Re: Wireless still broken after fresh install

[Stuart Prescott <debian-expires2007@nanonanonano.net>]

Hi Naresh,

>    I run Debian (amd64) lenny. I've got the Intel 3945 wireless
> network controller.
> Earlier I had a 2.6.22 kernel and installing firmware-ipw3945,
> ipw3945-modules-2.6-amd64 and ipw3945d worked for me.
> Now I use the 2.6.23 kernel. It doesn't work anymore. How do I fix this?

Debian's 2.6.23 kernel has the iwlwifi driver in it already. You can: 

	aptitude install firmware-iwlwifi
	modprobe iwl3945

and then configure your wireless as before. The iwlwifi driver replaces the 
ipw3945 driver and doesn't need the binary regulatory daemon. (ipw3945d).

I'm not sure if you are able to still use ipw3945 with Debian's 2.6.23 kernel 
but I imagine that it is possible. You would need to compile it yourself 
using module-assistant. Something like this *should* work:

	aptitude install module-assistant
	m-a prepare
	m-a a-i ipw3945

Good luck!
Stuart

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