hi for every one,I’m a new Linux user and i’m not good in english but I will try to present the problem
I want to use suse 11.0 in place of windows, but I have one problem is that the Start button wifi does not work properly under SUSE, it is turned off and i can not turn it on … my wifi card is “Intel PRO / Wireless 3945ABG network connection”
the hardware is detected by the system but still not actif
so, please help me and thank you in advance
If you already have the driver correctly installed, then you must go to YaST > Network Devices > Network Settings and configure your wireless device, ESSID, password and so on. You may have to reboot to make it work.
I assume you mean the network manager is greyed out in your system tray?
This is for KDE, you didn’t say if you are using KDE or Gnome
If the network manager is seeing the networks but not connecting to your network you need to right-click the icon and select the option “Edit Connections” “New Connection” and fill in the information of your network.
or do what JosipBroz suggested and bypass the network manager.
josipBroz thank you and you too axiea …, I try all what you propose to me, I even installed ndiswrapper and then I installed the driver of windows … but always the same problem “indicator of the wireless card does not turn”
On 11/27/2008 b ismail wrote:
> but always the same problem “indicator of the wireless card does not
> turn”
You mean the light doesn’t go on? That doesn’t mean much. Do you have a kill switch somewhere?
Uwe
exactly, the light doesn’t go on as i press the botton in my laptob…the wireless should be activated for this botton!!!
the operating system (openSuse 11.0) indicates “your hardware is not activated”
do you see?!
please open a console become root and
tail -f /var/log/messages
What do you see while pressing the kill switch?
Uwe
buckesfeld, this is the result of tail -f /var/log/messages
linux-8n2d:/home/ismail # tail -f /var/log/messages
Nov 28 12:41:48 linux-8n2d avahi-daemon[2545]: Registering new address record fo
r 192.168.1.2 on wlan0.IPv4.
Nov 28 12:41:48 linux-8n2d dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.2 – renewal in 1726 sec
onds.
Nov 28 12:41:49 linux-8n2d nm-dispatcher.action: Script ‘/etc/NetworkManager/dis
patcher.d/autofs’ exited with error status 1.
Nov 28 12:41:50 linux-8n2d SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/S
uSEfirewall2 …
Nov 28 12:41:50 linux-8n2d SuSEfirewall2: using default zone ‘ext’ for interface
wmaster0
Nov 28 12:41:50 linux-8n2d SuSEfirewall2: batch committing…
Nov 28 12:41:50 linux-8n2d SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set
Nov 28 12:41:50 linux-8n2d nm-dispatcher.action: Script ‘/etc/NetworkManager/dis
patcher.d/nfs’ exited with error status 2.
Nov 28 12:41:52 linux-8n2d kernel: wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
Nov 28 12:42:01 linux-8n2d su: (to root) ismail on /dev/pts/1
Nov 28 12:42:21 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Nov 28 12:42:21 linux-8n2d kernel: Kill switch must be turned off for wireless n
etworking to work.
Nov 28 12:42:26 linux-8n2d kernel: wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP 00:1e:e3:
7c:87:47 - assume out of range
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d dhclient: caught deadly SIGTERM
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d dhclient: could not restore resolv.conf: No such file
or directory
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:e3:7c:87:47
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d avahi-daemon[2545]: Withdrawing address record for 19
2.168.1.2 on wlan0.
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d avahi-daemon[2545]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on i
nterface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.2.
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d avahi-daemon[2545]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer re
levant for mDNS.
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access durin
g RFKILL wakes up NIC
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: MAC is in deep sleep!
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access durin
g RFKILL wakes up NIC
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d nm-dispatcher.action: Script ‘/etc/NetworkManager/dis
patcher.d/autofs’ exited with error status 1.
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: MAC is in deep sleep!
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access durin
g RFKILL wakes up NIC
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: MAC is in deep sleep!
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access durin
g RFKILL wakes up NIC
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:10:00.0 d
isabled
Nov 28 12:42:27 linux-8n2d avahi-daemon[2545]: Withdrawing address record for fe
80::21f:3cff:fe02:9e6 on wlan0.
Ok, that looks like it worked until you pressed the button.
Uwe
I have the exact same problem here. I can swtich blue tooth on and off, but I can’t seem to swtich the wifi on no matter what I do. I also have the same network card as you.
It works fine when in Windows, but not when in Suse.
There is a bug in the version of the intel wifi driver shipped with openSuse 11.0. The light does not work. The wireless still works, just the indicator light does not. I believe this is fixed in 11.1.
You can switch the driver in Yast to use the ipw3945 driver instead of the iwl3945, this will fix the light, but the driver is unsupported and I had some problems with it staying connected.