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My laptop (inspiron 6400) has an intel 3945 wireless chip and hence I |
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use net-wireless/ipw3945{,d,-ucode}. |
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If I include ipw3945 in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, I get an |
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error msg during boot |
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Failed to load ipw3945 |
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However, everything works fine. Specifically, ifconfig shows that the |
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wireless network is up. |
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Certainly, I can live with this situation, but getting a "yellow star" |
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during boot seems unclean. |
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So I tried removing ipw3945. |
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Naturally, the above error msg is gone. |
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But now the ipw3945d initscript fails when it attempts to access |
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/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw3945/00*/cmd |
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The wireless network is not available and cannot be started, |
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If I now execute |
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insmod /lib/modules/2.6.20-gentoo-r7/net/wireless/ipw3945.ko |
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/etc/init.d/ipw3945d restart |
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/etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart |
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no errors appear and all is well (wireless works fine). |
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What is the clean way to do this? Currently I am using the first |
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method above and averting my eyes when the yellow star is to appear. |
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thanks, |
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allan |
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