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  1. Bug #176090
  2. Comment #61

Comment 61 for bug 176090

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Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud) wrote : Re: [Bug 176090] Re: WiFi / WLAN LED not working on notebooks with Intel iwl4965 | iwl3945

> The patch(es) have been applied on the linux-backport-modules -package,
> not l-u-m.

Thank you for the tip!

Previously I had

[ 55.501127] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.0

and after installing linux-backport-modules I now have:

[12350.137452] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.25

Now the LED is on and I see those messages:

[12439.435517] Registered led device: iwl-phy1:RX
[12439.435558] Registered led device: iwl-phy1:TX

The LED is always on whereas with the gutsy kernel it blinked when there
was wifi network activity.

This is a partial fix but this is much better since now I know if the RF
kill-switch is on or off.

But when I reactivate wifi (RF kill-switch on then off), the LED does
not light up by itself. I have to perform a manual network scan (iwlist
scanning) to light it up again.

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Laurent Bonnaud.
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