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From: Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wireless does not work on thinkpad t61
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:42:46
Message-Id: 1252672963.7931.1.camel@centar
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] wireless does not work on thinkpad t61 by Xi Shen
1 On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 20:20 +0800, Xi Shen wrote:
2 > my laptop is thinkpad t61, and wireless card is intel pro/wireless
3 > 3945abg (according to the lspci output). i have configured my kernel
4 > as instructed by the handbook, and after compiling and reboot, i can
5 > see my wlan interface by iwconfig -a, and i modprobe iwl3945. but when
6 > i try iwspy wlan0, it says 'interface doesnot support wireless
7 > statistic collection'. and led on my laptop is off, and i cannot get
8 > it on.
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11 If you check your dmesg output you'll probably find an error message
12 about the driver not being able to locate the firmware.
13
14 # emerge net-wireless/iwl3945-ucode

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Re: [gentoo-user] wireless does not work on thinkpad t61 Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com>