[plug] Ubuntu 11.10 and wireless

[Shanon Loughton]

Thanks all

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

worked once for me. I did it, it downloaded a 20MB package and installed,
then I restarted and the wifi came up the that time.  However after
shutting down then powering on again Im back to old issue.  I repeated the
above without internet and it appeared to reinstall linux-firmware but this
time it does nothing on a restart.

/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode  exists ok.

Anything else I can try?


On 21 February 2012 02:25, Jason Nicholls <jason at mindsocket.com.au> wrote:

> Hello Shanon,
>
> You need to "sudo apt-get install linux-firmware"
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Shanon Loughton <autobot at iinet.net.au>wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Ive tried googling this but not sure what exactly to do. I installed
>> 11.10 and wifi worked the first few days then not long after it suddenly
>> took a long time to boot, as if its waiting for something, and then when it
>> finally gets to login there is no wlan device.  Anyone else had an issue
>> with intel wireless?
>>
>> dmesg | grep iwl
>> [    2.082140] iwl4965: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi 4965 driver for Linux,
>> in-tree:
>> [    2.082143] iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
>> [    2.082230] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) ->
>> IRQ 17
>> [    2.082260] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>> [    2.082318] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link
>> 4965AGN, REV=0x4
>> [    2.125179] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x36, CALIB=0x5
>> [    2.125222] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13
>> 802.11a channels
>> [    2.125354] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
>> [   62.944121] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: request for firmware file
>> 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' failed.
>> [   62.944128] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
>> [   62.944373] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
>>
>> Its a Dell XPS M1530 Laptop, and the wifi hard switch is 'on' :P
>>
>> thx
>> Shanon
>>
>>
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