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    Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    Hi,

    I have an Intel Wimax 6250 and fresh Ubuntu 10.10 install. The wireless card works, however during startup I get an annoying message:

    dmesg | grep 6050
    [ 16.118240] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: fw i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf: cannot load file: -2

    Anyone have this message and know how to get rid of it?

    I think the file is supposed to exist in /lib/firmware/i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf but it doesn't.

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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    "Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.

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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    Thank you for your reply.

    However, I don't think they are the same files? At least they don't have the same name.

    The one I get an error about is:

    i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf

    while the file mentioned in that thread is:

    iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode

    or are they actually the same file with different names?

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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    Oops! You are right. See if the attached helps.
    Attached Files Attached Files
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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    I guess it was supposed to be an empty file? Anyway, it solved the problem!

    i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:37:aa:d9) ready

    Thanks a lot!

    I still get the message though during startup and not the ubuntu logo... Not a major issue but a little annoying.

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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    I guess it was supposed to be an empty file?
    It's 140 bytes zipped. It may be slender, but it's not empty. I'm glad your Wimax is working.
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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    Ops, my bad.. Seems there still a problem. I get:

    i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:37:aa:d9) ready

    but further down it still complains

    [ 77.069348] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: fw i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf: cannot load file: -2
    [ 77.069416] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: Could not find a usable firmware image
    [ 77.069482] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: cannot bootstrap device: -2
    [ 77.390239] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: cannot setup device: -2
    [ 77.390305] i2400m_usb: probe of 2-1.5:1.0 failed with error -2
    [ 77.390339] usbcore: registered new interface driver i2400m_usb

    The zip file file is 140 bytes, but the extracted file is 0 bytes:

    ls -l i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf*
    -rw-r--r-- 1 fabian fabian 0 2010-11-23 15:56 i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf
    -rw-r--r-- 1 fabian fabian 140 2010-11-27 15:29 i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf.zip

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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    Well, I am not sure what happened. Please click here: http://linuxwimax.org/Download?actio...-1.5.0.tar.bz2

    Right-click the file and select 'Extract here.' Drop the two .sbcf files into /lib/firmware and give the files the correct ownership and permission:
    Code:
    sudo chown root:root /lib/firmware/*.sbcf
    sudo chmod 644 /lib/firmware/*.sbcf
    Unload and reload the driver module:
    Code:
    sudo rmmod -f i2400m-usb
    sudo modprobe i2400m-usb
    Check dmesg to see if the driver and the firmware fell in love and got married:
    Code:
    dmesg | grep 2400
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    Smile Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:37:aa:d9) ready

    Thanks a lot! No more errors.

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    Re: Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

    Well if anyone can help, i can get any of this to work, I am willing to kick $20 to whoever helps me get this going so I can completely remove windows thanks,

    please send an email to b16a2smith @ gmail.com

    Thanks to all who can help.

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