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klazsick

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Registered: 2008-07-10

Posts: 12

iwl3945 and newer kernel 2.6.28.3

Kernel 2.6.25.6 works perfectly,so I'm currently using that.

After upgrading to 2.6.28.3, the computer stops responding if I don't interact with the mouse or the keyboard, however if I press a key or move the mouse the computer responds for a short while before freezing again.

X will stop loading if i don't press a key or move the mouse 3 or 4 times.  You can hear the computer working, but then it will stop, and if I press a key it will continue.

The same goes for programs, Firefox will stop loading if I don't move the mouse.  The best visualization of what is happening is if I load a webpage in Firefox the image in the top right corner that tells you that the webpage is loading freezes until I move the mouse, then it will load a little more before freezing.

If I put ! in front of ipw3945 in the modules array or rc.conf and remove the network and net-profile daemons, X and other programs seem to load fine.

kernel 2.6.27.6 was a disaster and I would get random kernel panics and the computer would randomly freeze and require a hard reset.

This is the only error message that I got as soon as I upgraded the kernel:

iwl3945: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting 0x82000008.
iwl3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX

Thanks for your help
Jeff

mutlu_inek

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From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 684

Re: iwl3945 and newer kernel 2.6.28.3

What version is your iwlwifi-3945-ucode?

klazsick

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Registered: 2008-07-10

Posts: 12

Re: iwl3945 and newer kernel 2.6.28.3

Everything on the system should be up to date.  I'm running iwlwifi-3945-ucode 15.28.2.8-1.

generic_

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From: Jacksonville,FL US

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 182

Re: iwl3945 and newer kernel 2.6.28.3

Yes I am also using the iwlwifi but im not in the newer kernel but I has a similar error message when I tried it. No X problems though. Ive had some problem on the newer kernel I went back.

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blazercist

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Registered: 2009-01-18

Posts: 20

Re: iwl3945 and newer kernel 2.6.28.3

I have no problems using 2.6.28.3 and iwl3945 on my MSI Wind.

dhave

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From: Outside the matrix.

Registered: 2005-05-15

Posts: 1,112

Re: iwl3945 and newer kernel 2.6.28.3

I have iwl3945 in my MODULES= list in rc.conf, not ipw3945.

Quoting from an old post by Thayer:

ipw3945 was proprietary and required a daemon as well as the kernel module. iwlwifi is Intel's open source suite of wireless drivers and they only require the kernel driver.

I'm running iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.28.2.8-1 with kernel 2.6.28-3 on my Thinkpad T61p without problems.

Last edited by dhave (2009-01-18 04:10:34)

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klazsick

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Registered: 2008-07-10

Posts: 12

Re: iwl3945 and newer kernel 2.6.28.3

I made a typo, I have iwl3945 in my modules or rc.conf.  If other people have it working, maybe I'll try reinstalling everything

Thanks