Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:34:05 +0000 From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: iwi won't switch on at boot Message-ID: <466EF52D.2080800@jessikat.plus.net>
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I have an acer laptop with an intel 2200 wifi; when I had PCBSD 1.3
installed I could boot from cold and have the wireless start up properly
(it's using wpa with a hidden ssid ap). After I installed freebsd 6.2 I
cannot get the wireless to come up on first boot. I seem to have to
switch the wireless on and then reboot. I think under PCBSD is used to
have to do something like
sysctl dev.iwi.0.radio=1
in one of the startup scripts to make this work. Now however when I
execute that I see a message saying that oid is read only. Is there some
way to get this wifi starting properly again?
--
Robin Becker
various bits of information
$ uname -a
FreeBSD xxx.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30
UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386
$ kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 15 0xc0400000 70794c kernel
2 1 0xc0b08000 1adb8 linux.ko
3 1 0xc0b23000 e1a8 if_iwi.ko
4 2 0xc0b32000 2d60 firmware.ko
5 1 0xc0b35000 2cf4 wlan_acl.ko
6 1 0xc0b38000 59f20 acpi.ko
7 1 0xc4f27000 4000 logo_saver.ko
$ pkg_info | grep iwi
iwi-firmware-2.4_7 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Driver Firmware
iwi-firmware-kmod-3.0_2 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Firmware Kernel Module
$ cat /boot/loader.conf
if_iwi_load="YES"
firmware_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"
wlan_acl_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
messages
====== initial boot
Jun 10 08:53:01 xxx kernel: iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xb010
1000-0xb0101fff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci6
Jun 10 08:53:01 xxx kernel: iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:13:ce:a1:2e:8e
Jun 10 08:53:01 xxx kernel: iwi0: radio turned off
====== after switch pressed
Jun 10 08:55:17 xxx kernel: iwi0: radio turned on
====== after reboot
Jun 10 09:14:44 xxx kernel: iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xb010
1000-0xb0101fff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci6
Jun 10 09:14:44 xxx kernel: iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:13:ce:a1:2e:8e
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