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TigerBenedict

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Registered: 2008-03-23

Posts: 9

Yet another iwl3945 question

I used to use the old ipw3945/ipw3945d/ip3945-ucode successfully. Now I removed them (using pacman -R), downloaded the new iwl3945 package from a download page (can't use pacman to upgrade yet because only my windows partition has access to the internet until I get this working), and installed it using pacman -U iwl3945-ucode.pkg.tgz or some syntax similar to that.

I added iwl3945 to my module list in /etc/rc.conf and setup my eth1 parameters and conf.d/wireless parameters. However, when I boot Arch Linux, I get an error that says it can't find the iwl3945 module. When I modeprobe iwl3945 it can't find it either.

Anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks.

hacosta

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From: Mexico

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 423

Re: Yet another iwl3945 question

maybe you downloaded an old module (for an older kernel) i would recomend you to post the versions of the software..

an easier way to do what you want is to continue using ipw3945 to get internet access then
pacman -S iwl3945 (the modules do not conflict, you can have both installed)
change eth1 for wlan0 in rc.conf
/etc/rc.d/ipw3945d stop
rmmod ipw3945
modprobe iwl3945
/etc/rc.d/network restart

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: Yet another iwl3945 question

What's your kernel version? I think an older kernel might not have the iwl3945 module.

uname -r

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TigerBenedict

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Registered: 2008-03-23

Posts: 9

Re: Yet another iwl3945 question

Here is the official name/version of the package:
iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.1.5-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz

Hacosta, I took your suggestion and tried downloading the three ipw3945 packages and tried installing them with pacman -U. ipw3945d and ipw3945-ucode seemed to install fine, but ipw3945 said that it required kernel version 2.6.24!

Dyscoria, my Kernel version is 2.6.22. I thought that installing iwlwifi-3945 would be all that I'd need to add the module. Do I have to reinstall the kernel as well with this package somehow?

Thanks.

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: Yet another iwl3945 question

but ipw3945 said that it required kernel version 2.6.24!

The above answers the question really.

Just download the kernel elsewhere, and install the package using pacman. I don't think dependencies will be a problem. If they are, the newest versions of 'mkinitcpio', 'module-init-tools' and coreutils' are all you need.

It's because various wireless modules were recently integrated into the kernel. You'll still need the ucode package to get it working though.

Last edited by dyscoria (2008-03-23 23:52:36)

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uastasi

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From: Salento - Italy

Registered: 2007-11-27

Posts: 247

Re: Yet another iwl3945 question

Here is the official name/version of the package:
iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.1.5-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz

Hacosta, I took your suggestion and tried downloading the three ipw3945 packages and tried installing them with pacman -U. ipw3945d and ipw3945-ucode seemed to install fine, but ipw3945 said that it required kernel version 2.6.24!

Dyscoria, my Kernel version is 2.6.22. I thought that installing iwlwifi-3945 would be all that I'd need to add the module. Do I have to reinstall the kernel as well with this package somehow?

Thanks.

If you want to use iwl3945 just install iwlwifi-3945-ucode from pacman and nothing else.

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