<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 08/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tony Travis</b> <<a href="mailto:ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk">ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Alan Pope wrote:<br>> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 10:02:24PM +0000, Kris Douglas wrote:<br>>> Hi, I'm having trouble loading the wireless driver for the ipw3945 on this<br>>> Asus laptop. The chip can be seen in the hardware list, but i can not access
<br>>> wifi on PCL/ Ubuntu and I dont know why I have at least four other machines<br>>> that are running this or a very similar chip and i do not have trohble, but<br>>> in any linux distro i can not access the wifi. The only way I can actually
<br>>> get on is by using an external usb wifi dongle.... Any ideas?<br>>><br>><br>> The 3945 is supported in Ubuntu, my Toshiba laptop has one.<br>><br>> It has an issue that I _think_ is down to network manager in that it refuses
<br>> to associate with an AP when first booted, however it works if I use the<br>> wired connection first.<br><br>Hello, Al.<br><br>Have you tried WiFi radar from the Universe:<br><br> sudo aptitude install wifi-radar
<br><br>Your problem sounds a bit like what happens when I disconnect the wired<br>connection from my laptop after booting with it connected. I have to<br>disable the wired connection before the WiFi connection works using:
<br><br> ifdown eth1 # wired connection<br><br>Then restart the WiFi connection using:<br><br> ifdown eth0 # WiFi connection<br> ifup eth0<br><br>Alternatively, I can connect using WiFi radar.
<br><br>Changing the subject, I've now got 7.10 (Gutsy) running on my iMac :-)<br><br>Anyone else using this ancient 'unsupportable' PowerPC technology?<br><br>BTW, I'm running the IBM PowerPC version of Java
1.5 OK in 640MB RAM.<br><br>I've looked at the DIY iMac 1GB upgrade instructions on the web + I<br>might give it a go:<br><br><a href="http://www.macworld.com/2003/08/features/15fpimacupgrade/index.php">http://www.macworld.com/2003/08/features/15fpimacupgrade/index.php
</a><br><br>Just slightly concerned about the heat transfer seal being broken when I<br>pull it apart. Anyone else done this on the 15" LCD G4 iMac?<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br> Tony.<br>--<br>Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br>In my system this doesn't seem to be the problem, the device works in windows, but when I switch to Linux it can't see it as an interface, Thanks for the information,by the way.
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kris Douglas<br> Softdel Limited Hosting Services<br><br> Web: <a href="http://www.softdel.net">www.softdel.net</a><br> Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</a>