Redhat Linux Enterprise 6 On T520

Question

Hi
I have installed Redhat Enterprise 6 on my Lenovo T520  everything works fine except wireless i have copied
iw​lwifi-6000g2a-ucode-17.168.5.3 into the /lib/firmware and rebooted ... nothing wireless is not working.
Please any advise.
thanks

Answer 1

Hi
Thank for the reply, i am very sorry i was busy during the holidays.
here is the output of what you requested :
#lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point HECI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point KT Controller (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cougar Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1057 (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation 6000 Series Gen2 (rev 34)
0d:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823 (rev 05)
0d:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Device e832 (rev 04)
#lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
vfat                   10646  1
fat                    55086  1 vfat
usb_storage            49386  1
fuse                   66138  2
ebtable_nat             1975  0
ebtables               18101  1 ebtable_nat
xt_CHECKSUM             1269  1
iptable_mangle          3283  1
ipt_MASQUERADE          2400  3
iptable_nat             6124  1
nf_nat                 22788  2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
bridge                 74113  0
stp                     2107  1 bridge
llc                     5608  2 bridge,stp
autofs4                27683  3
sunrpc                241630  1
cpufreq_ondemand       10382  4
acpi_cpufreq            8593  1
freq_table              4847  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
xt_physdev              1707  1
ipt_REJECT              2349  4
nf_conntrack_ipv4       9440  6 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4          1449  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_filter          2759  1
ip_tables              17733  3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT             4562  2
nf_conntrack_ipv6      19655  2
xt_state                1458  5
nf_conntrack           79643  6 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv​4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter         2855  1
ip6_tables             19392  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  321209  46 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
dm_mirror              14003  0
dm_region_hash         12200  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 10088  2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
kvm_intel              45674  0
kvm                   291811  1 kvm_intel
uinput                  8182  0
wmi                     6221  0
sg                     30186  0
uvcvideo               61644  0
videodev               38980  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     7145  1 videodev
i2c_i801               11190  0
iTCO_wdt               11708  0
iTCO_vendor_support     3022  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hda_intel          25194  2
snd_hda_codec          82097  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6746  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                56557  0
snd_seq_device          6626  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm                84700  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              23087  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    70021  11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_​seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               8052  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8628  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
e1000e                140051  0
ext4                  353979  3
mbcache                 7918  1 ext4
jbd2                   89033  1 ext4
sr_mod                 16162  0
cdrom                  39769  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 37221  5
crc_t10dif              1507  1 sd_mod
ahci                   39105  2
firewire_ohci          24867  0
firewire_core          50853  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               1683  1 firewire_core
nouveau               537914  0
ttm                    46942  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         32113  1 nouveau
drm                   200778  3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            5664  1 nouveau
video                  20966  1 nouveau
output                  2471  1 video
i2c_core               31274  6 videodev,i2c_i801,nou
# rpm -qa wireless-tools
wireless-tools-29-5.1.1.el6.x86_64
# /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-wireless
#!/bin/bash
# Network Interface Configuration System
# Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Red Hat, Inc. all rights reserved.
# Based on PCMCIA wireless script by (David Hinds/Jean Tourrilhes)
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
# Configure wireless network device options.  See iwconfig(8) for more info.
# Valid variables:
#    MODE: Ad-Hoc, Managed, etc.
#    ESSID: Name of the wireless network
#    NWID: Name of this machine on the network.  Hostname is default
#    FREQ: Frequency to operate on.  See CHANNEL
#    CHANNEL: Numbered frequency to operate on.  See FREQ
#    SENS: Sensitivity threshold for packet rejection.
#    RATE: Transfer rate.  Usually one of Auto, 11, 5, 2, or 1.
#    KEY: Encryption key for WEP.
#    RTS: Explicit RTS handshake.  Usually not specified (auto)
#    FRAG: Fragmentation threshold to split packets.  Usually not specified.
#    SPYIPS: List of IP addresses to "spy" on for link performance stats.
#    IWCONFIG: Extra parameters to pass directly to IWCONFIG
#    SECURITYMODE: Security mode, e.g: 'open' or 'restricted'
#    IWPRIV: Extra parameters to pass directly to IWPRIV
# Only meant to be called from ifup.
# Mode need to be first : some settings apply only in a specific mode !
if [ -n "$MODE" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE mode $MODE
fi
# Set link up (some cards require this.)
/sbin/ip link set dev ${DEVICE} up
# This is a bit hackish, but should do the job right...
if [ -n "$ESSID" -o -n "$MODE" ] ; then
    NICKNAME=$(/bin/hostname)
    iwconfig $DEVICE nick "$NICKNAME" >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Regular stuff...
if [ -n "$NWID" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE nwid $NWID
fi
if [ -n "$FREQ" -a "$MODE" != "Managed" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE freq $FREQ
elif [ -n "$CHANNEL" -a "$MODE" != "Managed" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE channel $CHANNEL
fi
if [ -n "$SENS" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE sens $SENS
fi
if [ -n "$RATE" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE rate "$RATE"
fi
if [ -n "$KEY" -o -n "$KEY1" -o -n "$KEY2" -o -n "$KEY3" -o -n "$KEY4" ] ; then
    [ -n "$KEY1" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[1]" $KEY1
    [ -n "$KEY2" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[2]" $KEY2
    [ -n "$KEY3" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[3]" $KEY3
    [ -n "$KEY4" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[4]" $KEY4
    [ -n "$DEFAULTKEY" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[${DEFAULTKEY}]"
    [ -n "$KEY" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key $KEY
else
    iwconfig $DEVICE key off
fi
if [ -n "$SECURITYMODE" ]; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE enc $SECURITYMODE
fi
if [ -n "$RTS" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE rts $RTS
fi
if [ -n "$FRAG" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE frag $FRAG
fi
# More specific parameters passed directly to IWCONFIG
if [ -n "$IWCONFIG" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE $IWCONFIG
fi
if [ -n "$SPYIPS" ] ; then
    for IP in $SPYIPS; do
      iwspy $DEVICE + $IP
    done
fi
if [ -n "$IWPRIV" ] ; then
    iwpriv $DEVICE $IWPRIV
fi
# ESSID need to be last : most device re-perform the scanning/discovery
# when this is set, and things like encryption keys are better be
# defined if we want to discover the right set of APs/nodes.
if [ -n "$ESSID" ] ; then
    iwconfig $DEVICE essid "$ESSID"
else
    # use any essid
    iwconfig $DEVICE essid any >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
If you do have a switch/button to enable the WLAN, what is dumped to /var/log/messages when you press the button?
No changes in the /var/messages..
I have the machine is dual booting for windows 7 and redhat linux 6 64bit.