update iwlwifi to latest version

Bug #183928 reported by Serge
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Bug Description

Latest version of iwlwifi is 1.2.23, hardy still has 1.1.0 (gutsy has 1.2.0)

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Rusty Burchfield (gicodewarrior) wrote :

I upgraded to version 1.2.23 in hardy using the directions on this site:
http://jkyamog.blogspot.com/2007/12/linux-install-on-hp-6910p-using-ubuntu.html

The newer drivers have significantly improved connecting to wpa-enterprise networks for me. If any particular testing is required before the newer version can be included, I am willing to test.

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valberg (valberg) wrote :

I have a problem with wpa-enterprise as well, I can't connect to any network that is protected with username and password. I don't know if I followed the guide properly, so how do i check what driver I'm using? Could you maybe help me in some way?

This is my lspci output:

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)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Cardbus bridge (rev 21)
03:01.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)

and this is my iwconfig output for wlan0:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"BEC-WIFI"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:B1:06:6E:13
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
          Link Quality=80/100 Signal level=-40 dBm Noise level=-81 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

I'm running a Dell Latitude D830 if that can help solving the issue.

It is kinda important for me to be able to use wpa-enterprise because the network at my school is wpa-enterprise with a dynamic-wep key (or so I've been told).

Greetings
Vidir Valberg Gudmundsson

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

I believe Hardy lum (linux-ubuntu-modules) has version 1.2.0. Will reassign to the kernel team with request to pull in most recent version. Thanks.

Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24:
assignee: nobody → ubuntu-kernel-team
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

Version 1.2.0 is the Centrino branded and certified version from Intel.

Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24:
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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Gary Greene (greeneg-google) wrote :

The 1.2.0 driver has problems with newer releases of the chipset in combination with WPA2 + radius installations. This is why Fedora 8 already ships 1.2.23 and 9 will likely be shipping 1.2.25, And after looking at the OpenSuSE Factory which will likely be the next SLES/SLED release, they are on 1.2.24. Please reconsider this as it will have negative impact on users that have machines using the Intel wireless chipsets supported with this driver and sites that have strong Enterprise requirements.

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Rusty Burchfield (gicodewarrior) wrote :

valberg,

I am attaching an updated patch for the latest version of the kernel modules package. This is meant to be used instead of the patch on that tutorial.

I have tested this on my ThinkPad x61s and WPA-enterprise works quite nicely with it. :)

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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

LBM is likely where the latest iwlwifi will appear, but probably not for awhile.

Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24:
assignee: nobody → timg-tpi
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → later
status: New → In Progress
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Kevin Wang (kevin-xuepu-wang) wrote :

Hi Gary,

Could you please help to describe more about "The 1.2.0 driver has problems with newer releases of the chipset in combination with WPA2 + radius installations"?

testing environment, steps and result?

Thanks a lot!
Kevin

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Rolla Selbak (rolla-n-selbak) wrote :

Yes Gary, any info would be helpful...

the current issues that show up sometimes using iwlwifi 1.2.0 are:

+ WPA is unstable with cisco AP (bug 1441). We still see it now. This way we prefer to use other APs
+ Linksys AP was unstable when we tested 1.1.20. This issue was fixed after we upgrade AP firmware

no security-related changes have been made since 1.2.0, so it would be weird if you have seen a security issue that automatically was fixed by updating to a later version of iwlwifi...

Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24:
milestone: later → ubuntu-8.04-beta
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Mikael Gerdin (mgerdin) wrote :

The current version of iwl3945 in hardy has serious performance issues for me: bug #17627
In my opinion version 1.2.0 is not release-worthy because of these issues.

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Mikael Gerdin (mgerdin) wrote :

Oh, sorry.. that was the wrong bug number in my last post
I meant to type bug #176271
And it seems like version 1.2.25 still hasn't fixed the performance issues that it addresses.

Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24:
milestone: ubuntu-8.04-beta → ubuntu-8.04
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

Note: not a network-manager bug on its own, adding it as a target anyway to keep it on my radar for this release as it probably impacts network manager user experience.

Changed in network-manager:
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.04
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24:
assignee: ubuntu-kernel-team → ben-collins
status: Won't Fix → Fix Committed
assignee: ubuntu-kernel-team → ben-collins
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.04
status: Won't Fix → Fix Committed
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24:
assignee: timg-tpi → nobody
importance: Medium → Undecided
milestone: ubuntu-8.04 → none
status: In Progress → Invalid
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Serge (serge-de-souza) wrote :

The fix was reverted by commit e898dd2ad9732987c4f04176361c7f157fa92d38

Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24:
assignee: ben-collins → nobody
status: Fix Committed → Confirmed
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

not a network-manager bug and i don't need this on my radar anymore.

Changed in network-manager:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Alan Knowles (alan-akbkhome) wrote :

On a Dell inspiron 1520 - the distributed drivers are completely unusable (will not authenticate at all)

The only working solution I have is
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download
- install those drivers and completely delete the ubuntu/wireless modules.

I personally would call it a blocker...

lspci -v
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1020
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 218
 Memory at f9fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
 Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
 Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endp

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

Alan,

You didn't indicate any information about what security you couldn't authenticate with, hidden AP, ubuntu version, or what driver version you were using (LUM/LBM)

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Alan Knowles (alan-akbkhome) wrote :

Yeah, sorry about that

It's a WEP 64/128 Hex key on an open system.

It' basically killed the wireless system on every hardy kernel upgrade, I was using manual network setting previously so It's pretty reliable when booting, except when the kernel package get's pushed out.

#dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/ubuntu/wireless/iwlwifi
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-15-generic: /lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/ubuntu/wireless/iwlwifi

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

Alan,

You can try the linux-backports-modules package instead. It has the newer iwlwifi.

Closing the dell task, as lbm includes the newer version.

Changed in dell:
status: New → Fix Released
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Pres-Gas (presgas) wrote :

I notice that only the backports seems to have at least an updated iwl driver (1.2.25, I believe). Is there any way this will come out in the default modules package with the release candidate instead of having to add the backports after the fact?

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

I'm marking the "Hardy" task for lbm to "Fix Released" as it contains iwlwifi version 1.2.25.

Pres-Gas - please refer to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-backports-modules-2.6.24/+bug/200509/comments/13

Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Brandon Applegate (vom) wrote :

I installed "lbm" as well and now I see my driver is at 1.2.25. Firmware file got installed, but size/md5sum says its the same. I still have issues similar/same to what others are reporting. This is 4965agn, Hardy, Cisco AP, WPA EAP-TLS. It will connect maybe %5 of the time. Using an atheros pcmcia card till (hopefully) fixes trickle down from intel to ubuntu :(

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Francisco Athens (freelikegnu) wrote :

I tried the compat-wireless-2.6 Alan Knowles mentioned above. It solved my issue authenticating to the TTLS/PAP wireless network at my school. Thanks for the tip. I vote it be updated in Hardy repos.

Changed in somerville:
status: New → Fix Released
no longer affects: dell
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Timothy R. Chavez (timrchavez) wrote :

The bug task for the somerville project has been removed by an automated script. This bug has been cloned on that project and is available here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1305462

no longer affects: somerville
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