 | | | IBM T60p - No Device Found for ipw3945 WiFi card on FC5 most recent kernel | IBM T60p - No Device Found for ipw3945 WiFi card on FC5 most recent kernel 2006-08-03 - By interp01@(protected)
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I need some insight as to what Im doing wrong with the IPW3945 Wifi card
not being found. Im really lost as to what Im doing wrong and yes I have
cponfirmed that the wireless card is enabled in the BIOS :)
Ont to my novel of what I have already tried.... PLEASE HELP!!!! I
really dont want to tun this laptop into wall arter :)
Here is what I have done to date:
I have been able to compile necesary drivers using RPMs for my kernel
(2.6.17-1.2157_FC5smp. The driver module is being located and loaded
without errors in dmesg, dmesg | less shows:
ieee80211_crypt: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.1.14
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation
<jketreno@(protected)>
ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux,
1.1.0-pre2d
ipw3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
When I do an lsmod the drivers are present and are being used by the
ieee80211 modules.
An lsmod shows the modules being loaded:
ipw3945 190888 0
ieee80211 33224 1 ipw3945
ieee80211_crypt 9984 1 ieee80211
When I look in the Network Configuration, the hardware tab does show the
ipw3945 as being present, but it states the status as configured.
I can load the modules without any error but when I try to bring up the
interface I get the following error:
ipw3945 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization
I thought this maybe was the result of an IRQ conflict, but when I changed
the the IRQ to one that wasnt being used under cat /proc/interrupts, I
still get the same error.
I thought this was maybe caused by a firmware issue.
the ipw3945.Ucode Microcode is located under my /lib/firmware, but there
is no .fw file in there, just the ipw3945.ucode file.
I dont have the file /etc/hotpulg/firmward.agent file so is it possible
the firmware isnt being loaded??? The directory /etc/hotplug isnt even
there.
I found an article on the net that described the configuration for the
modprobe.conf file, and this is what I have in there:
alias eth1 ipw3945
install ipw3945 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 ; sleep 0.5 ;
/sbin/ipw3945d --quiet
remove ipw3945 /sbin/ipw3945d --kill ; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove
ipw3945
It also stated that I need to add the following line to my rc.local file
/sbin/ipw3945d --quiet
Im really at an end here and Im not even sure what I can try next.... Its
as if the hardware isnt being recognized. Any thoughts on what I should
try next would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
Interp01
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