vl 5.9.1 final ipw3945 mod not found

[aixuser01]

Hi,
just installed vl5.9.1 soho final

checked wifi with lspci

I see
02:00.0 network controller pro/wireless 3945abg network connection

modprob ipw3945  returns "fatal module ipw3945 not found"

I'm not sure where to go from here.

Thanks!

[gamfa]

Check and see if the module is "iwl3945"

[aixuser01]

ran modprobe iwl3945 got no errors.

ifconfig still does not show the ethX card ( just the wlan0) and /sbin/ipw3945d still gives
"error opening /sys/bus/pic/drivers/ipw3945: no such file or directory"

looking in /sys/bus/pic/drivers/
i see iwl3945
but dont see anything like iwl3945d in /sbin.

arrgh!

Thanks for looking this for me!

[gamfa]

ipw3945d and therefore iwl3945d is not used anymore. I have the same wifi card in my Lenovo. With the new driver the card registers as wlan0.

You also need to have the latest firmware. Look in /lib/firmware and see if the file iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode is there. If
 it isn't, google for it and you will be able to get it from Intel. Things should start working then.

Edit:

That pup is harder to find than I remembered. Get the file here...
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads&f=ucodes_3945

get version iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.28.1.8.tgz

[aixuser01]

gamfa,
thank you for your response. I am now on the network! woohoo.

next issue I get an error from wpa_supplicant

I use this to start it

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

i get this error
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported

what am I doing wrong here?
thanks!!

[gamfa]

Glad you got connected. I kinda beat my head on the wall on that for a while myself. Someone else will need to help on the wpa question. It might be a good idea to start a new thread for the wpa.

[aixuser01]

Gamfa,
Thanks for your help, I don’t know how long I would have had to beat my head against a wall before I figured it out!