Ubuntu 10.10 Intel Wimax 6250 problem

[phoenixcor]

I will chip in another 20 via paypal. i know just enough to really jam things up. little help please

i got this going on

 laptop:~$ dmesg | grep 2400
[    0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 14 pages/cpu @c2400000 s36416 r0 d20928 u524288
[    0.000000]   #41 [0002400000 - 000240e000]         BOOTMEM
[   17.112501] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:38:dc:e2) ready
[   17.194839] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: fw i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf: cannot load file: -2
[   17.194912] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: Could not find a usable firmware image
[   17.194977] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: cannot bootstrap device: -2
[   17.361475] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: cannot setup device: -2
[   17.361565] i2400m_usb: probe of 2-1.5:1.0 failed with error -2
[   17.361615] usbcore: registered new interface driver i2400m_usb
[  502.937944] usbcore: deregistering interface driver i2400m_usb
[  515.760340] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:38:dc:e2) ready
[  515.764428] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: fw i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf: cannot load file: -2
[  515.764442] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: Could not find a usable firmware image
[  515.764453] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: cannot bootstrap device: -2
[  515.787562] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: cannot setup device: -2
[  515.787592] i2400m_usb: probe of 2-1.5:1.0 failed with error -2
[  515.787648] usbcore: registered new interface driver i2400m_usb

[faal]

This should work:

1. Download http://linuxwimax.org/Download?actio...-1.5.0.tar.bz2

2. Extract the two sbcf files into /lib/firmware/ using archive manager.

3. Start the terminal and run

sudo chown root:root /lib/firmware/*.sbcf

sudo chmod 644 /lib/firmware/*.sbcf

4. Restart.

5. Check output of

dmesg | grep 2400

it should be something like:

[ 21.478041] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:37:aa:d9) ready
[ 24.948903] i2400m_usb 2-1.5:1.0: firmware interface version 9.3.2
[ 24.956475] usbcore: registered new interface driver i2400m_usb

[phoenixcor]

Thanks faal! you rock, everything shows up now. Now to get connected. when I run:

wimaxd -i wmx0

then

wimaxcu scan

i get the following

ERROR: You do not possess sufficient privileges to perform this action.

I think I am just having trouble firing the wimax up... just a guess

[faal]

Thanks faal! you rock, everything shows up now. Now to get connected. when I run:

then

i get the following

ERROR: You do not possess sufficient privileges to perform this action.

I think I am just having trouble firing the wimax up... just a guess

Try

sudo wimaxd -i wmx0

and

sudo wimaxcu scan

If you type sudo infront of a command you will run it as superuser.

[phoenixcor]

error message

Make sure wimax network service is running.

someone on the boards made mention of a hardware switch, when i right click network manager, it shows wimax enabled, but disconnected when i left click. is the radio just not on? also ran rfkill and the wimax is not blocked

Thanks faal!

[ericwwheeler]

Try

sudo wimaxd -i wmx0

and

sudo wimaxcu scan

If you type sudo infront of a command you will run it as superuser.

I am also trying to use the wimax side of the 6250.
1. what I did was disable wireless in Network Manager
2. ran code: 'sudo wimaxd -i wmx0' it returned: 'sudo: wimaxd: command not found'

Any ideas on where to go from here? I
have rpms for the wimax, wimax-tools, wimax-lib, etc. but found Fedora forums to be not nearly as helpful as Ubuntu so I switched back to 10.10 on my Dell mini 1012 with Intel 6250. Can I use the alien package to change the rpms into debs and install them?