Re: kill switch on with intel wifi 4965

2008-05-16 Thread (``-_-´´) -- Fernando
Olá Sebastian e a todos.

On Friday 16 May 2008 12:54:42 Sebastian Breier wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 15.05.2008, 21:14 +0100 schrieb (``-_-´´) --
> Fernando:
> > I'm sorry to bring "noise" about Hardy, on a list now meant to Intrepid, 
> > but unable to find how to fix this in any other way, so if any dev could 
> > lend me an hand it would be great. I know this is not Ubuntu fault, but 
> > manufactors, but still, I know we can fix this.
> > 
> > I've bough a new laptop (an ASmobile S37S, asus barebone) that has an Intel 
> > 4965 ABGN.
> > I've search ubuntu foruns, lp, and googled all I could, but am unable to 
> > make the kill switch off, in order to turn the wifi on.
> > The card is well identified by the kernel, but there is no way to make it 
> > seen to NetworkManager, or even turning on the led.
> 
> Have you tried installing linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic? This
> fixes some issues with wireless LAN, laptop LEDs for example.
> 


$ dpkg --get-selections linux-*
linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-17-generic   install
linux-backports-modules-hardy   install
linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic   install
linux-generic   install
linux-headers-2.6.24-16 install
linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic install
linux-headers-2.6.24-17 install
linux-headers-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-headers-generic   install
linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-16-generic install
linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-image install
linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic   install
linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic   install
linux-image-generic install
linux-libc-dev  install
linux-restricted-modulesinstall
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-generic  install
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic  install
linux-restricted-modules-common install
linux-restricted-modules-genericinstall
linux-sound-baseinstall
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-generic  install
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic  install
linux-wlan-ng   install
linux-wlan-ng-firmware  install
linux-wlan-ng-sourceinstall

It seems I have them all.

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Re: kill switch on with intel wifi 4965

2008-05-16 Thread Sebastian Breier
Am Donnerstag, den 15.05.2008, 21:14 +0100 schrieb (``-_-´´) --
Fernando:
> I'm sorry to bring "noise" about Hardy, on a list now meant to Intrepid, but 
> unable to find how to fix this in any other way, so if any dev could lend me 
> an hand it would be great. I know this is not Ubuntu fault, but manufactors, 
> but still, I know we can fix this.
> 
> I've bough a new laptop (an ASmobile S37S, asus barebone) that has an Intel 
> 4965 ABGN.
> I've search ubuntu foruns, lp, and googled all I could, but am unable to make 
> the kill switch off, in order to turn the wifi on.
> The card is well identified by the kernel, but there is no way to make it 
> seen to NetworkManager, or even turning on the led.

Have you tried installing linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic? This
fixes some issues with wireless LAN, laptop LEDs for example.


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