Wireless trouble - OpenSuse 12.2 and Hp Notebook

Hello.

Im having touble getting my laptop Wireless to work.

OS: Linux 3.4.11-2.16-desktop i686
System: openSUSE 12.2 (i586)
KDE: 4.8.5 (4.8.5) “release 2”

Id be grateful for any help/suggestions.

I entered the commands as suggested on
https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/391535-my-wireless-doesnt-work-primer-what-i-should-do-next.html

and my output is shown below.

Thanks in Advance

P.S
i) I was surprised to find output in both 2a (usb) -and- 2(b) pci
Does this mean my wireless hardrware is somehow connected by both usb and pci?

ii) I was also surprised at the output of rfkill that it showed 2 entries for wlan (“hp-wifi” , and “phy0”)
Maybe the answer is related to i) ?


2(a)

sudo /usr/bin/lsusb

Bus 001 Device 010: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 062a:0001 Creative Labs Notebook Optical Mouse
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 413c:1003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 413c:2010 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard

2 (b)

sudo /sbin/lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
02:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
02:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
02:06.4 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 GemCore based SmartCard controller
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5753M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21)
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

sudo /sbin/lspci -n

00:00.0 0600: 8086:27a0 (rev 03)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:27a1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 01)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:27d0 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:27d2 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 0604: 8086:27d6 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:27c8 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:27c9 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:27ca (rev 01)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:27cb (rev 01)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:27cc (rev 01)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev e1)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:27b9 (rev 01)
00:1f.1 0101: 8086:27df (rev 01)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:27c5 (rev 01)
01:00.0 0300: 1002:71c5
02:06.0 0607: 104c:8039
02:06.1 0c00: 104c:803a
02:06.2 0180: 104c:803b
02:06.3 0805: 104c:803c
02:06.4 0780: 104c:803d
08:00.0 0200: 14e4:16fd (rev 21)
10:00.0 0280: 8086:4222 (rev 02)

(3)

dmesg | less | grep wlan

4364.048461] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

dmesg | less | grep net

0.001360] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
0.571811] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)

19.203908] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
20.754389] tg3 0000:08:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5750 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
2577.054724] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3

(4)

sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID: off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Encryption key: off
Power Management: off

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

(5)

sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan

wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down

lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list

0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no


P.P.S

> sudo /usr/sbin/hwinfo --wlan --short
network:
wlan0 Hewlett-Packard Company Compaq 6710b or nx9420 Notebook

> sudo /usr/sbin/hwinfo --wlan
23: PCI 1000.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.319]
Unique ID: y9sn.trkNZjh+GB2
Parent ID: qTvu.1R4uBLq0bkE
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:10:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:10:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Hewlett-Packard Company Compaq 6710b or nx9420 Notebook”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x4222 “PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection”
SubVendor: pci 0x103c “Hewlett-Packard Company”
SubDevice: pci 0x135c “Compaq 6710b or nx9420 Notebook”
Revision: 0x02
Driver: “iwl3945”
Driver Modules: “iwl3945”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xf4000000-0xf4000fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 46 (no events)
HW Address: 00:19:d2:73:6f:5b
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124
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 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.2 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.26 5.28 5.3 5.32 5.5 5.52 5.54 5.56 5.58 5.6 5.62
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d00004222sv0000103Csd0000135Cbc02sc80i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: iwl3945 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe iwl3945”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #5 (PCI bridge)

On 12/17/2012 11:56 AM, p8mode wrote:
> # sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list
> 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> 1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> 2: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
> 3: hci0: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no

Your Bluetooth device is USB, the wireless is PCI.

Turn your wireless switch on. That should clear the hard block.

Thanks for the reply.

There’s a switch on the notebook that seems to be for turning WiFi on/off
I had this on already when I performed the above rfkill.
If instead I turn it off first I get the output below

> sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

I cant find anywhere else where I could switch wireless on. There didnt seem for example to be anywhere In BIOS that I could adjust.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in Advance.

On 12/18/2012 09:46 AM, p8mode wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> There’s a switch on the notebook that seems to be for turning WiFi
> on/off
> I had this on already when I performed the above rfkill.
> If instead I turn it off first I get the output below
>
>> sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list
> 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
> 1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
> 2: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
>
> I cant find anywhere else where I could switch wireless on. There didnt
> seem for example to be anywhere In BIOS that I could adjust.
> Any suggestions?

The entry for hp-wifi is for the software that monitors the switch. It seems to
be OK as its hard block toggles with the switch. Only the Intel PRO/Wireless
3945ABG stays hard blocked. Does it stay blocked after you cycle the switch? If
the answer is yes. then do you boot Windows? If so, there are some devices that
cannot be started from Linux if Windows was shut down with the wireless turned
off. From what I remember, those reports also indicated no entry in the BIOS to
change this condition.

You might also try


sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill unblock all

Thanks for the reply.

Yes I did have windows in a dual boot setup.
However I cant boot it any more (it always breaks or comes to a halt sooner or later…this time I decided not to reinstall it :slight_smile:

“rfkill unblock all” didn’t seem to help Im afraid (see below).

I also don’t really understand why I have 2 iwlist entries for “Wireless LAN” (“hp-wifi”, -and- “phy0”),
(and why one is hard blocked and the other not)
Wireless LAN and wifi are essentially synonyms, right?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Best Wishes


> sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill unblock all

> sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down

lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

On 12/19/2012 08:26 AM, p8mode wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Yes I did have windows in a dual boot setup.
> However I cant boot it any more (it always breaks or comes to a halt
> sooner or later…this time I decided not to reinstall it :slight_smile:
>
> “rfkill unblock all” didn’t seem to help Im afraid (see below).
>
> I also don’t really understand why I have 2 iwlist entries for
> “Wireless LAN” (“hp-wifi”, -and- “phy0”),
> (and why one is hard blocked and the other not)
> Wireless LAN and wifi are essentially synonyms, right?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Best Wishes
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
>> sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill unblock all
>
>> sudo /usr/sbin/rfkill list
> 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> 1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> 2: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: yes
> 4: hci0: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
>
>> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
> wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down
>
> lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

As I pointed out before, the hp-wifi device comes from the driver that monitors
the switch. The entry for phy0 comes from the wireless device driver itself.
They are separate pieces of hardware, thus two separate drivers. On my HP
laptop, the wireless switch is a slide switch that connects to the PCIe slot
with no intervening hardware. I have no hp-wifi, and no driver called hp-wmi.

You need to post this info on the mailing list at
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org. Perhaps the Intel developers there can help you.

Thanks for the help and suggestions.
Best Wishes.

Noticed you probably have a very old model dv6000.

On my dv9500 (also about 5 yrs old, 17"), the hardware wireless switch has a light, des yor system have any kind of indicator light? Is it possible you might have a hardware switch problem?

If you click on Network Manager, does it indicate any wireless networks are available or “not connected?”

TSU