Re: [gentoo-user] Intel 4965 doesn't work with 2.6.32?

[Mick]

On Monday 18 January 2010 05:51:50 Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 16:39 -0500, AJ Spagnoletti wrote:
> > > with 2.6.31 everything works fine (network manager, wpa supplicant,
> > > etc).  However with 2.6.32, I can load the module (iwlagn) and see it
> > > in dmesg, but iwconfig just says "wlan0  no wireless extensions." and I
> > > can't associate or do anything.
>
> ...
>
> > I've had similar problems in the past with an Intel 3945 card, have
> > you tried reinstalling the ucode for your wireless card? Package
> > net-wireless/iwl4965-ucode
>
> I rebuilt the ucode while running 2.6.32, and it still doesn't work.
> This is syslog after I reload the module:
>
> kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
> Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus kernel: iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN
>  driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus kernel: iwlagn:
>  Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus kernel:
>  iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Jan 18
>  15:16:54 orpheus kernel: iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>  Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus kernel: iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Detected Intel
>  Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN REV=0x4 Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus kernel: iwlagn
>  0000:0c:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels Jan 18
>  15:16:54 orpheus kernel: phy0: Selected rate control algorithm
>  'iwl-agn-rs' Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[21437]:
>  net.wlan0: not allowed to be hotplugged Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus
>  NetworkManager: <WARN>  wireless_get_range(): (wlan0): couldn't get driver
>  range information (22). Jan 18 15:16:54 orpheus NetworkManager: <WARN>
>  constructor(): (wlan0): Device unsupported, ignoring.
>
> and the same in dmesg.

Are you sure that the driver recognises the wireless NIC as wlan0?  Does 
ifconfig -a show it as wlan0?

If yes then this looks like a driver problem.
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Regards,
Mick