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network-manager package

  1. Bug #269264
  2. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 269264

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Everett Guerny (everett) wrote : Intel 4965AGN wireless only works in Intrepid if hardware switch is enabled on boot

Binary package hint: network-manager

I'm using a Fujitsu T2010 laptop currently running Intrepid Alpha 5.

condition 1: If I boot into the LiveCD with the hardware wireless switch enabled (wireless on) from the beginning, WiFi works as expected.

condition 2: If I boot into the LiveCD with the hardware wireless switch disabled (wireless off) and then switch it on, network-manager does not detect any nearby wireless networks, and manually entering a known working one does not result in a connection being established. I've also waited a number of minutes after enabling wireless, as I know that it sometimes takes a few minutes for wireless networks to appear in the network-manager-applet.

From my dmesg (condition 2):

[ 97.650227] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks
[ 97.650233] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
[ 97.651622] iwlagn: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN REV=0x4

So it looks like the wireless card is detected and whatnot, so I'm guessing it might be a network-manager problem.

I'm not familiar with managing wireless connections from the command line to troubleshoot this outside of the scope of network-manager, but if necessary, please let me know if there's any further information I can provide to help better diagnose this problem.

By the way, this hardware works without difficulty in Hardy.