[ltp] T61 Gutsy > Hardy upgrade almost fixed stuff

[Ashok Leyland]

On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 08:52:20PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I just upgraded Gutsy x86_64 on my T61 to Hardy x86_64. 
> 
> The good news:
>    Brightness buttons now work
>    Boot splash screen now works
> 
> The bad news:
>    4965agn wireless still doesn't work and the LED still doesn't come on
> 
> Regarding the 4965agn, I can't test it well here at home because I have
> no wireless here. However, it ought to at least be able to see my
> neighbors' networks. If I put in a Netgear WG511T card that I have been
> using for the past year, then I get an ath0 interface and all the
> neighbors' networks show up. Without the Netgear card (but with my home
> ethernet connected), here is what I get:
> 
> jjj@Devil7:~$ sudo iwlist scan
> [sudo] password for jjj: 
> lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.
> eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.
> wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.
> wlan0     No scan results
> 
> 
> All I need is to get the 4965agn working and my life will be perfect.
> Any suggestions?

try doing 

    ifconfig wlan0 up

and then

    iwlist wlan0 scan

mine won't scan unless the interface is brought up first

HTH