Bug 301951 - iwl4965 firmware trouble
Summary: iwl4965 firmware trouble
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: iwl4965-firmware
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart)
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-09-23 00:56 UTC by Ole Tøsse Kolvik
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-09-26 17:33:25 UTC
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Description Ole Tøsse Kolvik 2007-09-23 00:56:20 UTC
Description of problem:

I had to download the firmware (same version as installed with fedora8) and
replace it with the one installed. Once I did that, the device worked.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

4.44.1.18

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 8.
2. Check if wireless is available.
3. ??
  
Actual results:

No wireless device available

Expected results:

A wireless device to go online with.

Additional info:

None

Comment 1 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2007-09-23 09:44:24 UTC
Well, sorry  i didn't understood what's the problem here...

Actually iwl4965-firmware bundles two firmwares, 
4.44.1.18 and 4.44.17 - There is no new firmware image unless not public yet...
So, this is possible to use a previous kernel t

Are you sure the iwl4965-firmware package come from the Fedora version ?
do rpm -qi iwl4965-firmware should a buildserver at fedoraprojet ?

closing to not a bug for now but be sure to re-open if there is a problem

Comment 2 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2007-09-23 09:49:26 UTC
well sorry missunderstood that it's worked...
So you just wanted it to be installed by default... This might be done for next F8T3


Comment 3 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2007-09-26 17:33:25 UTC
Ok iwl4965-firmware is now added by default and will be provided with the next
F8t3 release

Comment 4 Ole Tøsse Kolvik 2007-09-28 17:50:07 UTC
I installed from DVD, so I guess that's why they were installed on my system.

But that wasn't what I meant. My problem was that i beleived that the firmware
was the reason that my wireless card didn't work on boot. So when i replaced the
firmware with the one i downloaded and reprobed the module, it worked.

But, I re-installed Fedora the other day and it seems that the only thing I need
to do is to reprobe the module. 

So that's the real problem it seems. That the card is detected, but not enabled
before i reprobe the module.

Comment 5 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2007-10-02 00:53:54 UTC
I don't knwo then... probably a problem with the module?...
Do you meant you need to do this for each reboot ?

Comment 6 Ole Tøsse Kolvik 2007-10-04 20:42:54 UTC
Yeah, I had to do it for every reboot. But hey, looks like that's been fixed for
Test3. So everything works perfectly with my wirelesscard now :)


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