ERROR: Could not find Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

[Ernest L. Williams Jr.]

On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 15:29 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:12:29PM -0500, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> > After updating the kernel wireless no longer works:
> > 
> > 
> > [root at panther ~]# modprobe ipw3945; ipw3945d
> > FATAL: Module ipw3945 not found.
> > 2007-01-19 23:10:49: ERROR: Could not find Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> > Network Connection
> > [1]+  Done                    system-config-network
> > ipw3945d - regulatory daemon
> > Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> > version: 1.7.22
> > 2007-01-19 23:10:49: ERROR: Could not find Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> > Network Connection
> > [root at panther ~]# uname -a
> > Linux panther 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 18:50:56 EST 2007
> > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Install yum-plugin-kmdl, that will pick up kmdl on kernel upgrades,
> even after the kernel has been installed.

I did that.

My kernel is: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1 SMP

I still get errors:
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[root at panther ~]# yum -y install ipw3945 ipw3945d
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "kmdl" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for ipw3945 to pack into transaction set.
ipw3945-1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at 100% |=========================| 3.3 kB
00:00     
---> Package ipw3945.x86_64 0:1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at set to be updated
---> Downloading header for ipw3945d to pack into transaction set.
ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.at.x86_ 100% |=========================| 2.9 kB
00:00     
---> Package ipw3945d.x86_64 0:1.7.22-4.at set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: ipw3945-kmdl-1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at for package:
ipw3945
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 to pack into
transaction set.
ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.286 100% |=========================| 4.0 kB
00:00     
---> Package ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6.x86_64 0:1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at
set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository
Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 ipw3945                 x86_64     1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at  atrpms
35 k
 ipw3945d                x86_64     1.7.22-4.at      atrpms
36 k
Installing for dependencies:
 ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6  x86_64     1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at  atrpms
94 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 165 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): ipw3945-1.2.0-18.2 100% |=========================|  35 kB
00:00     
(2/3): ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.1 100% |=========================|  94 kB
00:00     
(3/3): ipw3945d-1.7.22-4. 100% |=========================|  36 kB
00:00     
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: ipw3945d                     #########################
[1/3] 
  Installing: ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2869.f #########################
[2/3] 
  Installing: ipw3945                      #########################
[3/3] 

Installed: ipw3945.x86_64 0:1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at ipw3945d.x86_64
0:1.7.22-4.at
Dependency Installed: ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6.x86_64
0:1.2.0-18.2.fc6.at
Complete!
[root at panther ~]# modprobe ipw3945; ipw3945d
FATAL: Module ipw3945 not found.
2007-01-20 22:08:46: ERROR: Could not find Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection
ipw3945d - regulatory daemon
Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
version: 1.7.22
2007-01-20 22:08:46: ERROR: Could not find Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection
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