[plug] Ubuntu 11.10 and wireless

[Jason Nicholls]

Hello Shanon,

You need to "sudo apt-get install linux-firmware"



On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Shanon Loughton <autobot at iinet.net.au>wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Ive tried googling this but not sure what exactly to do. I installed 11.10
> and wifi worked the first few days then not long after it suddenly took a
> long time to boot, as if its waiting for something, and then when it
> finally gets to login there is no wlan device.  Anyone else had an issue
> with intel wireless?
>
> dmesg | grep iwl
> [    2.082140] iwl4965: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi 4965 driver for Linux,
> in-tree:
> [    2.082143] iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
> [    2.082230] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) ->
> IRQ 17
> [    2.082260] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [    2.082318] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link
> 4965AGN, REV=0x4
> [    2.125179] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x36, CALIB=0x5
> [    2.125222] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13
> 802.11a channels
> [    2.125354] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
> [   62.944121] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: request for firmware file
> 'iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode' failed.
> [   62.944128] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
> [   62.944373] iwl4965 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
>
> Its a Dell XPS M1530 Laptop, and the wifi hard switch is 'on' :P
>
> thx
> Shanon
>
>
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Jason Nicholls
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