After 8.04 -> 8.10 upgrade, Intel 3945 wireless stops working

[BlueLagoon232]

I have a Dell XPS M1330 with an onboard Intel 3945 wireless card. I am using AMD 64 version of ubuntu. In Ubuntu 8.04 LTS the wireless worked fine: NetworkManager detected the wireless card and I could connect to wireless networks.

I upgraded to 8.10 using a combination of the CD and the network to download latest updates. After the upgrade, NetworkManager does not detect the wireless card at all.

Here is my system information:
Linux richard-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

iwconfig:

lo no wireless extensions.
eth4 no wireless extensions.
vbox0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.

lsb-release:
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

lsmod:
Module Size Used by
iwl3945 108152 0
crc_itu_t 10496 0
iwlagn 113540 0
iwlcore 105472 1 iwlagn
rfkill 19364 2 iwl3945,iwlcore
led_class 13192 2 iwl3945,iwlcore
lbm_cw_mac80211 242360 3 iwl3945,iwlagn,iwlcore
lbm_cw_cfg80211 45088 4 iwl3945,iwlagn,iwlcore,lbm_cw_mac80211
af_packet 29568 2
i915 44544 2
drm 110304 3 i915
ipv6 314312 18
rfcomm 51104 4
sco 20612 2
bridge 64544 0
stp 11268 1 bridge
bnep 23168 2
l2cap 33280 16 rfcomm,bnep
tun 20996 0
vboxdrv 1654144 0
ppdev 16904 0
acpi_cpufreq 16400 1
cpufreq_powersave 10368 0
cpufreq_userspace 12420 0
cpufreq_conservative 16392 0
cpufreq_stats 14468 0
cpufreq_ondemand 16400 1
freq_table 13568 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
container 12288 0
sbs 22288 0
sbshc 14592 1 sbs
pci_slot 13704 0
iptable_filter 11520 0
ip_tables 28176 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 31752 1 ip_tables
sbp2 32652 0
parport_pc 44200 0
lp 19588 0
parport 50096 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
loop 26380 0
joydev 20736 0
snd_hda_intel 489264 3
snd_pcm_oss 52608 0
snd_mixer_oss 25088 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 99208 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 11524 0
snd_seq_oss 42368 0
sdhci_pci 17024 0
uvcvideo 68616 0
sdhci 27396 1 sdhci_pci
serio_raw 14596 0
compat_ioctl32 18176 1 uvcvideo
videodev 46720 2 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32
snd_seq_midi 15872 0
pcspkr 11136 0
v4l1_compat 24580 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_rawmidi 34176 1 snd_seq_midi
mmc_core 67168 1 sdhci
psmouse 51612 0
iTCO_wdt 21072 0
dcdbas 16688 0
evdev 20512 18
iTCO_vendor_support 12420 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_seq_midi_event 16768 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
btusb 21912 3
snd_seq 67168 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
bluetooth 70820 13 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
snd_timer 34320 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 16404 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
video 28948 0
output 11776 1 video
snd 79432 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
wmi 15808 0
button 15904 0
soundcore 16800 1 snd
battery 21128 0
ac 13448 0
intel_agp 39280 1
snd_page_alloc 17680 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp 42140 0
pci_hotplug 39472 1 shpchp
ext3 150544 3
jbd 66472 1 ext3
mbcache 17924 1 ext3
sha256_generic 17792 0
aes_x86_64 16384 2
aes_generic 36392 1 aes_x86_64
cbc 12288 1
usbhid 39776 0
hid 59072 1 usbhid
sr_mod 24644 0
cdrom 47784 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 45864 3
crc_t10dif 10240 1 sd_mod
sg 45408 0
ata_piix 29444 0
pata_acpi 13568 0
ahci 43148 2
ata_generic 14212 0
ohci1394 41524 0
libata 200160 4 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ahci,ata_generic
scsi_mod 183160 5 sbp2,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 18464 1 libata
ieee1394 110592 2 sbp2,ohci1394
tg3 142596 0
libphy 31104 1 tg3
ehci_hcd 48908 0
uhci_hcd 34336 0
usbcore 175376 6 uvcvideo,btusb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
dm_crypt 22792 1
crypto_blkcipher 27780 3 cbc,dm_crypt
dm_mirror 28288 0
dm_log 19460 1 dm_mirror
dm_snapshot 26568 0
dm_mod 72944 13 dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_snapshot
thermal 27424 0
processor 47800 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 13576 0
fbcon 51200 0
tileblit 11264 1 fbcon
font 17152 1 fbcon
bitblit 14592 1 fbcon
softcursor 10496 1 bitblit
fuse 68288 3

dmesg after unloading and then loading iwl3945:
richard@richard-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe -r iwl3945
[sudo] password for richard:
richard@richard-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe iwl3945
richard@richard-laptop:~$ dmesg

[44487.804465] usb 1-2.3: USB disconnect, address 22
[44488.348045] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 23
[44488.535188] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44488.537877] hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
[44488.539346] hub 1-2:1.0: 3 ports detected
[44488.834355] usb 1-2.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 24
[44488.965492] usb 1-2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44489.045334] usb 1-2.2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 25
[44489.190536] usb 1-2.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44489.205687] input: Broadcom Corp as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.2/1-2.2:1.0/input/input24
[44489.245179] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Broadcom Corp] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-2.2
[44489.319371] usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 26
[44489.461989] usb 1-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44489.471814] input: Broadcom Corp as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.0/input/input25
[44489.516148] input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Broadcom Corp] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-2.3
[44489.889458] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth4: link is not ready
[44491.539306] tg3: eth4: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[44491.539312] tg3: eth4: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
[44491.540077] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth4: link becomes ready
[44501.864102] eth4: no IPv6 routers present
[44756.873706] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
[44756.873719] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
[44756.873828] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[44756.873854] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[44756.873883] iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[44781.696974] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[44781.697002] iwl3945: probe of 0000:0c:00.0 failed with error -110

Note that in the dmesg output, the IWL driver complains about hardware scanning and exits with an error -110. I have Googled every way I can think of but cannot find any information on this error code.

I downloaded and installed the latest wireless drivers from http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download but no luck so I removed them.

I have scoured the web but cannot find any information that helps.

I think in 8.04 I was using a restricted driver for the wireless - I cannot quite remember - but in 8.10 I note that there are no restricted drivers listed for me to use in the Driver Manager. The Driver Manager comes up but just says there are no available drivers.

Please let me know any other debugging steps you would like me to take - I really would like to get this working.

Thank you

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi BlueLagoon232,

Can you attach your full dmesg output after a fresh boot (and without unloading/reloading the iwl3945 driver)? Thanks.

[BlueLagoon232 (richard-kokoro)]

Hi!

Thank you Leann for your help! I have attached the requested information.

Thank you!!

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