[ubuntu-uk] Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG

[Kris Douglas]

No, ifconfig -a shows no device (excl eth0 LAN)

The kernel shows something, then "device not found"

And I can't check the kern.log yet.

On 08/12/2007, Tony Travis <ajt at rri.sari.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Kris Douglas wrote:
> > [...]
> > When running modprobe, it doesn't pass an error, in fact, it seems to
> > load the driver, but it doesn't appear in ifconfig.
>
> Hello, Kris.
>
> Have you tried:
>
>         sudo ifconfig -a
>
> Also see if the kernel detected it by looking at the output of:
>
>         dmesg
>
> Alternatively, try:
>
>          more /var/log/kern.log
>
> If the kernel loads the module it reports it, but if the hardware is not
> found it will jsut be ignored and no device will be created.
>
> I think WiFi is the Achilles heel of Ubuntu acceptance: I've just used
> the fwcutter package in the 'restricted' software manager to install the
> Broadcom firmware on an Asus laptop. I also had to enable the Windows
> driver 'wake-on-LAN-after-power-off' option which, by default, DISABLES
> the Realtek wired connection under Linux! (this is a dual-boot machine).
>
> All working nicely under Ubuntu 7.10, with Compviz 3D effects now!
>
> Very shiny :-)
>
> Best wishes,
>
>         Tony.
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