linux-image-2.6.17-10-generic does not see my wireless card

[pablodiazgutierrez]

After installing edgy and upgrading the kernel in my Toshiba Portege m400, my wireless card is not recognized anymore. It works fine with 2.6.15-26-686. Following are some hints:

> Output of ifup:
$ sudo ifup eth1
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth1.pid with pid 134993416
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.

> Output of lspci
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
03:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments Unknown device 8039
03:0b.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments Unknown device 803a
03:0b.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments Unknown device 803b
03:0b.3 Class 0805: Texas Instruments Unknown device 803c

[Sami Haahtinen (ressu)]

Do you have linux-restricted-modules-generic installed? Could this be the same as Bug #62452?

[pablodiazgutierrez (pablo-ics)]

No, it does not seem like the same bug. I have linux-restricted-modules-generic installed and yet it doesn't see my wireless card at eth1, as it happens with 2.6.15. What kind of additional information would help?

Thanks!

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

sudo apt-get install linux-wlan-ng

This will give you the wlancfg program used to configure madwifi.

[pablodiazgutierrez (pablo-ics)]

Without touching anything, the wlan started working today... Maybe it got fixed in some recent upgrade? I had tried just 5 days ago and it failed...

Anyway, problem solved, just don't know how.

Thanks for the suggestion, Ben.