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Post subject: How do I load wireless kernel modules automatically?
 Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 05:29 PM
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Hi all,
I have sidux on an hp530 laptop and now on a Dell Vostro.
I've noticed that I need to reload the wireless kernel module everytime I want to connect to an access point (if I shutdown the laptop in-between), like so:
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modprobe -r iwl4965
modprobe iwl4965
iwconfig
I don't want to keep doing that. How can I make sure the appropriate module is loaded everytime I boot automatically? |
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Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 10:37 PM
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What kernel?
Have you tried enabling the wireless module via sidux control center?
if not the next time you boot
go to
kmenu>system>sidux control Center>Network
now from here you may want to select
Install WLAN fwdetect
if you do and your driver appears,
then select configure network cards. and see if your wireless card is there if so enable it then select apply.
reboot and then go back into sidux control center under network and see if the appears and if so, is it enabled...?
if you've done all this to no avail. just reboot and without unloading/loading the module what is the output for iwconfig and lspci? |
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Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 12:06 AM
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| or you could just add it in /etc/modules |
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Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 02:45 AM
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I'd delete /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules as root and reboot. Do a last time the modprobe commands and the next time you boot it should load by itself. If that doesn't work, then your /etc/network/interfaces isn't set up correctly
No need to put it in /etc/modules (I don't have iwl3945 in there) |
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 04:18 PM
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Hello,
Thanks for all your comments.
I decided to edit /etc/modules so that iwl3945 (yes that's the one, not iwl4965 as I wrote earlier) will be loaded at boot-time, but that hasn't helped. I discovered later that the real problem is that the wireless interface wlan0 has disappeared. It doesn't appear when I run ifconfig -a, iwconfig or even in the sidux control center.
I have used this wireless interface before (see http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-11167.html) so it's really puzzling that it has apparently disappeared. I believe it's a software issue since the physical interface hasn't gone missing:
root@siduxbox:/home/ibk1# lspci |grep 3945
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
root@siduxbox:/home/ibk1# lsmod |grep 45
iwl3945 92136 0
mac80211 130188 1 iwl3945 code
What can I do to resolve this matter, please?
2. As advised by the sidux installer, I installed the b43-fwcutter package on my Dell Vostro 1500 laptop in order to use its wireless network interface. Afterwards, I noticed the following message during system boot:
b43-ph0 ERROR:Your firmware is too new. Please downgrade your firmware.
b43-ph0 ERROR:Use this firmware tarball: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/br ... .0.tar.bz2
b43-ph0 ERROR: Use this b43-fwcutter tarball: bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2
b43-ph0 ERROR:read, understand -and do - what this message says
I have absolutely no interest in downgrading my firmware! Why
not just upgrade the firmware cutter? I already have the latest version in the apt repos installed. So what are my options? Ndiswrapper?
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