first I typed in the following to download the correct module for the ipw2200 series wifi adapter
piranha@Thinkpad-T42:~$ su
Password:
root@Thinkpad-T42:/home/piranha# wget http://people.slitaz.org/~mojo/stuff/ipw22
00-firmware-3.1.tazpkg
Connecting to people.slitaz.org (213.3.10.214:80)
ipw2200-firmware-3.1 100% |*******************************| 116k 00:00:00 ETA
root@Thinkpad-T42:/home/piranha# modprobe -r ipw2200
root@Thinkpad-T42:/home/piranha# modprobe ipw2200
Here is what the log files say
piranha@Thinkpad-T42:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) daemon.err udevd[4506]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) daemon.err udevd[4506]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) daemon.err udevd[4507]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) daemon.err udevd[4507]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) daemon.err udevd[4508]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:26:19 (none) daemon.err udevd[4508]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:31:49 (none) user.info kernel: e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.debug kernel: lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4951]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4951]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4953]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4953]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4954]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4954]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4955]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4955]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4957]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) daemon.err udevd[4957]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Feb 10 20:44:11 (none) user.info kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4958]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4958]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4959]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4959]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4960]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4960]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4963]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4963]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4965]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4965]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4967]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4967]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.err kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.err kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.err kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.info kernel: ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.warn kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4972]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4972]: error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4973]: bind failed: Address already in use
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) user.notice error binding udev control socket
Feb 10 20:44:12 (none) daemon.err udevd[4973]: error binding udev control socket
I'm a little confused as to what's going on, I followed mojo's advice from a few different posts that came up in google searches but no success. definitely at a loss for what to do next.
