Intel Wireless 2100, 2200bg, 2915bg, 3945abg, 4965agn

[spacesee]

Nordix, I still have it at loading......

IOPCCard info: iwl3945: Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.23d

IOPCCard info: iwl3945: Copyright© 2003-2007 Intel Corporation

ieee80211_alloc_hw @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi3945_new-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:9306

sta_info_init @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi3945_new-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:5807

ieee80211_if_sdata_init @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi3945_new-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:2465

ieee80211_alloc_hw [OK]

error iwl3945: Unable to initialize PCI module

[Memorial]

Half the time this boots fine. Gives me KP when I try to use NetworkSelector.

 

EDIT: Found the boot log in Console. Here are two of them attached. The earlier one looked like it froze, the latter booted fine.

System_Boot_Log_200805191544.txt

System_Boot_Log_200805191542.txt

[leftlane7]

Im unable to get the ethernet profile loaded as well, I have the same options as spacesee screenshot.

 

 

Dell XPS M1710

Centrino Duo 1.8ghz

4GB Ram

Intel 3495BG

Broadcom 57XX

Kalyway 10.5.2

[nordix]

spacesee - post here your full system log (system.txt) after 2 or 3 reboots

 

Memorial - post your KP shots. And try several reboots, there are uCode errors in your log.

 

leftlane7 - chmod & chown the kext, then make kextload -t (see my explanation above)

 

 

ALL - post full logs, please, don't cut them. If you see uCode errors or timeouts - try to reboot one more time.

 

 

How to make correct full system logs (this is how I make my logs, another method is in the guide):

 

1. Open terminal and do this:

 

sudo -s
your root password
cat /var/log/system.log > system.txt
exit

 

2. Close terminal and open your /Users/<Username> folder, and you'll see a system.txt file there.

 

3. Open system.txt and find a place from where your kext loaded first time after installation or after first reboot (if you made series of consecutive reboots). Remove all preceding strings. Then look for timeouts, and if you see none - save the file. If there is a timeout - you should remove entire log of that concrete reboot.

 

4. Ultimately, if your system.txt is little enough (less than 500 KB) - post it directly to this thread. If it's larger than 500 KB - compess it in zip file and post it here.

[spacesee]

system.txt

[nordix]

spacesee - have you added a new eth profile in netw prefs?

 

Я тебе в личку вопросы скинул, ты получил?

[Behemoth Kat]

Enclosed plz find my log, looks like three parts inside. Three parts = three attempts.

The first part - first time boot after i've installed iwi3945.

The second one - first reboot.

The third ones - the second reboot.

All three part looks so different.

No KP, no timeouts at all, but all times when i tried to press 'apply' in network setting the system results with freeze.

PS: beginning the first boot with iwi3945 eth1 interface already presents in "network settings", so nothing was added by me. 

systemlog.txt

[nordix]

Behemoth Kat - if your system freezes - try to reboot with -x flag (safe mode), then load the kext manually (kextload -t, you can read how to do this a few posts above), then try to add eth profile one more time. Possibly, this release is not a good one for creating network profiles, as it causes KP or freezes on loading

[Behemoth Kat]

Behemoth Kat - if your system freezes - try to reboot with -x flag (safe mode), then load the kext manually (kextload -t, you can read how to do this a few posts above), then try to add eth profile one more time. Possibly, this release is not a good one for creating network profiles, as it causes KP or freezes on loading

 

 

sorry, seems my message was not sound and clear. System boots without any problem and i'm using wire ethernet without freezes etc. When i open my 'network settings' i receive the message 'new network interface detected. To run please check settings and press apply' or something like that. I can go through the settings, check MAC address (it's exacly MAC of my 3945 card), even can set manual IP, gateway and bla-bla-bla. But pressing 'apply' causes freeze. No another deal

 

 

 

PS. greetings from Kiev ))

[leftlane7]

Sorry for being a noob here but Id like to help as much as possible. I tried the above statements and im getting this message....

 

This is a fresh install of OSX Kalyway 10.5.2 on my laptop so im not sure if I missed installing something or not.

 

See attached.

terminal.txt

[thomaske]

finaly found my logs, hope they are good!

system.txt.zip

[nordix]

leftlane7 - you should find original (vanilla) IO80211Family.kext and install it in your /System/Library/Extensions folder. Read this thread a few posts above, there is a discussion of similar situation

 

thomaske - good log, and I glad that you made it in proper way, but it: 1st - too long, there is no need in posting full daily log; and 2nd - last reboot has timeouts, and too many errors in other reboots. Don't forget to make KP shots.

 

Behemoth Kat - don't add manual IP's, all this stuff is not working now. Simply add a new eth profile and close netw prefs. Then check your logs for iwi's strings.

 

Привет, Киев!

 

 

Jalavoui is resting (I think so :angry2: ) but I hope he'll return this week, look at our logs and make some changes in the code.

 

And - developers - where - you - are ?

[Memorial]

Alright. So I've got booting in most cases. Sometimes it freezes on a blue screen but no KP. I only get KP when I try to do network scan (option 2) in the network selector, and then again not always, but most of the time. Here are two logs from two different boots. Also, here is a KP image.

 

For all those just getting "you need to restart your computer" messages, boot with the option "debug=0x100" and you will get KP printer on the screen. (Apple hardware has NVRAM which is used to store panic.log, but most x86 machines do not, so you will probably not have a panic.log file)

 

привет москвичам!

 

 

KP_200805201730.jpg.zip

 

System.Memorial.200805201622.txt

 

System.Memorial.200805201607.txt

[asstastic]

spacesee - have you added a new eth profile in netw prefs?

 

Я тебе в личку вопросы скинул, ты получил?

 

Reading through spacesee's earlier posts I think the issue is bad PCI express bus detection. The 10.5.2 Beta2 installer from this post should fix the problem: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...036&st=500#. When helping troubleshoot you should make sure people have this installed as the errors caused by it often look like other kinds of problems. I first thought the hardware switch for my wireless was permanently off under OSX but as soon as I installed the package the card was added under networking prefrences.

 

I would recomend anyone who has a networking component that isn't working on their laptop to test it out.

[p_noch]

here's mine (it freeze there)

i don't think it's a KP, but i can't get KP at all on my 4965

hope this help..

 

[Behemoth Kat]

okay.. so, I did it (delete the old eth profile, add the new one, apply, reboot) and had attached the log.

systemlog.txt

[austinsnyc]

Just so we are all clear, is J still working on this project? The last i read a few posts back was he had stopped working untill he could find someone to help him with the driver code. I think we all need to be emailing places like http://www.engadget.com and http://www.tuaw.com and see if we can get some coverage about are issue! This is really the most comment thing people have that still does not work yet!! I mean TONS of people have 3495abg cards

[nordix]

austinsnyc - you are right 100%! But this thread exists a half of a year already - and jalavoui is still alone! I think the situation should be changed, but we all (who really wants to have working iwi in our mobos) we all have to talk about this project not only in forums but in the real life too (university friends, co-workers and so on - those who know I/O Kit, C/C++ and so on)

[jalavoui]

i'm trying to fix my computer

get back once it's done

keep helping the project

we need more developers to join

 

Reading through spacesee's earlier posts I think the issue is bad PCI express bus detection. The 10.5.2 Beta2 installer from this post should fix the problem: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...036&st=500#. When helping troubleshoot you should make sure people have this installed as the errors caused by it often look like other kinds of problems. I first thought the hardware switch for my wireless was permanently off under OSX but as soon as I installed the package the card was added under networking prefrences.I would recomend anyone who has a networking component that isn't working on their laptop to test it out.

this should be in 1st post or on the howto

this was a very hard bug for a long time

 

iwi3945/4965

need someone to add

IOLog("1\n"); etc

to the last function seem in panic log

this is the only way i have to fix it

[bond6]

I had a look at some other network drivers on http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html.

 

It seems that interrupteventsource is never disabled. And the comment is:

// This is important. If the interrupt line is shared with other devices,

// then the interrupt vector will be enabled only if all corresponding

// interrupt event sources are enabled. To avoid masking interrupts for

// other devices that are sharing the interrupt line, the event source

// is enabled immediately.

 

And using IOWorkloop pretty much forces driver to be singlethreaded. No mutexes and locks. Only lock used is debuggerlock.

[jalavoui]

iwi3945 rel 1136

add iolog to catch kp. i've add it to ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl(). add some more if you don't see 1,2 in kp screen. or add it to the last function before kp

post pictures

download from iwidarwin

[nordix]

1st time get KP after ieee80211_sta_tx string, then added iologs before each line in this func, but w/o success - neither yours, not mine appeared in logs.

It's like to look for a black cat in a dark room. Especially if it is not there.

[jalavoui]

we need to wait for someone to fix the code

good luck

[jalavoui]

sta_tx fix

iwi3945 rel 1137

[jalavoui]

so many people like to help developing this driver

you can start by helping find out where the driver is getting a kernel panic

 

i tested iwi2200 behavior in os x 10.5.2

it works this way:

after 1st install os x detect a new interface and ask the user to goto sys prefs - networks

them you only need to press apply

them pressing the wireless switch turns the card on

the driver associates to the 1st available network and a valid ip address shows up in sys prefs - networks

you're connected to internet

after rebooting nsgui auto-loads and show up on the main menu bar

that's all

if the driver is already installed all you need to do is reboot

some cards don't have a wireless switch - need to reboot and use nsgui to turn the card on

 

i expect iwi3945/4965 to work the same way

i'm not shure about the wireless switch

once the kp is fixed can someone test this?

 

iwi2200 rel 1138

updated in iwidarwin

 

i haven't update the dmg for iwi4965 - get the source and test it