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ronai

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Registered: 2007-09-27

Posts: 6

What it means iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 ?

My iwl3945 module work fine ( intel pro/wireless 3945abg ).
 
I put it in /etc/rc.conf

1)
MODULES=( ... iwl3945 ...)

2)
...
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo wlan0 ...)

and in /etc/conf.d/wireless

1)
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 mode managed essid MariaTeresa channel 7 ap 00:17:3f:0d:81:20 key restricted [1] 1a3d9d0d8c27819e7c23103ea$
WLAN_INTERFACES=(wlan0)

So I have ( as root ) type:

modprobe -r iwl3945
modprobe iwl3945

restart network daemon ( /etc/rc.d/network restart )
because the module is not detected in boot.
After the procedure above thats ok.

The dmesg is

...
iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.0ds
iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation

...
iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:07:00.0 disabled
iwl3945: probe of 0000:07:00.0 failed with error -2

With old kernel all was perfect. But with last kernel ( clean install from ftp ) not work.

Thank you!

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,560

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Re: What it means iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 ?

Did you pull both packages?

# pacman -S iwlwifi iwlwifi-3945-ucode

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ronai

Member

Registered: 2007-09-27

Posts: 6

Re: What it means iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 ?

Yes I do this when I install the arch.

HyperBaton

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-01-18

Posts: 207

Re: What it means iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 ?

Delete the 3945 ucodes in /lib/firmware/. Remove the iwlwifi-3945-ucode package (pacman -R iwlwifi-3945-ucode) en reinstall the package. I think that should fix your problem...