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Description of problem: Wireless module does not work on Toshiba Portege r830 (Centrino Advanced N6230) On Ubuntu 11.04 it works with no problems Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.38.7-30.fc15.x86_64, modules iwlcore/iwlagn/mac80211/cfg80211 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. ifconfig 2. 3. Actual results: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr E8:9D:87:A9:18:21 inet addr:192.168.1.77 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::ea9d:87ff:fea9:1821/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1479 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:749238 (731.6 KiB) TX bytes:239549 (233.9 KiB) Interrupt:20 Memory:c4800000-c4820000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:152 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:152 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:15548 (15.1 KiB) TX bytes:15548 (15.1 KiB) virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4A:58:E7:01:B8:16 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:5230 (5.1 KiB) Expected results: wlan0 ........ Additional info: lshw: *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 3 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:18 memory:c2600000-c26fffff *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0 version: 34 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:c2600000-c2601fff On Ubuntu, there is a description of the Centrino Advanced N6230 instead
Please attach the output of running 'dmesg' shortly after a reboot, and also the output of 'lspci -n' -- thanks!
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Email from bug reporter: "I've found the solution today - it was a missing iwl6000g2b-firmware package. After installing it, the wifi started to working. So, I guess, the installer should be fixed instead, driver is OK." I have added iwl6000g2b-firmware to the comps file.