Out of curiosity, did you happen to upgrade to SLC 5.5 from a previous
version of SLC 5? I ask because I had this same exact wireless card and
a similar problem with SIOCSIFFLAGS when I updated my old laptop from
5.1 to 5.3 a couple of years ago (the thread is here:
http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0904&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=9191
). You can get rid of the SIOCSIFFLAGS problem by following the
instructions in that thread, but no matter what I did, the wireless
simply refused to work. The way I finally solved that problem was by
reformatting the machine and installing a "clean" version of SL 5.3.
If you already have a clean install, then my only suggestion is to use
NetworkManager. The Intel 4965 card has never worked form me with
ifconfig -- not with SL 5.1 and not with SL 5.3. There must be some way
to make it happen, but NetworkManager is so much easier (it generally
works out-of-the-box).
-- Aram
On 9/13/2011 12:55 PM, vivek chalotra wrote:
I have scientific linux cern 5.5 installed in my hp compaq 8510w laptop..
I am getting the following error on activating the wlan0 device:
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Contents of /lib/firmware are:
[root@localhost ~]# cd /lib/firmware/
[root@localhost firmware]# ls
iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24
Below are the outputs of lspci command:
[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI
Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965
MEI Controller (rev 0c)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 PT IDER
Controller (rev 0c)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 KT
Controller (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HBM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM
(ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M76 [Radeon
Mobility HD 2600 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV630/M76 audio device
[Radeon HD 2600 Series]
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b9)
02:06.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b9)
02:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
(rev 03)
02:06.3 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro
Host Adapter (rev 20)
02:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller
(rev 10)
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or
AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
Any help appreciated .
Thanks and regards
Vvek Chalotra
GRID Project Associate,
High Energy Physics Group,
Department of Physics & Electronics,
University of Jammu,
Jammu 180006,
INDIA.
