On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> [...] > >> Yes, this must be the kernel / firmware issue. On my laptop, wireless >> failed as well. It apparently identified the hardware (4965) and >> loaded the right driver (iwlagn). This laptop currently runs SL-5 and >> the wireless works fine with the iwl4965 module. > > I'm a bit confused. As far as I see iwlagn needs firmware iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode (?) > > # modinfo /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko | grep firmware > firmware: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode > > But we only have iwlwifi-4965.ucode in iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17-5.sl5 > > # rpm -ql iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17-5.sl5 > /lib/firmware/LICENSE.iwlwifi-4965-ucode > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965.ucode > /usr/share/doc/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17 > /usr/share/doc/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/LICENSE.iwlwifi-4965-ucode > /usr/share/doc/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/README.iwlwifi-4965-ucode > > Troy, shouldn't we add iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode to iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17-5.sl5? > Download it from Intel site: > http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.2.23.tgz > > Unfortunately, I don't have a iwl4965 hardware for testing. > > Urs I should have posted a follow-up. Yes, iwlagn needs ucode-2. It is available from the dag repo. Installing iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.23-1.nodist.rf solves the problem. This package contains both -1 and -2. If you install it *before* the 5.2 to 5.3 update, the 4965 wireless would work seamlessly. I confirmed this myself. Akemi