Wireless woes Fedora 17 X64

SpectrumSurfer · #1 10th July 2012, 05:11 PM

Greetings!

This is a multipart problem 1st is with an internal microPCI Intel WiFi link 5100 that fails to operate. The 2nd problem is with two usb wireless NIC's. The first is a Cace AirPcap NX and the second is an Ovislink AirLive X.USB both utilize the Atheros AR9001U-2NX chipset with Chip 1 being a AR9170 and Chip 2 being a AR9104, they should both be covered by the carl9170 driver, but fail to show up.

I upgraded from F15 to F17 recently with a clean install from the F17 x64 DVD. Afterwards the intel wireless NIC worked fine, and then for some reason just stopped (I have to use my Linksys ABG cardbus or the physical NIC at the moment). Anyhow below is the output from several commands I am hoping can assist someone with helping me get these WiFi NIC's operational. Thank you in advanced for reading this and possibly assisting me to solve this!

System:
Dell D830
6GB RAM
250 GB HDD
1x Cace AirPcap NX USB
1x Ovislink AirLive X.USB
1x MicroPCI Intel WiFi link 5100

I have more output, but the forum will not let me post it, it says I apparently have have too many URL's in my post or forbidden words. I'll try to post the other commands in subsiquent posts..

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uname -a

Code:

Linux surveyor 3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jul 5 20:20:59 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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lspci | grep Networki

Code:

0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100

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Can't do lsusb command output, seems the forum doesn't like all the manufacture names together.But it does see and correctly identify the two USB wireless NICS.

lsmod

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
sata_via               13836  0 
ppdev                  17635  0 
parport_pc             28035  0 
parport                40375  2 ppdev,parport_pc
arc4                   12529  0 
ath5k                 181998  0 
ath                    23103  1 ath5k
fuse                   77898  3 
lockd                  85189  0 
sunrpc                255029  1 lockd
bnep                   19584  2 
bluetooth             298920  7 bnep
ip6t_REJECT            12939  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      14341  3 
nf_conntrack_ipv4      14744  2 
nf_defrag_ipv6         18095  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
nf_defrag_ipv4         12673  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_state               12578  5 
ip6table_filter        12815  1 
nf_conntrack           83451  3 xt_state,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6
ip6_tables             26942  1 ip6table_filter
tpm_bios               13528  0 
binfmt_misc            17463  1 
iwlwifi               341647  0 
mac80211              531175  2 iwlwifi,ath5k
nvidia              12353318  84 
cfg80211              192150  4 ath,iwlwifi,ath5k,mac80211
snd_hda_codec_idt      70342  1 
tg3                   148498  0 
dell_laptop            18063  0 
snd_hda_intel          33277  4 
snd_hda_codec         121042  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
compat                 13168  3 cfg80211,ath5k,mac80211
snd_hwdep              17650  1 snd_hda_codec
i2c_i801               17779  0 
dell_wmi               12681  0 
i2c_core               38028  2 i2c_i801,nvidia
coretemp               13444  0 
sparse_keymap          13526  1 dell_wmi
iTCO_wdt               17948  0 
iTCO_vendor_support    13419  1 iTCO_wdt
rfkill                 21384  5 cfg80211,bluetooth,dell_laptop
snd_pcm                97321  3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc         18101  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              28690  1 snd_pcm
snd                    79242  13 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore              14491  1 snd
dcdbas                 14828  1 dell_laptop
microcode              23435  0 
uinput                 17673  0 
firewire_ohci          40393  0 
firewire_core          61777  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t              12579  1 firewire_core
yenta_socket           41227  0 
wmi                    18697  1 dell_wmi
video                  18935  0

ifconfig

Code:

ifconfig
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 16436
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 8587  bytes 657908 (642.4 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 8587  bytes 657908 (642.4 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

p3p1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  netmask 255.255.254.0  broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
        inet6 xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:1c:23:8d:d3:ec  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 117888  bytes 19078063 (18.1 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 9278  bytes 1584827 (1.5 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
        device interrupt 17

iwconfig

Code:

p3p1      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

SpectrumSurfer · #2 10th July 2012, 05:17 PM

dmesg (I bolded the areas of interest, and shortened it a bit)

Code:

[   18.802719] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:d
[   18.802723] Copyright(c) 2003-2012 Intel Corporation
[   18.802887] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: pci_resource_len = 0x00002000
[   18.802890] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: pci_resource_base = ffffc900057b8000
[   18.802892] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: HW Revision ID = 0x0
[   18.803169] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[   19.427502] iwlwifi 0000:0c:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692
[   19.427730] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   19.427759] WARNING: at /usr/src/compat-wireless-3.5-rc5-1/net/mac80211/main.c:533 ieee80211_alloc_hw+0x3a/0x500 [mac80211]()
[   19.427762] Hardware name: Latitude D830                   
[   19.427764] Modules linked in: iwlwifi mac80211(O) nvidia(PO) cfg80211(O) snd_hda_codec_idt tg3 dell_laptop snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec compat(O) snd_hwdep i2c_i801 dell_wmi i2c_core coretemp sparse_keymap iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support rfkill snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd soundcore dcdbas microcode uinput firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t yenta_socket wmi video [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
[   19.427799] Pid: 11, comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: P           O 3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64 #1
[   19.427801] Call Trace:
[   19.427811]  [<ffffffff81056ebf>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
[   19.427814]  [<ffffffff81056f1a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
[   19.427825]  [<ffffffffa0e0623a>] ieee80211_alloc_hw+0x3a/0x500 [mac80211]
[   19.427841]  [<ffffffffa0d62a3a>] iwl_alloc_all+0x1a/0x30 [iwlwifi]
[   19.427848]  [<ffffffffa0d591d1>] iwl_op_mode_dvm_start+0x21/0xa40 [iwlwifi]
[   19.427859]  [<ffffffffa0d7a0f8>] iwl_ucode_callback+0xe28/0x1210 [iwlwifi]
[   19.427865]  [<ffffffff813b1ea1>] request_firmware_work_func+0x81/0x110
[   19.427869]  [<ffffffff810732a9>] process_one_work+0x129/0x400
[   19.427873]  [<ffffffff813b1e20>] ? _request_firmware_prepare.isra.6+0x220/0x220
[   19.427876]  [<ffffffff810738d6>] worker_thread+0x126/0x2e0
[   19.427879]  [<ffffffff810737b0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x1f0/0x1f0
[   19.427883]  [<ffffffff810788b3>] kthread+0x93/0xa0
[   19.427889]  [<ffffffff815fdca4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[   19.427892]  [<ffffffff81078820>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x80/0x80
[   19.427896]  [<ffffffff815fdca0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
[   19.427898] ---[ end trace c601ffc100eb2218 ]---
[   19.427900] Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN: Cannot allocate network device
[   20.424356] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   20.628885] SELinux: initialized (dev sda1, type ext4), uses xattr
[   21.930853] EXT4-fs (dm-2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   21.930863] SELinux: initialized (dev dm-2, type ext4), uses xattr
[   23.192705] SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts
[   24.328334] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   24.554920] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)
[   27.300986] tg3 0000:09:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[   27.337619] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): p3p1: link is not ready
[31484.713102] ath5k: ath5k_hw_get_isr: ISR: 0x00041000 IMR: 0x00000000
[33716.712074] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[33716.826567] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=0058
[33716.826576] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[33716.827625] hub 1-3:1.0: USB hub found
[33716.827772] hub 1-3:1.0: 4 ports detected
[33717.091179] usb 1-3.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[33717.165581] usb 1-3.2: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=0058
[33717.165591] usb 1-3.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[33717.168245] hub 1-3.2:1.0: USB hub found
[33717.168395] hub 1-3.2:1.0: 4 ports detected
[34143.267998] ath5k: phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
[38560.415100] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[38560.575812] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1b75, idProduct=9170
[38560.575822] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[38560.575829] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 12345
[38566.637094] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
[38566.805069] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=cace, idProduct=0300
[38566.805079] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[38566.805086] usb 2-1: Product: AirPcap Nx
[38566.805091] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: CACE
[38566.805097] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0080486A254F
[38570.377782] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 5
[38589.130071] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd
[38589.298282] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=cace, idProduct=0300
[38589.298292] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[38589.298299] usb 2-1: Product: AirPcap Nx
[38589.298305] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: CACE
[38589.298310] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 0080486A254F

SpectrumSurfer · #3 11th July 2012, 10:00 PM

Well after plugging away at for a few days now, I got the AirLive and AirPcap card working. Turns out that the carl9170.fw was not residing in /usr/lib/firmware causing the "firmware not found" message, which is odd since the firmware seems to reside in several other locations on a default installation. Still working on the internal Intel NIC. : /

fastrizwaan · #4 23rd September 2012, 01:17 PM

http://linuxwireless.org
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/

get the 3.6 version (any version better than your uname -r); kernel 3.6 has better support.

Fedora 17: is missing wireless drivers which could be installed from the above
D-Link N 150 Desktop Adapter DWA-525 works with stable compact-wireless drivers.

But Fedora 18 (kernel 3.6) has good support for dlink DWA 525 wireless PCI adapter.