Fresh Heron install, but no wireless

[TalioGladius]

Fresh install of Heron, but I have no wireless.

Dell XPS M1710 laptop. Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. That's R171131 from dell.
2.6.24-16-generic


ifconfig only shows eth0, lo, and my two vmware networks. The network manager only shows wired network.

Help.

[ukripper]

Fresh install of Heron, but I have no wireless.

Dell XPS M1710 laptop. Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. That's R171131 from dell.
2.6.24-16-generic


ifconfig only shows eth0, lo, and my two vmware networks. The network manager only shows wired network.

Help.

can you post output of following :

lspci

[TalioGladius]

can you post output of following :

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7900 GS (rev a1)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

[ukripper]

Also,

iwconfig

[TalioGladius]

Also,

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

vmnet1 no wireless extensions.

vmnet8 no wireless extensions.

[ukripper]

this is strange because in Hardy's kernel you have iwl3945 driver which i am currently using within gutsy. It should have been working out of the box for you in hardy. Can you do the folowing so that i know what kernel version you are using:

uname -a

[TalioGladius]

this is strange because in Hardy's kernel you have iwl3945 driver which i am currently using within gutsy. It should have been working out of the box for you in hardy. Can you do the folowing so that i know what kernel version you are using:

uname -a

That's what I keep reading, and it doesn't make sense. It also worked just fine out of the box for the past 3 versions, I was just forced to go to windows for a couple months before going to 8.04.

2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[ukripper]

That's what I keep reading, and it doesn't make sense. It also worked just fine out of the box for the past 3 versions, I was just forced to go to windows for a couple months before going to 8.04.

2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Have you tried using new kernel update available recently from update manager?
2.6.24-17

Have you got wired connection you can connect your laptop to and do updates and let's see if new kernel revision does anything for your lappy?

[stchman]

I had a laptop with a 3945ABG and it worked..... kind of.

The 4965AGN works better in Hardy than the older 3945ABG.

[TalioGladius]

Have you tried using new kernel update available recently from update manager?
2.6.24-17

Have you got wired connection you can connect your laptop to and do updates and let's see if new kernel revision does anything for your lappy?

yes. -17 didn't work and caused me issues with every application working for about 3 seconds and freezing for 10-15 seconds. Booting to -16 resolves that issue. All other updates are installed.

I hate to try and reimage....especially if it doesn't help it.