[ltp] Thinkpad X61s iwlwifi 4965 LED

[Micha]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:26:12 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:16:36 +0200
> Peter Fr=C3=BChberger <peter.fruehberger@gmail.com> dijo:
>=20
> > > I have the 4965agn on my T61 with Gutsy x86_64. I can't find any
> > > "config.mk" file.
> >=20
> > Download linux-headers-`uname -r` per sudo apt-get install=20
> > Download compat wireless from here:
> > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download#DownloadlatestLinuxwirelessd=
rivers
> >=20
> > untar it (tar xvjf) edit the config.mk file and enable add these option=
s:
> > CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS=3Dy
> > CONFIG_IWL3945_LEDS=3Dy
> > CONFIG_IWL4965_LEDS=3Dy
> >=20
> > run: make
> > run: sudo make unload
> > run: sudo make install
> > run: sudo make load
> >=20
> > everything should work.
>=20
> That works! I have had this T61 for about a year and a half, always
> Ubuntu x86_64, and I have never seen the wireless LED lit up. Finally!
> Thanks! Now I have a couple additional questions:
>=20
> 1) I plan to do apt-get dist-upgrade when Hardy is final. Hardy uses a
> later kernel than my Gutsy 2.6.22-14-generic kernel. Will what I just
> did mess up the upgrade?
>=20
> 2) The light is working now, but I note that Network Manager (System >
> Administration > Network) still doesn't see available wireless
> networks. I also have wifi-radar and it sees all available networks
> just fine. Do I assume correctly that this is a bug in the Network
> Manager GUI, unrelated to the driver? And did I just install the latest
> driver?
>=20

At least under debian there is an issue that network-manager doesn't work w=
ith
libglib2.0 version 2.16.2-1 only 2.16.1-1. I downgraded the package and
network-manager started working again. Before that it didn't see wireless
networks and didn't see changes in wired networks either, I had to restart
network manager (usually I also restarted dbus, don't know if that was need=
ed)
to see the wired network.

> 3) I have always had a problem with random disconnects using the
> 4965agn, especially when the signal is weak. I can't test this right
> now because I am at home where I do not have wireless (house is wired
> for ethernet). Does what I just did install better/later drivers?
>=20
> Sorry to be such an idiot. I'm just a desktop user so I don't know much
> about what things look like on the inside.