No, I don't see that line or anything regarding iwl4965 in lsmod and the 
two files. Should I insert the alias line?

-- Aram

Urs Beyerle wrote:
> Aram Avetisyan wrote:
>> Hello. I have just installed Scientific Linux 5.1 on my new laptop 
>> and I'm trying to make the wireless work. I have installed the 
>> microcode the SL5.1 documentation says I need 
>> (iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17-5.sl5.noarch.rpm), but the computer does 
>> not see the Intel 4965AGN card. I've also tried installing the driver 
>> from Intel (iwlwifi-1.0.0-1), but when I try to compile it, it tells 
>> me  "Kernel Makefile not found at 
>> '/lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.14.el5/source'".  ndiswrapper likewise 
>> fails to do anything (it complains about 32-bit drivers on a 64-bit 
>> system and can't convert the 64-bit ones). Does anyone know how to 
>> get this wireless card to work?
>
> Do you have the line
>
> alias wlan0 iwl4965
>
> in your /etc/modprobe.conf?
>
> Is the driver iwl4965 loaded? See output of /sbin/lsmod.
>
> What do you see in /var/log/messages and dmesg? Anything concerning 
> iwl4965?
>
>    Urs
>