[ltp] Thinkpad X61s iwlwifi 4965 LED

Donald P Kong linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:17:46 +0800


On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 12:01 +0200,
linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org wrote:

> jjj@Devil7:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
> [sudo] password for jjj:
> Reconfiguring network interfaces...wlan1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
>     SET failed on device wlan1 ; No such device.
> There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wlan1.pid with pid 1
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
> Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
> wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> wlan1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> wlan1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
> Bind socket to interface: No such device
> Failed to bring up wlan1.
> done.
> 
> I don't understand the above. Wlan1 does not exist. When I ran that command there was a wlan0, but the command did not see it. 
> 

it's likely your network is configured manually
in /etc/network/interfaces. if using Ubuntu, go to System >
Administration > Network and enable "Roaming Mode" for wireless (wlan0).

as of yesterday, the Hardy kernel driver for iwl3945 does not have LED
activity yet.




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