Fresh install of F8 on my nc6320. Did a yum upgrade and rebooted. No wireless connectivity. [achiang@ethanol ~]$ uname -a Linux ethanol 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 #1 SMP Sat Mar 29 09:54:46 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux From an lspci -v: 08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 135b Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16 Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: iwl3945 Kernel modules: iwl3945 [achiang@ethanol ~]$ lsmod | grep iwl iwl3945 159669 0 mac80211 191541 1 iwl3945 cfg80211 26697 2 iwl3945,mac80211 From /var/log/messages: Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start enter Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode Got firmware 'iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode' file (149652 bytes) from disk Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode f/w package hdr ucode version = 0x20e0105 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode f/w package hdr runtime inst size = 80524 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode f/w package hdr runtime data size = 32768 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode f/w package hdr init inst size = 2668 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode f/w package hdr init data size = 32768 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode f/w package hdr boot inst size = 900 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode Copying (but not loading) uCode instr len 80524 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode uCode instr buf vaddr = 0xefcc0000, paddr = 0x2fcc0000 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode Copying (but not loading) uCode data len 32768 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode Copying (but not loading) init instr len 2668 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode Copying (but not loading) init data len 32768 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_read_ucode Copying (but not loading) boot instr len 900 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:08:00.0 disabled Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start leave - failed Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start enter Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:08:00.0 disabled Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start leave - failed Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start enter Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:08:00.0 disabled Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start leave - failed Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start enter Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:08:00.0 disabled Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: iwl3945: U iwl3945_mac_start leave - failed Apr 15 22:10:33 localhost kernel: audit(1208319031.622:3): audit_pid=2174 old=0 by auid=4294967295 And before you ask -- my hardware button that turns wifi on/off is set in the "on" position. :)
Created attachment 302547 [details] iwl3495 debug output from dmesg
Could you try -82.fc8? http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=46311 Does that work any better?
No love, output in /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg looks the same as before. [achiang@ethanol ~]$ uname -a Linux ethanol 2.6.24.4-82.fc8 #1 SMP Tue Apr 15 19:19:07 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Some laptops have more problems than others...I'm not sure why...
Upgraded to F9. After the kernel launches init and starts starting services, there's a long timeout before it gives up trying to get a dhcp address for wlan0. However, once X starts, NetworkManager starts up, does whatever magic, and all of a sudden I have wireless working. So I'm half-happy -- wireless does end up working, but I get annoyed during boot during the long pause / timeout.
Run system-config-network and disable the wireless device from starting on boot. What F9 kernel are you running?
Yup, system-config-network worked great, thanks. [achiang@ethanol ~]$ uname -a Linux ethanol 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 16:27:49 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux