hp pavilion 1090es unable to use intel pro 4965AGN wireless

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Hello,

I have a HP pavilion dv5 1090es laptop, and a intel pro wireless 4965AGN wireless network device.

I have already installed the 4965agn driver included in the opensuse installation dvd.

However, when typing ‘hwinfo --netcard’ the system identifies my card as ‘Intel Network Controller’. ‘iwconfig’ command returns ‘no wireless extensions’

I have checked that the kernel loads iwl4965, and a ‘modinfo iwl4965’ returns a right response.

My laptop has some tactile controls that suse doesn’t recognize. The most important is the wireless one. It is always shining red(disabled), and I fear that this is the cause of my problems.

I have installed all the hotkeys & keyboards related packages that are included in the openSuse installation dvd, but without success.

Any ideas will be welcomed!

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Have you tried configuring the device via YaST - network devices - network settings ? Also, have a read of the stickies in the wireless section

Andy
p.s. this would have been seen sooner if it was posted in the wireless section

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Yes configured the device via Yast, but it doesn’t work, as no wireless device is detected.
If you think it’s better, i can post again in wireless section. I read the styckies there and this is the result:

lsusb: (some entries)
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 5986:0137 Acer, Inc
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lspci: (some entries)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 4237
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PC

lspci -n (some)
02:00.0 0280: 8086:4237
03:00.0 0200: 10ec:8168 (rev ff)

dmesg | less: (some)
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00 /PNP0C0D:00/input/input5
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
input: Sleep Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input6
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.3[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.3 to 64
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
Driver ‘sr’ needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 62x/62x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded

r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xf8ee4000, 00:1e:68:cb:cd:b1, XID 3c4000c0 IRQ 215

iwl4965: Unknown parameter `led’

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i will post this in wireless section as recomended…