RE: WiFi For laptop

[Brian Morrison]

Right, so did you do the yum.... command I mentioned, as root? And do you have a later kernel than 3.2.0? uname -a will tell you.

Once you have installed the firmware package, then you should see firmware loaded in your dmesg output, use dmesg | more to page through the messages.

--

Brian

Sent from Samsung MobileChris Capesius  wrote:Thanks Brain,
Found the 2230 driver, but am now stuck on this part? (install the packages that install the actual wireless firmware)..Your right, the driver files can't be read, so I must need some software for the drivers to install/work??..anyone no where to find this package and/or a how to get these drivers to install?....arghhh this Linux experiment is really starting to backfire. 
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Brian Morrison
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:29 AM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: WiFi For laptop

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:52:05 -0700
"Chris Capesius"  wrote:
> Hi FranciscoD,
>
> I included a copy of my LSPCI results (attachment).  I have a Fujitsu 
> Lifebook AH 532.  I don't see any Wireless hardware to find drivers 
> for, though maybe I'm incorrect?  Like I mentioned I had no problems 
> connecting via Wifi on Windows 7 prior to installing Linux 17.  I'm a 
> Linux newbie, so directions how to setup Wifi or driver locations 
> would be great.  When I right click Network settings (top right
> corner) it just shows "Wired" as an available option.
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Ankur 
> Sinha Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:36 PM To:
> [e-mail] Subject: Re: WiFi For laptop
>
> On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 22:23 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
> > On 06/11/2012 07:32 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > > Hello, I am new to Linux and just installed Fedora 17 on my new 
> > > Fujitsu laptop.  Prior to installing Linux, when I was on Windows 
> > > 7, I would just click on the network icon in the lower right 
> > > corner of Windows and put in the SSID and password and I would be 
> > > able to connect to the Internet wirelessly (my apartment complex 
> > > provides free Internet).  I connect the same way, to the Internet, 
> > > with my IPad. How do I do the same in Linux via wiFi? I don't have 
> > > a wireless card as far as I know (tried lspci | grep 
> > > Wireless..showed nothing). It only shows "wired" as an available 
> > > option to connect to The Internet for me via Fedora 17?
> >
> > FWIW, the corresponding card in my ThinkPad is as follows:
> > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link
> > 5300 (So it's not called Wireless in this case.)
> >
> > Compare to my wired device:
> > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit 
> > Network Connection (rev 03)
> >
> > Chris
>
> As Chris already pointed out, please check the entire output of 
> lspci/lsusb to see what wireless hardware you're system is using[1]
>
> Mostly, they work out of the box. If they don't, please take a look at 
> this web page[2]. It has information on getting most cards to work.
>
> [1] http://fedoramobile.org/Members/MrHappy/getting-started
> [2] http://fedoramobile.org/
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Warm regards,
> Ankur: "FranciscoD"
>
> Please only print if necessary.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
> http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/

Looks like you have one of these:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/centrino-wireless-n...

I am not sure if iwlwifi supports this device, but that is the most likely driver that you need....right a look here:

http://intellinuxwireless.org/

reveals that the 2230 is supported provided that you have a kernel of version 3.2.0 or later. You will also need to install the packages that install the actual wireless firmware, which should contain a microcode file named something like this.

iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1

It seems as if there is an iwl2030-firmware package in updates-testing, you will need to run:

yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install iwl2030-firmware

as root, that should then allow your wireless to be detected and to work.

This is a pretty new chipset BTW, hence Fedora is still catching up.

WiFi For laptop

[Steven Grunza]

Chris ,
  There is a program called "script" that was most likely installed in your system by default.  It copies everything sent to your screen to a file.  The file can then be sent to others to help debug your problem(s).  As an example:

grunzasr@stm32dbg% script output_file.txt
Script started, file is output_file.txt

grunzasr@stm32dbg% yum install some_package
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
You need to be root to perform this command.

grunzasr@stm32dbg% exit
Script done, file is output_file.txt

grunzasr@stm32dbg% cat output_file.txt

Script started on Thu 14 Jun 2012 04:47:35 PM EDT
grunzasr@stm32dbg% yum install some_package
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
You need to be root to perform this command.
grunzasr@stm32dbg% exit

Script done on Thu 14 Jun 2012 04:48:00 PM EDT

Just a suggestion…

Steven G.
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf >Of Brian Morrison
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:26 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: RE: WiFi For laptop
>
> Right, so did you do the yum.... command I mentioned, as root? And do you have a later kernel than >3.2.0? uname -a will tell you.
>
> Once you have installed the firmware package, then you should see firmware loaded in your dmesg output, >use dmesg | more to page through the messages.
>
> --
>
> Brian
>
> Sent from Samsung Mobile
>
> Chris Capesius  wrote:
> Thanks Brain,
> Found the 2230 driver, but am now stuck on this part? (install the packages that install the actual >wireless firmware)..Your right, the driver files can't be read, so I must need some software for the >drivers to install/work??..anyone no where to find this package and/or a how to get these drivers to >install?....arghhh this Linux experiment is really starting to backfire. 
> Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf >Of Brian Morrison
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:29 AM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: WiFi For laptop
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:52:05 -0700
> "Chris Capesius"  wrote:
> > Hi FranciscoD,
> >
> > I included a copy of my LSPCI results (attachment).  I have a Fujitsu 
> > Lifebook AH 532.  I don't see any Wireless hardware to find drivers 
> > for, though maybe I'm incorrect?  Like I mentioned I had no problems 
> > connecting via Wifi on Windows 7 prior to installing Linux 17.  I'm a 
> > Linux newbie, so directions how to setup Wifi or driver locations 
> > would be great.  When I right click Network settings (top right
> > corner) it just shows "Wired" as an available option.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Ankur 
> > Sinha Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:36 PM To:
> > [e-mail] Subject: Re: WiFi For laptop
> >
> > On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 22:23 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
> > > On 06/11/2012 07:32 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > > > Hello, I am new to Linux and just installed Fedora 17 on my new 
> > > > Fujitsu laptop.  Prior to installing Linux, when I was on Windows 
> > > > 7, I would just click on the network icon in the lower right 
> > > > corner of Windows and put in the SSID and password and I would be 
> > > > able to connect to the Internet wirelessly (my apartment complex 
> > > > provides free Internet).  I connect the same way, to the Internet, 
> > > > with my IPad. How do I do the same in Linux via wiFi? I don't have 
> > > > a wireless card as far as I know (tried lspci | grep 
> > > > Wireless..showed nothing). It only shows "wired" as an available 
> > > > option to connect to The Internet for me via Fedora 17?
> > >
> > > FWIW, the corresponding card in my ThinkPad is as follows:
> > > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link
> > > 5300 (So it's not called Wireless in this case.)
> > >
> > > Compare to my wired device:
> > > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit 
> > > Network Connection (rev 03)
> > >
> > > Chris
> >
> > As Chris already pointed out, please check the entire output of 
> > lspci/lsusb to see what wireless hardware you're system is using[1]
> >
> > Mostly, they work out of the box. If they don't, please take a look at 
> > this web page[2]. It has information on getting most cards to work.
> >
> > [1] http://fedoramobile.org/Members/MrHappy/getting-started
> > [2] http://fedoramobile.org/
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Warm regards,
> > Ankur: "FranciscoD"
> >
> > Please only print if necessary.
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
> > http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/
>
> Looks like you have one of these:
>
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/centrino-wireless-n...
>
> I am not sure if iwlwifi supports this device, but that is the most likely driver that you >need....right a look here:
>
> http://intellinuxwireless.org/
> >
>
> reveals that the 2230 is supported provided that you have a kernel of version 3.2.0 or later. You will >also need to install the packages that install the actual wireless firmware, which should contain a >microcode file named something like this.
>
> iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1
>
> It seems as if there is an iwl2030-firmware package in updates-testing, you will need to run:
>
> yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install iwl2030-firmware
>
> as root, that should then allow your wireless to be detected and to work.
>
> This is a pretty new chipset BTW, hence Fedora is still catching up.
>
> --
>
> Brian Morrison