Re: ipw3945 Etch amd64
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:11:09PM +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> Michael Pobega wrote:
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> >On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 08:11:39AM +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> >>Mark Panen wrote:
> >>>Hi
> >>>
> >>>I download ipw3945 and the kernel module for it.
> >>>
> >>>I "modprobe ipw3945" and lsmod shows it's there.
> >>>
> >>>But "/etc/init.d/ipw3945d start
> >>>* Not starting ipw3945 regulatory daemon, driver not loaded."
> >>>
> >>>How can i get my wireless to work ?
> >>make sure that you have EVERYTHING related ot ipw3945 installed on your
> >>machine. otherwise, the networking doesn't work. namely you will need
> >>(talking about etch or newer all packages are in debian repositories):
> >>
> >>ipw3945-modules-{substitute_your_kernel_version_here}
> >>firmware-ipw3945 (binary firmware)
> >>ipw3945d (regulatory daemon)
> >>
> >
> >ipw3945d is installed, but firmware-ipw3945 isn't. Any chance to check
> >if I have firmware-ipw3945 installed? I'm not sure what I installed
> >manually, but I don't remember even touching the firmware (I was messing
> >with iee802.11 and ipw3945 free drivers before I found the Debian
> >package).
> the firmware is usually installed in /lib/firmware. it's called
> ipw3945.ucode.
>
> apt-cache policy firmware-ipw3945
> should give you something like the following output if it is installed
> from debian packages.
> firmware-ipw3945:
> Installed: 0.4
> Candidate: 0.4
> Version table:
> *** 0.4 0
> 500 http://debian.uochb.cas.cz etch/non-free Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> you can also start aptitude, search for firmware-ipw3945 (press "/" and
> fill in the query box). if it is installed it will have "i" displayed in
> front of its name.
>
> regards,
>
[pobega]$ ls /lib/firmware | grep ipw
ipw3945.ucode
[pobega]$ apt-cache policy firemware-ipw3945
W: Unable to locate package firemware-ipw3945
I guess this means I installed it from outside of APT? Would it be a
smart idea to use APT to install it now, or just leave it as is (In case
it ever gets updated I'd rather have APT do it than having to do it
manually).
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