New Intel wireless card not working 6250 wimax

[Erik Wahlstrom]

Binary package hint: wireless-tools

Brand new laptop (Lenovo T510) with Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 (http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wmax/6250/index.htm).

Not able to see or connect to any type of wireless network. When wireless hardware switch is toggled, status in NetworkManager says "device not ready".

Extra Info:

DMESG OUTPUT (dmesg | grep -n -C 3 iwl):

892-[ 11.653476] sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
893-[ 11.776706] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.2, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd047b1/0xb40000
894-[ 11.776713] serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0
895:[ 11.812096] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27k
896:[ 11.812104] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
897:[ 11.812211] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
898:[ 11.812242] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
899:[ 11.812312] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6050 Series 2x2 AGN REV=0x84
900-[ 11.833034] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8
901:[ 11.833185] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
902-[ 11.833246] alloc irq_desc for 35 on node -1
903-[ 11.833248] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
904:[ 11.833268] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 35 for MSI/MSI-X
905-[ 12.039602] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
906-[ 12.039604] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
907-[ 12.039606] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
--
910-[ 12.039610] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
911-[ 12.039611] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
912-[ 12.260870] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
913:[ 12.302242] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
914-[ 12.370909] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
915-[ 12.370913] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
916-[ 12.565385] Bridge firewalling registered
--
930-[ 14.944424] psmouse serio2: ID: 10 00 64
931-[ 14.967042] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 34 for MSI/MSI-X
932-[ 14.967321] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
933:[ 14.968944] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6050-3.ucode
934:[ 15.189513] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6050-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
935:[ 15.189519] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6050-2.ucode
936:[ 15.191581] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6050-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
937:[ 15.191585] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6050-1.ucode
938:[ 15.193224] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6050-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
939:[ 15.193227] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2
940:[ 16.303567] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6050-3.ucode
941:[ 16.305652] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6050-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
942:[ 16.305656] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6050-2.ucode
943:[ 16.307448] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6050-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
944:[ 16.307452] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6050-1.ucode
945:[ 16.309414] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi-6050-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
946:[ 16.309417] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2
947-[ 16.630760] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
948-[ 16.630762] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
949-[ 16.632441] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

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IWCONFIG OUTPUT:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

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LSPCI OUTPUT (lspci -v):

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiMAX/WiFi Link 6050 Series (rev 35)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1311
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 35
 Memory at f2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
 Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
 Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
 Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
 Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number ec-47-0b-ff-xx-xx-xx-xx
 Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
 Kernel modules: iwlagn

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 11 18:38:33 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: wireless-tools 29-2ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wireless-tools
Uname: Linux 2.6.33-020633-generic i686

[tassiebear (tassiebear)]

I am having the same problem with my new T410 (same wireless hardware). I am anxious to hear about a fix.

[abthere (alex-ubuntu-groundhog1)]

Same here on x201s with Intel 6250 card.

[Corey Quinn (kb1jwq)]

Mine isn't readily available at the moment, does Ubuntu give you an option to use closed firmware as a popup for this card?

[Erik Wahlstrom (edub)]

@KB1JWQ: No, there is no option (that is readily accessible) to install a binary/closed-source driver/firmware for this hardware.

[Corey Quinn (kb1jwq)]

@EdUb Tried the Intel firmware at http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads, specifically the 6000 series option?

[Erik Wahlstrom (edub)]

I just downloaded the latest Intel firmware from that link, backed up my existing iwlwifi-6000 driver that was already there, rebooted, and had no success.

It looks like the card is requesting: iwlwifi-6050-3.ucode - is this something that exists?

[Erik Wahlstrom (edub)]

This looks promising: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/80539/

So there is active work being done for the 6050 series Intel cards - does anyone know when something like this reaches Karmic, or how to install it manually?

[David Strauss (davidstrauss)]

There is no microcode release for any 6050 series cards yet. The 6050 series includes any card model matching 6x5x, most notably the 6250 offered for the ThinkPad T510. Until the microcode is released, the kernel updates to support the card are useless.

[Erik Wahlstrom (edub)]

Makes sense - so where can we track development/status of such a microcode release? Is this all depending on Intel?

[Michael E. Adams (meadams)]

All,

I read the duplicate bug #532451 and this bug #537814. My comments seem related, but these reports are for older kernels/Ubuntu releases and I saw here that someone reported an issue running an NVIDIA driver that seemed to interact with the wireless issue being reported.

Here is my addition:

I am running Ubuntu 10.10 beta. I have just logged a bug report #655078 which has just been confirmed regarding issues with the NVIDIA driver for my system. I have provided a complete "apport-collect" report under my bug report and have described my system hardware there. I also have issues with the Intel (R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 AGN (thus my report here).

What I have determined in Ubuntu 10.10 beta is that the driver is being loaded, I can communicate with an unencrypted WIFI but I cannot get an encrypted connection working. I see that the firmware has been included in the installation in /lib/firmware (although the execute file permission is set - not good). However, I get an error message during boot-up that says no suitable firmware is found to install.

As I have said, I have provided a complete "apport-collect" report under bug #655078. Maybe someone can see why my system is not loading the firmware module that I believe is correct for my system and maybe it will help others.

Thanks,
Mike