Dell Latitude D630 Wireless

Matthew Polashek matt at tinysongs.net
Wed Jun 1 22:35:06 UTC 2011


might make sense.  I have firewire on this machine.

On 06/01/2011 06:33 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
> The iwl3945.ko kernel module exists in all of my installed kernels
> (both the stock Ubuntu and custom 2.6.39).  Not sure what to say
> there.  Maybe you needed the firmware blob
> "/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode"?
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Matthew Polashek<matt at tinysongs.net>  wrote:
>> Nah, Wcid wasn't the solution, it was the backports installation.  That put
>> in a bunch of no-longer-included kernel modules. (depreciated?)
>>
>> On 06/01/2011 06:12 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
>>> wicd is just a software layer that manages various connections.  The
>>> hardware itself is still supported by the kernel and is not going
>>> anywhere anytime soon.  I am not sure what the problem was, but if
>>> wicd works for you then great.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Matthew Polashek<matt at tinysongs.net>
>>>   wrote:
>>>> lsmod
>>>>
>>>> mac80211              269003  2 iwl3945,iwlcore
>>>> cfg80211              167809  3 iwl3945,iwlcore,mac80211
>>>>
>>>> This does have the hardware switch.
>>>>
>>>> I resolved the problem by installing backports and Wicd.  Interesing.
>>>>   They
>>>> must have phased out the support for the Intel WIFI I have.
>>>>
>>>> Now to get the cell working.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/01/2011 05:35 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
>>>>> OK, that is weird since I have not had problems with the Intel wifi
>>>>> for years now.  Does your Latitude have a hardware switch that turns
>>>>> off your wifi?  I know my current Latitude E6400 does as does the D830
>>>>> I had before.
>>>>>
>>>>> What modules are loaded?  "lsmod |grep 80211", is there an interface?
>>>>> "sudo iwconfig"
>>>>>
>>>>> For me the Intel wifi devices have just worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Matthew Polashek<matt at tinysongs.net>
>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
>>>>>> [Golan]
>>>>>> Network Connection (rev 02)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/01/2011 01:46 PM, Mike Holstein wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Matthew Polashek<matt at tinysongs.net>
>>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm a pretty smart guy, but I can't seem to get wireless working on my
>>>>>>> Dell Latitude D630.  Anyone have an idea to try or a HowTo to point me
>>>>>>> to.
>>>>>>>   (yeah, I'm THAT old-school.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many thanks!
>>>>>>> Matt
>>>>>> is it a broadcom chip?
>>>>>> check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx
>>>>>> AFAIK theres a bug that keeps the additional drivers dialog from
>>>>>> popping
>>>>>> up,
>>>>>> but you should be able to determine from that link if its applicable to
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> hardware, and how to deal with the issue if it is... also, if you have
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> live CD's such as ubuntu 10.04 laying around, see if you can get it
>>>>>> working
>>>>>> in there easily, and note what driver the device uses, and that should
>>>>>> help
>>>>>> you with whatever version you are struggling with now.
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