanager manage the network - that’s a strange UI. When I
> mouse over it its shows “unavailable” . I tried scanning and nothing was
> found.
>
> I’ve been reading and trying everything but getting nowhere. Please
> help.

If you want to use “ifup”, then you will NEED to create the file
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 as it appears that your device is
called wlan0. Note: there is no file called ifcfg-wireless.

To create the file, you can either edit it yourself following the
details described by ‘man ifcfg’ as audmented by
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template, or you can use YaST to fill in
all the necessary variables. Once you get the necessary file, you will
be able to ‘sudo ifup wlan0’ to get your device to come up.