Network-manager thinks my eth1 is wired, but it isn't

[ST47]

Binary package hint: network-manager

st47@Nightshade:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
st47@nightshade:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

st47@nightshade:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
blah

network-manager:
 Installed: 0.6.5-0ubuntu16
 Candidate: 0.6.5-0ubuntu16

hal:
 Installed: 0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5
 Candidate: 0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5

This is a dell inspiron 1420n, the wi-fi light is solid on, even if I cycle the switch.

While investigating the device in hal, trying to remove it then restore it, sudo stops working. I enter a command, and it hangs.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Have you enabled the restricted driver for your Wireless-Network-Card? The IPW driver is considered "restricted" software on the Ubuntu platform and must be manually enabled with the restricted drivers control utility.

[ST47 (en-wp-st47)]

Yes - note that it works sometimes, but then the wireless stops working and it becomes wired.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Please attach a driver enabled log, for the ipw-module you can activate logging by doing:

modprobe ipw{2100,2200,3945} debug=65535

[ST47 (en-wp-st47)]

Interestingly, there is no ipw3945 module for my most recent kernel upgrade - there's one in my /sbin for 2.6.22-14 and -15, but modprobe complains that there is not one for 2.6.24-19. Logging for the first two works, and next time I run into the error I will seek out those logs. (looks lite /var/log/kern.log?)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

The kernel module should be in /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/ubuntu/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi/compatible/, are you sure there is no module named ipw|iwl3945.ko?

And yes, /var/log/kern.log will do the trick, as would dmesg.

[ST47 (en-wp-st47)]

There are a few messages:
ipw3945: Error sending cmd #07 to daemon: time out after 500ms.
ipw3945: Error sending SCAN_ABORT_CMD: time out after 500ms.
ipw3945: Error sending cmd #08 to daemon: time out after 500ms.
ipw3945: Error sending ADD_STA: time out after 500ms.
ipw3945: Error sending SCAN_ABORT_CMD: time out after 500ms.
ipw3945: Error sending LEDS_CMD: time out after 500ms.
ipw3945: Error sending LEDS_CMD: time out after 500ms.

If I kill -9 the daemon (/sbin/ipw3945d-2.6.22-14-generic --quiet), rm the pid file (/var/run/ipw3945d.pid) and restart the daemon, nothing is fixed.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 163236, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.