Hi,
I have the same wireless lan card and I have no problems with
my installation.
I am using gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r2 and activated the following
option in the kernel:
Networking --->
[*] Networking support
Wireless --->
<M> Improved wireless configuration API
--- Wireless extensions
< > Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack
[ ] Enable full debugging output
<M> IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x)
<M> IEEE 802.11i CCMP support
<M> IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption
< > Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack
The following package I have installed:
[I] net-wireless/ipw3945
Available versions: 1.0.5 1.2.0 [M](~)1.2.1 {debug kernel_linux}
Installed versions: 1.2.0(02:30:04 19.08.2007)(-debug kernel_linux)
Homepage: http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/
Description: Driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG miniPCI
express adapter
[I] net-wireless/ipw3945-ucode
Available versions: 1.13 1.14.2
Installed versions: 1.14.2(10:58:38 05.02.2007)
Homepage: http://www.bughost.org/ipw3945/
Description: Microcode for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG miniPCI
express adapter
[I] net-wireless/ipw3945d
Available versions: 1.7.18 1.7.22-r4
Installed versions: 1.7.22-r4(01:36:38 29.12.2006)
Homepage: http://www.bughost.org/ipw3945/
Description: Regulatory daemon for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
miniPCI express adapter
And ipw3945d is NOT started in any runlevel.
Few days ago, I had some problems while booting my system caused by udev.
After updating udev to version 114 the problems are gone.
So, I don't load the kernel module explizit and I do not start the daemon
automatically in one runlevel.
In my case, it seems to be done by udev.
I also have written a script to start/stop wireless lan manually.
I hope these information may help you.
Best regards
Christian
Am Mittwoch, 22. August 2007 schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
> At Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:04:52 -0400 Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm having a heck of a time trying to get wireless going on my laptop.
> > I've tried so many things, I'm a bit dizzy and don't know where I've
> > gone right or wrong.
> >
> > First things first. lspci shows my wireless hardware as:
> >
> > 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> > Network Connection (rev 02)
> >
> > I've tried to follow this guide:
> >
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw3945
> >
> > When I get to the point where it tells me to do modprobe ipw3945, I get
> > a message (and since I added ipw3945d to the default runlevel, I also
> > get this same message on boot) about not being able to find:
> >
> > chown '/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw3945/00*/cmd' no such file or directory
> >
> > lsmod does not list the driver even though I emerged it and added it to
> > the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file
> >
> > I tried doing a google on the above error message and one of the hits
> > indicated that the person had the same problem, but at least had the
> > ipw3945 directory in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ I don't even have that.
> >
> > I have no idea what is going on here, so any help would be appreciated.
> > And since I'm not really strong in networking, please lead me by the
> > nose.
>
> I have the same hardware and had the same problem. I have used the
> following kludge to "fix" it.
>
> Add ipw3945 to /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6
> and add ipw3945d to the boot runlevel
>
> The first attempt autoload ipd3945 (from modules.autoload) will cause
> an error, but the second load (from the deamon in the boot runlevel)
> succeeds. When I pull the "erroneous" line from modules.autoload, the
> load from the boot runlevel fails. (It seems to need two tries :-) ).
>
> I have been told that the new (unstable) baselayout fixes this but I
> can't confirm since I run stable.
>
> hth,
> allan
Here is my script to start/stop wireless lan manually:
#!/bin/bash
DRIVER=ipw3945
DAEMON=ipw3945d
DEVICE=face
if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
echo "Usage: $0 [start|stop|static]"
exit 0
fi
if [[ x$1x != xstartx && x$1x != xstopx && x$1x != xstaticx ]]; then
echo "Usage: $0 [start|stop|static]"
exit 0
fi
if [[ x$1x == xstopx ]]; then
for i in `tail -n 1 /proc/net/wireless`; do
DEVICE=${i/:/}
break;
done
echo "Device: $DEVICE"
if [[ $DEVICE != face ]]; then
if [[ `cat /proc/net/dev | grep $DEVICE | wc -l` == 1 ]]; then
echo "Stopping device $DEVICE..."
/etc/init.d/net.$DEVICE stop
fi
sleep 1;
if [[ `ps aux | grep $DAEMON | wc -l` != 1 ]]; then
echo "Stopping $DAEMON daemon..."
/etc/init.d/$DAEMON stop
fi
if [[ `grep $DRIVER /proc/modules | wc -l` != 0 ]]; then
echo "Unloading $DRIVER driver module..."
rmmod $DRIVER
fi
fi
fi
if [[ x$1x == xstartx ]]; then
if [[ `grep $DRIVER /proc/modules | wc -l` == 0 ]]; then
echo "Loading $DRIVER driver module..."
modprobe $DRIVER
echo -n "Waiting..."
for (( i=5; i>0; i=i-1)); do
echo -n " $i ";
sleep 1;
done
echo
fi
if [[ `ps aux | grep $DAEMON | wc -l` == 1 ]]; then
echo "Starting $DAEMON daemon..."
/etc/init.d/$DAEMON start
fi
for i in `tail -n 1 /proc/net/wireless`; do
DEVICE=${i/:/}
break;
done
echo "Device: $DEVICE"
ip_found=0
if [[ $DEVICE != face ]]; then
if [[ `ifconfig $DEVICE | grep $DEVICE | wc -l` != 1 ]]; then
/etc/init.d/net.$DEVICE start
fi
for i in `ifconfig $DEVICE | grep inet`; do
if [[ $i != inet ]]; then echo $i; fi
ip_found=1
done
fi
if (( ip_found == 0 )); then
if [[ `ps aux | grep $DEVICE | grep dhcpcd | wc -l` == 0 ]];
then
echo "Getting ip for device $DEVICE"
dhcpcd $DEVICE
for i in `ifconfig $DEVICE | grep inet`; do
if [[ $i != inet ]]; then echo $i; fi
ip_found=1
done
fi
if [[ `ifconfig $DEVICE | grep inet | wc -l` == 1 ]]; then
ip_found=1
fi
fi
if (( ip_found == 0 )); then
echo "Starting wireless lan failed..."
else
echo ok
fi
fi
if [[ x$1x == xstaticx ]]; then
for i in `tail -n 1 /proc/net/wireless`; do
DEVICE=${i/:/}
break;
done
echo "Device: $DEVICE"
ip_found=0
if [[ $DEVICE != face ]]; then
if [[ `ifconfig $DEVICE | grep inet | wc -l` != 1 ]]; then
ifconfig $DEVICE inet 192.168.2.99
fi
for i in `ifconfig $DEVICE | grep inet`; do
if [[ $i != inet ]]; then echo $i; fi
ip_found=1
done
fi
if (( ip_found == 0 )); then
echo "Starting wireless lan failed..."
else
route add default gw 192.168.2.1
echo ok
fi
fi
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