>-----Original Message----- >From: dev-boun...@moblin.org [mailto:dev-boun...@moblin.org] On Behalf >Of Greg KH >Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:30 PM >To: Herriot, Nicholas, VF-Group >Cc: dev@moblin.org >Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] WiFi on msi Wind Notebook has a problem > >On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 03:17:42PM +0100, Herriot, Nicholas, VF-Group >wrote: >> Hi Moblin Guys, >> >> We doing some work on Moblin at the Vodafone Global R&D labs. We found >> an issue running 2.1 on msi-Wind U90 Notebook. >> >> The problem is that from the networks tab none of our test WiFi >networks >> show up. (Fine on an acer aspire one!). If we manually add and put the >> SSID value in and a password the UI shows -Associating- then displays >> the message: "Sorry, the connection failed, You could try again." >> >> Lspci shows it to be a Realtek Semiconductor Co. RTL8187SE Wireless >LAN >> Controller (rev 22). >> >> Iwconfig provides: >> >> 802.11b/g Mode:Managed Frequency=2.422 GHz >> Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate: 11Mb/s >> Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >> Power Management: off >> Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm >> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 >> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 >> >> Linux kernel shows: >> >> 2.6.31.5-10.1.moblin2-netbook > >You need a newer kernel version, and I think, the firmware for the >device in order to get this to work. >
I know we fixed this somewhere as I specifically sent my MSI Wind to one of our kernel team to do so. I believe it went upstream into 2.6.32 or so but I can't be totally sure. Nick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Corporation (UK) Limited Registered No. 1134945 (England) Registered Office: Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1RJ VAT No: 860 2173 47 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List dev@moblin.org To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
