The HW RF Kill switch is enabled. You have to disable it in some way. It looks like your hotkey Fn-F2 doesn’t work. Please take a look at http://rfswitch.sourceforge.net/ Thanks, -yi -----Original Message----- From: linux-wireless-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-wireless-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cesar Luis Avila Sent: 2008年6月5日 2:57 To: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Problems with iwl3945 module Dear all, I have an Intel Pro Wireless 3945 card installed on my laptop 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) I am running Debian Lenny (kernel 2.6.24-1). I tried to use the iwlwifi modules that came with the kernel without success. I downloaded and compiled compat-wireless-2008-06-04 modules. After make install and make load, I kept receiving the following messages on syslog Jun 4 15:43:32 cesar kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Jun 4 15:43:32 cesar kernel: iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Jun 4 15:43:34 cesar NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): (wlan0): could not trigger wireless scan: Network is down I tried to enable the wireless card with Fn-F2, but the wireless led only blinks once, and nothing else seems to happen. This is the full report after I modprobe iwl3945 Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26k Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64 Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945BG Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 0 802.11a channels Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar NetworkManager: <debug> [1212605437.271359] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1b_77_76_07_ac'). Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar NetworkManager: <debug> [1212605437.289405] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1b_77_76_07_ac_0'). Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Jun 4 15:50:37 cesar kernel: iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'iwl3945'. Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01). Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing. Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'. Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Jun 4 15:50:39 cesar kernel: iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch Jun 4 15:50:41 cesar NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan(): (wlan0): could not trigger wireless scan: Network is down -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
