Sager NP9280 intel N6300 WiFi Ubuntu 9.10 no WiFi

[dieselglock]

Hello,
New to these forums and new to Ubuntu. I posted yesterday in the general forums before I realized there was a specific section for Wifi.

Installed ubuntu 9.10 dual boot with win7 yesterday. Everything working but Wifi. Wifi works fine with Win7. No Wifi in Ubuntu. Very confused. I have info from the wifi trouble ticket post.

There does not seem to be a driver for this card anywhere.


lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port (rev 13)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 13)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 13)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev 13)
00:13.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller (rev 13)
00:14.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers (rev 13)
00:14.1 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers (rev 13)
00:14.2 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers (rev 13)
00:16.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:16.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:16.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:16.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:16.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:16.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:16.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:16.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Chipset QuickData Technology Device (rev 13)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 3
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 4
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 5
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 6
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 060f (rev a2)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series (rev 35)
08:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller
08:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
08:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
08:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$

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lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c404 Logitech, Inc. TrackMan Wheel
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 5986:0440 Acer, Inc
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$

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lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$
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lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
isofs 36424 1
udf 88136 0
crc_itu_t 2336 1 udf
binfmt_misc 10220 1
ppdev 8232 0
snd_hda_codec_si3054 5856 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 277860 1
snd_hda_intel 31880 2
snd_hda_codec 87584 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda _intel
snd_hwdep 9352 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44704 0
arc4 2144 2
snd_mixer_oss 18976 1 snd_pcm_oss
ecb 3296 2
snd_pcm 93160 4 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,s nd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 3460 0
iwlagn 124832 0
snd_seq_oss 33440 0
iwlcore 133248 1 iwlagn
snd_seq_midi 8192 0
iptable_filter 3872 0
snd_rawmidi 27360 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 13088 0
ip_tables 21200 1 iptable_filter
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
mac80211 210104 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd_seq 60608 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
uvcvideo 65260 0
snd_timer 26992 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 8308 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
psmouse 57124 0
sdhci_pci 8928 0
jmb38x_ms 11300 0
sdhci 20484 1 sdhci_pci
snd 77096 17 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda _intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mix er_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd _timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9088 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10928 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
memstick 12528 1 jmb38x_ms
lp 11908 0
nvidia 10316904 38
x_tables 25832 1 ip_tables
videodev 43360 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 16804 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 13344 1 videodev
serio_raw 6596 0
parport 40528 2 ppdev,lp
cfg80211 109144 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
led_class 5256 2 iwlcore,sdhci
usbhid 43968 0
ohci1394 33780 0
ieee1394 100896 1 ohci1394
r8169 38884 0
mii 6368 1 r8169
video 23612 0
output 3680 1 video
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$
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lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for lawrence:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:90:f5:9c:59:9b
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
resources: irq:58 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:f0500000-f0500fff memory:f0200000-f020ffff(prefetchable) memory:f0220000-f023ffff(prefetchable)
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: WiFi Link 6000 Series
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 35
serial: 00:24:d7:0e:5b:a8
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:59 memory:f0400000-f0401fff
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$

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lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ iwlist scan wlan0
iwlist: unknown command `wlan0' (check 'iwlist --help').
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Network is down

lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$

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Sorry if some of this info is unnecessary I am not sure what relative and what is not.


Len

[chili555]

Please post:

rfkill list

Thanks.

There does not seem to be a driver for this card anywhere.

*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: WiFi Link 6000 Series
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 35
serial: 00:24:d7:0e:5b:a8
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn

[dieselglock]

Thanks for taking the time.

lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$

Len

[chili555]

We are wondering why, if not by the wireless switch, your wireless card is disabled. Network Manager, which is installed by default, will use the wired interface in preference to wireless, if it's available but I notice link=no in your lshw. Let's look a little deeper. The kernel keeps boot and other messages in a file called dmesg. Let's read it and look for messages only with iwlagn or wlan0 in them. In a terminal, please do:

dmesg | grep -e iwlagn -e wlan0

Post the result and we hope we will find a clue.

[dieselglock]

lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep -e iwlagn -e wlan0
[ 10.931924] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27k
[ 10.931926] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
[ 10.932950] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 10.932964] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 10.933034] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6000 Series 3x3 AGN REV=0x74
[ 10.985118] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
[ 10.985277] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: irq 59 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 15.667506] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode
[ 15.716559] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 15.716676] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode
[ 15.719334] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 15.719451] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode
[ 15.721554] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 15.721746] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2
[ 17.200960] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode
[ 17.203443] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 17.203446] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode
[ 17.205669] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 17.205672] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode
[ 17.207398] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 17.207401] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$

Here you go

Len

[dieselglock]

Just wanted to make sure you know I am not using the said laptop on any kind wired connection. I have not tried a wired connection yet.

Len

[dieselglock]

Just tried it on ethernet connection and all is well so its just the wireless.

[chili555]

iwlwifi-6000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2

Please do:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic

Among other things, it includes firmware.

[dieselglock]

lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic
[sudo] password for lawrence:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic
Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-doc-2.6.31 linux-source-2.6.31
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic
linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 101 not upgraded.
Need to get 30.5MB of archives.
After this operation, 119MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic 2.6.31-19.56 [28.9MB]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic 2.6.31-19.21 [1,616kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic 2.6.31.19.32 [3,428B]
Fetched 30.5MB in 5min 20s (95.4kB/s)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027.1) karmic/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%209.10%20%5fKarmic%20Koala%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20091027.1)_dists_karmic_mai n_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027.1) karmic/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%209.10%20%5fKarmic%20Koala%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20091027.1)_dists_karmic_res tricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic.
(Reading database ... 117975 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic (from .../linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic_2.6.31-19.56_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic.
Unpacking linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic (from .../linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic_2.6.31-19.21_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic.
Unpacking linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic (from .../linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic_2.6.31.19.32_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic (2.6.31-19.56) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
done
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
* Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel 2.6.31-19-generic
* nvidia (185.18.36)... nvidia (185.18.36): Installing module.
Kernel headers for 2.6.31-19-generic are not installed. Cannot install this module.
Try installing linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic or equivalent.
[fail]
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common

Setting up linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic (2.6.31-19.21) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic

Setting up linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic (2.6.31.19.32) ...
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027.1) karmic/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%209.10%20%5fKarmic%20Koala%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20091027.1)_dists_karmic_mai n_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027.1) karmic/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%209.10%20%5fKarmic%20Koala%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20091027.1)_dists_karmic_res tricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$


Ok so I did the apt get. In the Grub screen I now get the choice of:

2.6.31-19-gen
2.6.31-19 gen rec
2.6.31-14 gen
2.6.31-14 gen rec

I can boot into -14 just fine but when I go to 2.6.31-19 gen the screen flickers and is asking for a login and pass word. This does not happen in -14. I am not sure what the login and password is.

Len

[chili555]

Please try:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic
sudo apt-get update

Now, does it install without these issues?

* nvidia (185.18.36)... nvidia (185.18.36): Installing module.
Kernel headers for 2.6.31-19-generic are not installed. Cannot install this module.
Try installing linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic or equivalent.
[fail]
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common

Can you boot into -19? Does the wireless work?