Hi, [Sorry replying this late -- I preferred to upgrade NetworkManager but the laptop's network (wired and wireless) was dysfunctional.]
First, I'm glad to say the update to NetworkManager and wpa_supplicant are great! wireless device is detected and I can use WPA-PSK encryption! [For information, the suggestion from Markus to try suggestions on: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=45062#c48 did not work in my case; then, I could only use fixed IP's, not dhcp, to see the router] However, TWO problems remain and I'd be grateful for assistance: ==============[ PROBLEM 1 ]==================== I seem to loose conversion of domain name services to IP address. The prior update of NetworkManager (or whatever) created a wired connection that I cannot edit or delete (called System eth0). NetworkManager connects to System eth0 on boot, and goes back to it at random intervals when I manually change the device. Through System eth0, I can ping to IP addresses but not to host names, and also seems to connect on a random basis, making upgrades and internet access a pain. How can I get rid of system eth0, and still maintain a functioning network? [...@hpsl5 ~]$ ping -c10 209.212.96.1 PING 209.212.96.1 (209.212.96.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 209.212.96.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=324 ms 64 bytes from 209.212.96.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=300 ms 64 bytes from 209.212.96.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=299 ms --- 209.212.96.1 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 299.876/38.548/324.843/11.538 ms [...@hpsl5 ~]$ ping -c10 www.google.com ping: unknown host www.google.com [...@hpsl5 ~]$ ping -c10 www.google.com ping: unknown host www.google.com ==============[ PROBLEM 2 ]==================== The error asking to contact system administrator persists. The warning message from iwconfig below could very possible that this is the reason for the icon being unable to provide statistics. If that is ithe case, how can this be updated? (I have done all the wireless updates available for SL). The message follows: [...@hpsl5 ~]$ /sbin/iwconfig eth1 Warning: Driver for device eth1 recommend version 21 of Wireless Extension, but has been compiled with version 20, therefore some driver features may not be available... eth1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"doit1wlan" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:18:E7:01:64:AF Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Link Quality=86/100 Signal level=-47 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 r Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 [...@hpsl5 ~]$ Just in case it would help, may I indicate that I first noticed the problem after I dabbled in installing the driver for webcams on linux: gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen and its dependency packages: ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen which seem to conflict with ipw3945 with messages (taken from dmesg at the time) like: ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.10-k2-NAPI e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2005 Intel Corporation ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:08.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xd0006000, irq 21, MAC addr 00:16:D4:3A:20:40 ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.2.18 ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <[email protected]> ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext (I had all ipw* packages removed but the problem persisted. This too was the case even when I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen but not the corresponding gspca* and ieee*, which seem to install the ipw3945* packages). Regards, William. --- On Mon, 4/13/09, Troy Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Troy Dawson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: problems with iwl3945 wireless connection properties To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 2:44 PM Hi, The new, updated wpa_support will be going out today, for SL50, 51, and 52. That (as far as I've tested) doesn't have any side effects. I'm still testing the updated udev, which seems to also be needed. Although that error about contacting your system administrator is new, I haven't seen that one. Troy William Shu wrote: > Hi, > Can I also conclude that the iwl3945 is also broke for my "Intel PRO/Wireless > 3945ABG/BG Network Connection"? (I have been closely following the thread > with subject "atheros wifi connect problem" and its leads in the hope that it > can solve mine.) Things have gotten worse as the updated network manager > (NetworkManager-0.7.0-4.el5_3.src.rpm) cannot detect wireless connection, and > I have to activate the device manually! > > I still get the message: > "Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument." > when I manually activate the wireless device (on eth1) > > Also, when I click on the icon for the eth1 (wireless) connection properties, > I still get the error message: > " Please contact your system administrator to resolve the following problem: > > Could not parse interface statistics from ' eth1'. prx_idx = 1; ptx_idx = 9; > brx_idx = 0; btx_idx = 8;" > > Furthermore, wpa_supplicant does not work and produces the same error > messages (essentially) to those presented in the above-cited atheros thread. > > I would greatly appreciate any assistance or leads. Please assistance should > not involve changing the stock SL kernel as other programs will not work. > > I laptop runs SL 5.0 > [...@hpsl5 ~]$ uname -a > Linux hpsl5 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 12:27:46 EST 2009 >i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > > William. > > --- On *Thu, 3/26/09, William Shu /<[email protected]>/* wrote: > > From: William Shu <[email protected]> > Subject: problems with iwl3945 wireless connection properties > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 12:06 PM > > Hi, > Does anyone have some experience in dealing with "statistics errors" > deriving from the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection"? > > Secondly, I do not know from where ipw3945 is coming from (in > dmesg), since I disabled the ipw3945d daemon. Could this be a problem? > > > > I describe the scenario below. > > I have an hp laptop running SL 5.0 > > [...@hpsl5 ~]$ uname -a > Linux hpsl5 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 12:27:46 EST > 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > which has the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection > linked to the eth1 device, that I had setup using the ipw3945d > daemon. (ipw3945d does not permit wpa-psk but in the interim I use > WEP protocol) > > Things started happening when I installed the gspcav1-*.rpm from the > atrpms repository and it installed the package > ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen*, amongst others, for > dependency. I also had to install some iwl*3945* package which > introduced some clashes. > > I lost network connection, until, after trial and error, I installed > the corresponding package, iwlwifi-3945.ucode, from sl-security and > disabled the ipw3945 daemon from network services. (I then regained > wireless connectivity, but do not know yet if there are other problems.) > > However, when I click on the icon for the eth1 (wireless) connection > properties, I get the error message: > " Please contact your system administrator to resolve the following > problem: > > Could not parse interface statistics from ' eth1'. prx_idx = 1; > ptx_idx = 9; brx_idx = 0; btx_idx = 8;" > > Unfortunately, I am my own systems administrator, and do not know > how to go about this. From past mail, I visited the sites > > http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=howto-iwlwifi > >http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/tar.php?p=iwlwifi&a=iwlwifi-1.2.25.tgz&f=INSTALL > but could not still figure things out! The introduce devices such as > wlan0 which are not found un my machine. > > Looking at dmesg, some of the relevant messages seem to be (bits > snipped out): > > [...@hpsl5 ~]$ dmesg | tail -400 | less > <..snip..> > Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9 > usbcore: registered new driver hci_usb > ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' > e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.10-k2-NAPI > e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2005 Intel Corporation > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:08.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 > e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xd0006000, irq 21, MAC addr > 00:16:D4:3A:20:40 > ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.2.18 > ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation > <[email protected]> > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_set_geo > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_geo > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol free_ieee80211 > ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211 > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_tx_frame > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags > ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags > ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol alloc_ieee80211 > ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver, 0.12 > sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman > sdhci: SDHCI controller found at 0000:08:06.3 [104c:803c] (rev 0) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:06.3[D] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 > mmc0: SDHCI at 0xd0007800 irq 21 PIO > iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver > for Linux, 1 > .2.26ks > iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64 > iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG > iwl3945: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels > phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' > intel_rng: FWH not detected > input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input3 > <..snip..> > > william. > > > -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [email protected] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI LMSS Group __________________________________________________
