[Bug 176090] Re: WiFi / WLAN LED not working on notebooks with Intel iwl4965 | iwl3945

[sameer]

Could you please tell me what is new in Intrepid Ibex?????????
Should I upgrade to it now or wait till the stable version is released????

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Aanjhan Ranganathan <aanjhan at tuxmaniac.com
> wrote:

> I am just typing this comment from Intrepid Alpha 6 Live CD and my Wifi
> LED is working again after several months. Yay! It keeps blinking when
> there is some data transfer or connetion and remains on if no Active
> connection. Details apart it never used to be turned on for the past 5-7
> months. But now it works again!
>
> Mine is a Dell XPS M1210 with iwl3945 drivers. Hope this helps
>
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> WiFi / WLAN LED not working on notebooks with Intel iwl4965 | iwl3945
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176090
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>
> Status in The Linux Kernel: In Progress
> Status in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in "linux-source-2.6.22" source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> The WLAN LED does not glow on recent Intel-based notebooks (including Sony
> Vaio, Dell Inspiron, Lenovo Thinkpad and many others - we know, please don't
> list yours here), using the iwl4965 or iwl3945 WiFi drivers.
>
> There appears to be a regression in the latest drivers in proposed,
> specifically 2.6.24-20.38, where the LED does not blink at all, even with
> backports installed.
>
> This problem is fixed for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) in the backported kernel
> modules. (Note, however, that it does not behave the same way as it used to.
> The light will not blink on and off, but will be steady.)  Please install
> 'linux-backports-modules-hardy' before posting to this bug report
> complaining that your LED doesn't work:
>
> :~$ sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy
> then:
> :~$ sudo rmmod iwl4965; sudo modprobe iwl4965
> or:
> :~$ sudo rmmod iwl3945; sudo modprobe iwl3945
>
> Please only add to this bug if:
>
> a) you are informing about changes made to code or packaging.
> b) you find a duplicate bug.
> c) the backports modules don't fix your LED
>

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WiFi / WLAN LED not working on notebooks with Intel iwl4965 | iwl3945
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