On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 03:37:00PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 04 Feb 2008, Peter Jordan wrote: > > Anthony Campbell, 02/04/08 10:34: > > > > > On 03 Feb 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > >> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:03:03 +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >> [...] > > >> > > >> [...] > > >> > > >> The ipw3945 driver requires closed-source components and has been > > >> deprecated by Intel, the only party that has access to the full source > > >> code and hardware specifications. The kernel developers, on the other > > >> hand, generally don't care very much about breaking proprietary drivers > > >> with newer versions of the kernel, especially if there is an alternative > > >> available in the normal kernel tree. > > >> > > >> -- > > > > > > Unfortunately there does not seem to be an alternative for me. I had > > > another go at it last night. I set up things according to the advice on > > > the above site. Everything looked correct according to "ip a" and > > > "/etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules", but nothing happened: the > > > indicator light never flickered to show the netwerk card was trying to > > > connect. This is what has always happened previously when I've tried to > > > use iwl3945. And I get this message: > > > > > > wlan0: unknown hardware address type 801. > > > > > > I googled for this and found some people on Ubuntu getting the same > > > thing but no obvious clue to what is wrong. > > > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > The led function will be implemented later. > > Make sure, dhcp3-client is installed. That solved all my problems with > > iwl3945. > > > > PJ > > I already have dhcp3-client. I tried again, and no longer get the > "unknown hardware address type 801" error, which is progress of a sort, I get those errors on my laptop, but they seem unrelated to actual function of the card. It seems to work despite them > I suppose. According to iwconfig and syslog the card has been detected > and appears to be working but it is not connecting. And I have "wlan0: > no wireless extensions." I think that means that the card is not "on". Look in /sys/class/mumblemumblemumble/iwl3945/device/rf_kill. It should be 0 for the card to be on, 1 for the card to be off, by way of the radio control button/switch on your machine. A
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