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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: hellomoto on June 07, 2010, 06:29:49 PM

Title: wifi firmware
Post by: hellomoto on June 07, 2010, 06:29:49 PM

hello, I am trying to get my wifi drivers to work.

I have a intel 5100 card. I downloaded the firmware from here http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=downloads (http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=downloads)

I extracted iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode and placed it in /lib/firmware
I have  also installed:
            #  wireless_tools.tcz
            # wireless-2.6.29.1-tinycore.tcz
            # wpa-supplicant.tcz

however when i run ifconfig I still only eth0 and lo interfaces.

Can anyone help?

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: curaga on June 08, 2010, 03:39:05 AM

If you added the firmware after the extensions, you'll need to do a rescan yourself:

sudo modprobe iwlagn

If still nothing, check dmesg.

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: Arslan S. on June 08, 2010, 03:49:52 AM

that is already available in firmware-iwlwifi extension, posting just in case you are not aware of it

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: curaga on June 08, 2010, 03:58:32 AM

Looks like 5000-1 is not the extension for 2.x, but is in the one for 3.x.

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: hellomoto on June 08, 2010, 04:04:05 AM

ok so some steps forward.

the firmware seams to be working (i think)

as when i type iwconfig wlan0 shows up.

however when i type ifconfig only eth0 and lo show up
if i type ifconfig -a etho, lo and wlan0 show up

running sudo ifconfig wlan0 up results in:
ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

iwlist scanning produces:

wlan0: interface does not support scanning : Network is down.

any suggestions?

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: hellomoto on June 08, 2010, 04:21:07 AM

more info:

dmesg returns:

usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb

rt73usb 1-2:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware


PS: i know that i was asking about intel 5100 card before. But I am now trying to get my "ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501USB Wireless Adapter" working.

anyway any suggestions as to how I can fix the firmware error, I believe these drivers are just available in the wireless extension

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: curaga on June 08, 2010, 04:45:31 AM

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/rt73usb#device_firmware

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: hellomoto on June 08, 2010, 02:39:56 PM

ok well i got the rt73 driver working in /lib/firmware

however on my laptop with an Intel Corp Wireless WiFi Link 5100 card with the
iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode driver in /lib/firmware i get the following dmesg error:

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iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100002, writing 0x100006)
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode
iwlagn: iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwlagn: Could not read microcode: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled

any suggestions?

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: hellomoto on June 09, 2010, 07:18:19 AM

I guess not,  :'(

Title: Re: wifi firmware
Post by: hellomoto on June 09, 2010, 06:03:31 PM

i have solved this issue,

I copied all of the firmware in /lib/firmware from my ubuntu box to tiny core, then wifi worked first time.

Don't know if there are any negative implications of this but for the time being its, worked really well.