[ltp] FC4 X31 ipw2100

[Rei Shinozuka]

thanks a great deal, your questions and answers were enough for me to 
find the ipw fw, driver source, ieee software build and do the install.  
it works now.

-rei

On Mar03 19:36, Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:29:17 -0500, Rei Shinozuka wrote
> > On Mar03 23:38, Laurent Gilson wrote:
> > > 
> > > because the network interface is not yet initialised.
> > > 
> > > My guess: you did not install the firmware and/or the installation didn't  
> > > work. Can you run "dmesg | grep ipw2100" (as root) and post the output ?
> > 
> > ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 1.0.3
> > ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
> > ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
> > ipw2100: eth1: Firmware 'ipw2100-1.3.fw' not available or load 
> > failed. ipw2100: eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2 ipw2100: 
> > eth1: Failed to power on the adapter. ipw2100: eth1: Failed to start 
> > the firmware. ipw2100Error calling register_netdev.
> > ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5
> > 
> > thanks so much,
> > 
> > from the look of these messages, you seem to have gotten me pointed 
> > in the right direction.  it seems to hinge upon "ipw2100-1.3.fw"
> 
> Is the firmware file there?
> under /lib/firmware? /lib/firmware/hotplug?
> 
> Check your hotplug config, you need to load the firmware with the driver.
> 
>  .Alejandro
> 

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey