From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 19:08:00 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 E69D316A421 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sroberts@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from doppler.zen.co.uk (doppler.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5DB13C474 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sroberts@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 1JNuo8-0002MC-Ty; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:52:12 +0000 Received: from [82.68.31.182] (helo=Demon.vickiandstacey.com) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JNunw-0005nB-6K; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:52:00 +0000 Received: from localhost.vickiandstacey.com ([192.168.1.4]) by Demon.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m19Iq4Ol042209; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:52:04 GMT (envelope-from sroberts@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from localhost.vickiandstacey.com (localhost.vickiandstacey.com [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m19IppDG022159; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:51:56 GMT (envelope-from sroberts@localhost.vickiandstacey.com) Received: (from sroberts@localhost) by localhost.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m19IppWX022158; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:51:51 GMT (envelope-from sroberts) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:51:50 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts To: Dominic Fandrey Message-ID: <20080209185150.GD1387@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> References: <20080116144801.cbc5640d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <478E6EA3.9010504@uni-paderborn.de> <478E7A2E.7050403@clearchain.com> <20080116165557.92789ba3.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080209173112.GI1149@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <47ADEB78.7010502@bsdforen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47ADEB78.7010502@bsdforen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.68.31.182] Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Benjamin Close , Bill Moran , Arne Schwabe , stacey@vickiandstacey.com 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 19:08:01 -0000 Hello Dominic, Good to hear from you., On Sat, 09 Feb 2008, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hi Bill! > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Bill Moran 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. > >>>>> > >>>> 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 > > Did you set the necessary flags in your loader.conf? I'm talking about: > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 Yep: $ cat /boot/loader.conf legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 $ For reference: $ uname -a FreeBSD . 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Feb 3 15:42:51 GMT 2008 @:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STEEL amd64 $ Thanks for responding, if I need to provide more info, please let me know. Regards, S Roberts > _______________________________________________ > 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"