From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 17:48:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6260716A41A for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:48:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from doppler.zen.co.uk (doppler.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA1CD13C502 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:48:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [212.23.3.142] (helo=rutherford.zen.co.uk) by doppler.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JNtYT-0001GG-Kj; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:31:57 +0000 Received: from [82.68.31.182] (helo=Demon.vickiandstacey.com) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JNtYG-0000ef-Vm; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:31:45 +0000 Received: from crom.vickiandstacey.com (crom [192.168.1.10]) by Demon.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m19HVmlw042145; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:31:48 GMT (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from crom.vickiandstacey.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by crom.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m19HVMFM020431; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:31:31 GMT (envelope-from stacey@crom.vickiandstacey.com) Received: (from stacey@localhost) by crom.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m19HVCjY020430; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:31:12 GMT (envelope-from stacey) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:31:12 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20080209173112.GI1149@crom.vickiandstacey.com> References: <20080116144801.cbc5640d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <478E6EA3.9010504@uni-paderborn.de> <478E7A2E.7050403@clearchain.com> <20080116165557.92789ba3.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080116165557.92789ba3.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.68.31.182] Cc: Benjamin Close , Arne Schwabe , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpi: "Radio transmitter is turned off" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:48:47 -0000 Hi Bill! On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Benjamin Close : > > > Arne Schwabe wrote: > > > Bill Moran schrieb: > > >> I'm running 7 on an IBM Lenovo T61. > > >> > > >> I'm having some weirdness with the 802.11 card. It's a Intel Pro > > >> 3945ABG, which appears to be supported by the wpi driver. Rebuilding > > >> the kernel with wpi support causes the NIC to be detected and a > > >> wpi0 interface is created, but when I do "ifconfig wpi0 up" I get > > >> a message that the radio transmitter is turned off. > > >> > > >> ? > > >> > > >> I've searched through the BIOS and the card is enabled everywhere I can > > >> find. Perusing both the ifconfig and the wpi man page hasn't clued me > > >> in to what I can do to turn the radio on. My google searches have > > >> turned up nothing but pointers to the wpi driver source code. > > >> > > >> Any advice/pointers will be welcome at this stage. :) > > >> > > >> > > > Only to rule out the obvious. Is the wlan switch on your notebook in > > > the right position? > > > Nice :) So was this your problem? I have the same notebook and have done the same procedure as you - enabling the hardware in the kernel, but the switch on the front of the laptop is set to "On" - always.., However, although ifconfig show the card okay: $ ifconfig wpi0 wpi0: flags=8803 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:1c:bf:5f:57:6f media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 50 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bintval 0 $ I get the following each time I try to ifconfig wpi0 up: Feb 9 17:30:30 ibm-t61p kernel: firmware_get: failed to load firmware image wpifw Feb 9 17:30:30 ibm-t61p kernel: wpi0: could not load firmware image 'wpifw' Feb 9 17:30:30 ibm-t61p kernel: wpi0: A problem occurred loading the firmware to the driver Feb 9 17:30:55 ibm-t61p kernel: firmware_get: failed to load firmware image wpifw Feb 9 17:30:55 ibm-t61p kernel: wpi0: could not load firmware image 'wpifw' Feb 9 17:30:55 ibm-t61p kernel: wpi0: A problem occurred loading the firmware to the driver Thanks. Regards, S Roberts > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"