kill switch on with intel wifi 4965
(=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=) -- Fernando
ubuntu at bugabundo.net
Fri May 16 12:44:37 UTC 2008
Olá Sebastian e a todos.
On Friday 16 May 2008 12:54:42 Sebastian Breier wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 15.05.2008, 21:14 +0100 schrieb (``-_-´´) --
> Fernando:
> > I'm sorry to bring "noise" about Hardy, on a list now meant to Intrepid, but unable to find how to fix this in any other way, so if any dev could lend me an hand it would be great. I know this is not Ubuntu fault, but manufactors, but still, I know we can fix this.
> >
> > I've bough a new laptop (an ASmobile S37S, asus barebone) that has an Intel 4965 ABGN.
> > I've search ubuntu foruns, lp, and googled all I could, but am unable to make the kill switch off, in order to turn the wifi on.
> > The card is well identified by the kernel, but there is no way to make it seen to NetworkManager, or even turning on the led.
>
> Have you tried installing linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic? This
> fixes some issues with wireless LAN, laptop LEDs for example.
>
$ dpkg --get-selections linux-*
linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-backports-modules-hardy install
linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic install
linux-generic install
linux-headers-2.6.24-16 install
linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic install
linux-headers-2.6.24-17 install
linux-headers-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-headers-generic install
linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-16-generic install
linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-image install
linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic install
linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-image-generic install
linux-libc-dev install
linux-restricted-modules install
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-generic install
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-restricted-modules-common install
linux-restricted-modules-generic install
linux-sound-base install
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-generic install
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic install
linux-wlan-ng install
linux-wlan-ng-firmware install
linux-wlan-ng-source install
It seems I have them all.
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