Re: "iwlist wlan0 scan" problem with iwl4965

[Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>]

On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 08:48 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> writes:
> > just something simple try
> >
> > ifconfig wlan0 up
> > iwlist wlan0 scan
> 
> Great! Now I need something wooden to hit my head.

Cool.


>   # lsof | grep /lib/firmware
>   # _

Note:
 * The firmware is "uploaded" in the wireless card, when the device
   is initialized.
 * [therefore] you need to unload and reload the module (rmmod iwl4965;
   modprobe iwl4965), in order to use the new firmware. (But that should
   not be needed, if you use Debian stable [Lenny]).

Regards,

Franklin