[ltp] x61s gentoo wlan problem

[Robert Tomsick]

On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 12:23 +0200, Michal Hajek wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I am running gentoo on my Thinkpad X61s laptop, however I have no luck 
> with recent kernels and wlan (including 2.6.39). 
> 
> Basicaly, I have followed this guide: 
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Iwlwifi#Kernels_.3E.3D2.6.30
> 
> and after boot, I have iwl3945 loaded.
> If I do 
> rmmod iwl3945 
> and 
> modprobe iwl3945 fw_restart=1
> 
> 
> I get in dmesg: 
> [ 3837.809331] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
> [ 3839.820048] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network 
> Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s
> [ 3839.820056] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
> [ 3839.820198] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> 
> IRQ 17
> [ 3839.820228] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [ 3839.861886] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 
> 802.11a channels
> [ 3839.861894] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 
> 3945ABG
> [ 3839.862094] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
> [ 3839.862552] Registered led device: phy3-led
> [ 3839.862775] ieee80211 phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 
> 'iwl-3945-rs'
> [ 3839.866855] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: wlan0: Features changed: 0x00004800 
> -> 0x00004000
> 
> which looks good. However, led does not blink and iwconfig shows: 
> wlan0     no wireless extensions
> 
> This is under kernel 2.6.39.
> 
> RFKILL switch is in "on" possition (wifi enabled). 

Did you, by any chance, purchase a WLAN card without Lenovo markings?  I
had the same issue with my X61s when I used a third-party card.

Cheers,
Rob