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Camel
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 Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:11 am Post subject: Toshiba Tecra A2 Wireless |
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hello gentoo community
my first gentoo installation went quite flawlessly, but there is one thing im struggling on:
im using a toshiba tecra a2 and i just cant get the wireless card working. the ipw2200 and all its friends load without problems.
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Module Size Used by
ipw2200 123948 0
ieee80211 33444 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt_wep 4548 0
ieee80211_crypt 5064 2 ieee80211,ieee80211_crypt_wep
crc32c 1984 0
libcrc32c 2752 1 crc32c
arc4 1984 0
firmware_class 8064 1 ipw2200
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but when i check with dmesg i see this:
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ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
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iwconfig gives me this:
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eth1 unassociated ESSID:"gentoobook"
Mode:Managed Channel=255 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=off
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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i read at a few places that i need to turn its power on. there is the program fnfx for toshiba to use the function buttons. but 1. it doesnt support the wireless button and 2. when i check with cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000\:01\:05.0/rf_kill it gives me back a 2 which means that its hardware controlled.
any help/advice would be greatly appreciated! thx in advance
EDIT:
maybe this is helpfull, but i couldnt find a solution with it:
http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/README.ipw2100
EDIT2:
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root@gentoobook ipw2200-0.19 # iwconfig eth1 power on
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted.
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dmesg:
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ipw2200: U ipw_wx_get_power GET Power Management Mode -> 06
ipw2200: U ipw_send_cmd Sending POWER_MODE command (#17), 4 bytes
00000000 03 00 00 00 ....
ipw2200: No space for Tx
ipw2200: failed to send POWER_MODE command
ipw2200: U ipw_wx_set_power failed setting power mode.
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Camel
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| found the hw-switch on my notebook (after 10 hours) |
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hacmac
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| hmmm have the same problem what hw-switch do you mean and where is it???? |
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SteveK
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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On the left hand side just below the PCCard slot there is a switch that allows you to switch the wireless on and off in hardware. Chech this is on - you will see an orange led if it's on.
Regards,
Stephen
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hacmac
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| hmmm i have tried but ther is no orange light and the same output again ind dmsg iwconfig and ifconfig -a. |
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ccl3no2
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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A great thx for your post 
i had spent few times to look for the hw switch on the keyboard of a toshiba satellite pro 30xx.
But it's on the bottom side.
Thanks again to have been more mulish than me. |
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