Intel (R) Wireless 5100 Link not found

Lukast · #1 29th September 2008, 05:04 PM

Hi,

I have HP Pavilion dv5-1035 notebook and I got problems with wifi.

I checked that it is:
Intel (R) Wireless 5100 Link in msinfo32 in Windows

Code:

lspci -vvnn

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:4237]
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1211]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: Memory at 9e200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
		Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
	Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
		DevCap:	MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 unlimited
			ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+
		DevCtl:	Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
			RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ FLReset-
			MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
		DevSta:	CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend-
		LnkCap:	Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <128ns, L1 <32us
			ClockPM+ Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
		LnkCtl:	ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
			ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
		LnkSta:	Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
	Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 0a-ec-0f-ff-ff-5d-21-00

Code:

lsusb

Bus 007 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]

I did:

Code:

Package iwl5000-firmware-5.4.A.11-3.noarch already installed and latest version
Package iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-1.noarch already installed and latest version
modprobe iwl4965

Code:

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.
pan0      no wireless extensions.

Code:

uname -a

Linux Pavilion 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 3 03:42:27 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Could you help me with it, please? I really don't know what to do now... :'(

Lukast · #2 3rd October 2008, 12:25 PM

I tested Fedora 10 Beta KDE Live CD and I did

Code:

modprobe iwlagn

than I noticed in /var/log/messages that I have to install firmware iwl5000.
I installed it and than i did again modprobe iwlagn and modprobe rfkill

finally the card showed up in iwconfig as wlan0

I did

Code:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan

No networks were found, although there are some around..

I send two bug reports:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464935 - kernel fc9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465440 - pciutils

Anyone got the same card? What are your experiences?

Lukast · #3 7th October 2008, 01:13 PM

Installing the kernel-2.6.27-0.392.rc8.git7.fc10.i686 in FC9 helped! After reboot I found working wifi.
Thank you developers!

Wangberg · #4 9th October 2008, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lukast

Installing the kernel-2.6.27-0.392.rc8.git7.fc10.i686 in FC9 helped! After reboot I found working wifi.
Thank you developers!

wow...i admire you. using a beta kernel in F9....

i just spent 2 days trying to get it running in CentOS 5.2, to no avail. Now thinking i may have to wait until F10 is released before i can even have a RH distro running on this notebook. I am almost 100% opposed to using other distros...so i may just be stuck with Visa running a VM in the time being :S

Good Luck!!!
-wangberg