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Wireless pc-card (sitecom WL-140) doesn't work with Lucid: "failed with error -2"

Asked by juergen

With all preceding Ubuntu versions my pc-card worked out-of-the-box. Unfortunately, with lucid it doesn't. With karmic there was always a "wlan0" with iwconfig, but now there isn't.... These are the messages when I enter "tail -f /var/log/messages"

Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.463942] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.463946] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.463950] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.463954] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.552120] p54pci 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.552135] p54pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.552206] p54pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting isl3886pci
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.573892] p54pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting isl3886
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.578993] p54pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
Apr 10 19:34:09 Notebook kernel: [ 68.579005] p54pci: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -2
The lights in my pc-card don't work at all.

These are my laptop data:

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig
[sudo] password for juergen:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:01:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:0f:b0:63:0e:b1
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.5 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:21 ioport:c000(size=256) memory:e0000000-e00000ff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow]
       vendor: Intersil Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10
       resources: memory:e4000000-e4001fff
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu lucid (development branch)"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 03)
01:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
01:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller [1524:1410] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intersil Corporation ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] [1260:3886] (rev 01)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f3:0210 Elan Microelectronics Corp. AM-400 Hama Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux Notebook 2.6.32-19-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 31 17:46:20 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.145531] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.179240] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 0.364639] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.365173] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.365509] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.365825] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.370213] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.376957] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.938481] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 16.339204] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.973449] yenta_cardbus 0000:01:04.0: CardBus bridge found [1025:0071]
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Would be great if you could help me! See you soon.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=600309

Seems there is a native driver but it my not work:

sudo modprobe islsm; sleep 10; sudo iwlist scan; sudo rmmod islsm

if that doesn't work try the other:

sudo modbrobe prism54; sleep 10; sudo iwlist scan; sudo rmmod prism54

let us know which one shows accesspoints (APs)

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juergen (post-jpotthoff) said : 		#2

Hey, thanks for your quick answer. It doesn't work yet. This is what I get as an answer in the terminal:

juergen@Notebook:~$ sudo modprobe islsm; sleep 10; sudo iwlist scan; sudo rmmod islsm
FATAL: Module islsm not found.
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ERROR: Module islsm does not exist in /proc/modules
juergen@Notebook:~$ sudo modprobe prism54; sleep 10; sudo iwlist scan; sudo rmmod prism54
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results

juergen@Notebook:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok the fact that eth1 appeared after loading prism54 is looking good. Try:

sudo modprobe prism54; sudo lshw -C network

Thanks

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juergen (post-jpotthoff) said : 		#4

And here the next result:

juergen@Notebook:~$ sudo modprobe prism54; sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for juergen:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:01:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:0f:b0:63:0e:b1
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=128 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
       resources: irq:21 ioport:c000(size=256) memory:e0000000-e00000ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow]
       vendor: Intersil Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:30:b4:00:00:00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=prism54 driverversion=1.2 latency=64 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=NOT READY!
       resources: irq:16 memory:e4000000-e4001fff
juergen@Notebook:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Ok good so far, is the AP near the system while scanning?

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juergen (post-jpotthoff) said : 		#6

Yes, it is. Sometimes I'm sitting directly "under" it. With Karmic the signal is 100%.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Cool, ok in karmic run:

sudo lshw -C network

Thanks

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juergen (post-jpotthoff) said : 		#8

This is what I get in KARMIC:

juergen@Notebook:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for juergen:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:01:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:0f:b0:63:0e:b1
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=128 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
       resources: irq:21 ioport:c000(size=256) memory:e0000000-e00000ff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow]
       vendor: Intersil Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wmaster0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0c:f6:14:d0:c2
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=p54pci ip=192.168.1.4 latency=64 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:16 memory:e4000000-e4001fff
juergen@Notebook:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

Ok well if you read the output the wireless device is using the p54pci driver, so boot to Lucid and run:

sudo modprobe p54pci

Should be fine

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juergen (post-jpotthoff) said : 		#10

Hey, once again... ;-) I'm sorry to say that, but now it's the same as in the beginning. After I entered there was the same error message like in the beginning (error -2). I also couldn't see the eth1 Interface. After I reentered "sudo modprobe prism54; sleep 10; sudo iwlist scan; sudo rmmod prism54" I got the same results as in the beginning.
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results

Doing the same with p54pci gives the following result:

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

- So it doesn't find eth1...
At the end of the installation process of lucid there were several error messages which I couldn't follow. Might they be linked with this problem? Should I wait for the final release?

Thanks a lot for your help and your quick answers up to now!

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Silvia Pfeiffer (silviapfeiffer1) said : 		#11

Install linux-firmware-nonfree - worked for me and seems to have worked for others, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/509265 .

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Best knight2000 (oggybaby30) said : 		#12

i have the same problem and install linux-firmware-nonfree 1.8. the card starts but the system is very unstable. the connection to the router stopps between 2 minutes and later the system freeze.

under 9.04 the card works fine. since 9.10 the problems beginns.

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juergen (post-jpotthoff) said : 		#13

Thanks a lot! I installed linux-firmware-nonfree and now it's working without any problems! It's strange I didn't need to install it in the previous versions of Ubuntu.

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juergen (post-jpotthoff) said : 		#14

Thanks knight2000, that solved my question.