intel 3945agb card not getting interface > dell xps 1330n [SOLVED!]

Ryan_Macy · 2008-08-04 18:53:51

My 3945agb card is not working on arch, nor is my Ethernet.

I'm on a dell xps1330n.

I cracked open rc.conf to find that it only listed eth0 and that it was set for a static ip.

So I edited it to something like;

wlan0="dhcp" //I added this line in hope that I would have to just reboot and get a wireless interface.
eth0="dhcp"
DEVICE(eth0 wlan0) //its device or interface or something of the sort, can't remember at this point.

yet on reboot it stalled for a second on network and said that wlan0 timed out (do I need to enter in my network essid and hex for this to work?)

ipconfig -a just outputs lo and eth0

I have the ipw3945abg drivers installed (ipw2945 ipw3945d ipw3946-ucode)
network_tools is also installed

also another problem I had is that dev/shda4 (or something like that) caused me to auto reboot right after install on the forced disk check. (whats up with that?)

Last edited by Ryan_Macy (2008-08-06 07:33:12)

nDray · 2008-08-04 21:09:44

You'll want to make sure that iwlwifi-3945-ucode is installed and that the iwl3945 module is loaded.

Ryan_Macy · 2008-08-05 07:57:28

could you explain how to do that please?

iphitus · 2008-08-05 08:09:34

Please update, do pacman -Syu and use the iwl3945 drivers instead. See the "Wireless Setup" wiki page for more info.

nDray · 2008-08-05 10:24:44

pacman -Syu
pacman -S iwlwifi-3945-ucode

then edit /etc/rc.conf with your favorite text editor and add "iwl3945" to the MODULES array. It should already be there if you used automatic hardware detection when installing. Being there just isn't enough, you have to have iwlwifi-3945-ucode installed, which you'll have after running the above commands.

I didn't read the last lines... Don't use ipw3945, there's no point now.
Make sure to do this, preferrably before installing iwlwifi:
pacman -Rns ipw3945 ipw3945d ipw3945-ucode

As for the forced check, nothing to worry about.

Last edited by nDray (2008-08-05 10:27:29)

smurnjiff · 2008-08-05 15:40:45

And, once you upgrade, if you're tired of the annoying flashing LED, do this:
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/iwl-phy0:{RX,TX,assoc}/brightness

Ryan_Macy · 2008-08-05 20:22:37

ok I did a fresh install lastnight and I installed iwl drivers and not the ipw, then I added !ipw3945 in MODULES() (rc.conf)

I have a interface wlan0, my network uses a hex key.

I tried configuring my wireless in rc.conf with the following

# /etc/rc.conf
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid MyEssid key 1234567890" # hex WEP key
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)

however my wlan0 fails to connect, I get a timeout error.

also a bit off topic, I am getting a lot of locale errors?

Ryan_Macy · 2008-08-06 07:34:50

Got it working, the rc.conf wont seem to start it but when I use iwconfig essid <name> key <hex> it connects.

How do I get it to automatically connect on startup?

Arch Linux

#1 2008-08-04 18:53:51

intel 3945agb card not getting interface > dell xps 1330n [SOLVED!]

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Re: intel 3945agb card not getting interface > dell xps 1330n [SOLVED!]

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