[ltp] ipw2100 Firmware and Ubuntu

[Ulrich Kuehn]

Hi Alejandro,

The firmware for IPW2100 comes in a separate download file. It's version
1.3 IIRC. You will find a link on the sourceforge site (just google for
ipw2100).

Hope this helps,
Ulrich

On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 23:30 -0600, Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> Guillermo,
> 
> Well well, Ubuntu and not Debian... :|
> 
> 1. Does the ipw2100-source contain the firmware or do you need to add it 
> into /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware? Make sure the versions match
> 
> dmesg | grep ipw2100
> then compare the installed version with the firmware version you are 
> using... Probably also dmesg will tell you more info...
> 
> 2. Make sure you have hotplug installed...
> 3. Probably hotplug with ipw2100 and that version (Probably Sid, is b0rked?)
> 4. kernel-image-2.6.10?
> 
> - Alejandro
> 
> 
> Guillermo Latorre wrote:
> 
> >Hi!
> >
> >Recently I removed all the data on my Thinkpad T41, and because of the
> >exams period, I have installed an Ubuntu system. I have had no problems
> >installing anything, I recommend this distribution.
> >
> >Yesterday, I was working with Wireless connection with no problem. Today
> >I have changed the repositories on /etc/apt/sources.list and have
> >written the Debian ones. After resolving some problems of dependences
> >and my first dist-upgrade (about 400 MB), at the boot time Ubuntu says
> >that can't load the ipw2100 firmware, or firmware bad, or something
> >similar (it goes really fast), so Wireless doesn't work on my computer.
> >The module is loaded with no problems, a "lsmod" command shows:
> >
> >ipw2100                90596  0
> >firmware_class          9728  1 ipw2100
> >ieee80211              21124  1 ipw2100
> >ieee80211_crypt         5704  1 ieee80211
> >
> >
> >I don't know what can be happened... Could the first dist-upgrade
> >overwrite something? (I have read that Debian and Ubuntu repositories
> >are no totally compatible)
> >
> >Any idea?
> >
> >Thank you very much!!!
> >
> >Guille
> >
> >
> >  
> >
>