Bug#501193: closed by Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Package: firmware-iwlwifi
Version: 0.13
Followup-For: Bug #501193
Hi, I encountered the same problem as mentioned by the OP. My laptop has
an hardware switch to enable or disable wireless networking. If I boot
my machine while the hardware switch is in "wlan off" position dmesg
will say, that the switch needs to be on to get wireless to work - so
this is quite what it should be. But switching the hardware switch to
"wlan on" doesn't do a thing. Nothing happens, no dmesg entry or other
stuff. Only if the hardware switch says "wlan on" while loading the iwl3945
module (during boot or with modprobe -r | modprobe) the stuff will work.
In this case switching off and on does work like a charm.
With kind regards
Dirk
dmesg output:
,----[ switch "wireless off" during modprobe ]-
| [ 2572.245273] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
| [ 2572.245285] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
| [ 2572.245458] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
| [ 2572.245478] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64
| [ 2572.245510] iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
| [ 2572.288451] iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
| [ 2572.291788] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
| [ 2572.365728] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
| [ 2572.366157] firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
| [ 2572.371330] iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
`----
,----[ switch "wireless on" during modprobe]-
| [ 2368.893379] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
| [ 2368.893379] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
| [ 2368.893379] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
| [ 2368.893379] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64
| [ 2368.893379] iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
| [ 2368.933369] iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
| [ 2368.937573] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
| [ 2369.032978] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
| [ 2369.033092] firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
| [ 2369.081093] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio
| [ 2369.081093] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc
| [ 2369.081093] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX
| [ 2369.081093] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX
`----
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
firmware-iwlwifi depends on no packages.
firmware-iwlwifi recommends no packages.
Versions of packages firmware-iwlwifi suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.92l tools for generating an initramfs
ii linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 [lin 2.6.26-7 Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron
-- no debconf information
--
Nur die Dunkelheit ist real - das Licht scheint nur so.
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