[ltp] Thinkpad X61s iwlwifi 4965 LED

[Micha]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:52:42 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 03:45:21 +0100
> Jose Celestino <japc@co.sapo.pt> dijo:
> 
> > Words by John Jason Jordan [Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 06:35:44PM -0700]:
> > > At this point I think I'd like to undo what I did shen I installed the
> > > latest drivers. At least with the old setup I could connect. The light is
> > > nice, but useless if the wireless doesn't work at all.
> > 
> > Yes, sure :)
> > 
> > From README (guess you didn't. readit i mean):
> > 
> > "Uninstall:
> > 
> > This nukes our changes to updates/ so you can go back to using your
> > distribution's supported drivers.
> > 
> >   sudo make uninstall
> > "
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I haven't done it yet. I keep hoping that I can fix whatever is wrong,
> because I suspect that what is wrong is not the driver. Some facts:
> 
> 1) I have a Netgear WG511T that I used to use (with the 4965 turned off
> in the BIOS). It "just worked" so I was using it until Hardy came out,
> which would (theoretically I thought) give me a fix for the 4965. After
> doing the changes the other day that got the light working, the WG511T
> doesn't work either.
> 
> 2) I can see the networks, and I can connect to them, but I cannot get
> an IP address. That is the stumbling block. And it is the same if I use
> the WG511T or the 4965.
> 
> 3) I have set the 4965 to roaming mode in Network Manager, but it
> doesn't help. If I turn off roaming mode and go into Properties I
> should be able to see all the networks with the drop-down button. Once
> out of about 40-50 tries the drop-down button does display the
> available networks, but usually not. Meanwhile, wifi-radar always sees
> all the available networks, but cannot get an IP address.
> 
> 4) when I do iwlist wlan0 scan I get a list of networks about half the
> time. The rest of the time I get "no networks." If I do sudo killall
> NetworkManager and then sudo NetworkManager this seems to restore the
> scanning ability.
> 
> I'm too stupid to know of any other tricks. Does anyone have any
> suggestions?

What version of libglib2.0 are you using?