ipw3945 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization on Fedora 7

[linuxKJ]

Hi,

I tried setting up the wireless connection on my laptop for ipw3945 but i am facing the below mentioned problem. I tried to fix this issue looking at some of the similar posts but no success.

The error that pops up every time i try activating the connection is
"ipw3945 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization."

I have blacklisted the iwl3945 entry in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file.

Kindly help me in fixing this issue.

-linuxKJ

[PhillyFloyd]

post:

/etc/modprobe.conf
lsmod
fcfg-eth1 (comment out your IPADDRs)

also, ps -ef|grep ipw on your system, is a daemon running?

Also, you can try the following:

while tailing the messages logfiles:
tail -100f /var/log/messages

in another window:
modprobe -r ipw3945
modprobe ipw3945


Usually when you have that error it is either [1] the alias isn't set correctly in modprobe.conf for your NIC or you have the kill switch on, (Fn+F2 keys) that is cutting out the wifi card.

Brad

[bbfuller]

Hello linuxKJ

I used this howto to get my 3945ABG working:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...689#post808689

As you can see, there was at least one more module I needed to blacklist to get it working on this laptop.

I assume you would have to do that as well even if you were using the rpms from freshrpms or atrpms

[linuxKJ]

@bbfuller
I tried the steps given in the thread..did not work out

@PhillyFloyd

Output of /etc/modprobe.conf
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 b44
alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
#alias eth1 eepro100
alias eth1 ipw3945

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output of lsmod
[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
i915 25793 2
drm 78037 3 i915
ipt_MASQUERADE 7745 1
iptable_nat 11461 1
nf_nat 22125 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
bridge 52441 0
autofs4 24645 2
hidp 26433 0
rfcomm 43481 0
l2cap 30145 10 hidp,rfcomm
sunrpc 159133 1
nf_conntrack_ftp 13761 0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 7105 0
nf_conntrack_ipv4 15049 8 iptable_nat
xt_state 6593 6
nf_conntrack 61001 7 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ftp ,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_stat e
nfnetlink 10841 3 nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
ipt_REJECT 8641 4
iptable_filter 6977 1
ip_tables 16389 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
xt_tcpudp 7233 20
ip6t_REJECT 9537 2
ip6table_filter 6849 1
ip6_tables 17541 1 ip6table_filter
x_tables 18757 8 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,ip_ tables,xt_tcpudp,ip6t_REJECT,ip6_tables
dm_mirror 24405 0
dm_multipath 21705 0
dm_mod 57485 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
video 21065 0
sbs 19173 0
i2c_ec 9281 1 sbs
i2c_core 24641 1 i2c_ec
button 12113 0
dock 13669 0
battery 14149 0
ac 9413 0
ipv6 276673 23 ip6t_REJECT
parport_pc 29797 0
lp 15977 0
parport 38025 2 parport_pc,lp
loop 19785 0
hci_usb 20573 2
bluetooth 57125 8 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
snd_hda_intel 24281 2
snd_hda_codec 202689 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy 7877 0
snd_seq_oss 33345 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss
fw_ohci 19649 0
iTCO_wdt 14693 0
snd_seq 50353 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
fw_core 42625 1 fw_ohci
snd_seq_device 11852 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
serio_raw 10821 0
iTCO_vendor_support 7877 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_pcm_oss 43489 0
snd_mixer_oss 19393 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 74565 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
b44 29517 0
mii 9409 1 b44
pcspkr 7105 0
snd_timer 24773 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 53189 11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 11553 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 13769 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
joydev 13441 0
sr_mod 20197 0
cdrom 37217 1 sr_mod
sg 37213 0
ata_piix 18757 2
ata_generic 12101 0
libata 115417 2 ata_piix,ata_generic
sd_mod 23873 3
scsi_mod 137549 4 sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3 125385 1
jbd 59881 1 ext3
mbcache 12357 1 ext3
ehci_hcd 35405 0
ohci_hcd 23749 0
uhci_hcd 26833 0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
output of fcfg-eth1

[root@localhost ~]# fcfg-eth1
bash: fcfg-eth1: command not found

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
output of ps -ef|grep ipw
ps -ef | grep ipw
root 1964 1 0 21:01 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/ipw3945d --quiet --timeout=-1
root 3197 3159 0 21:09 pts/0 00:00:00 grep ipw

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Output of modprobe -r ipw3945
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe -r ipw3945
FATAL: Module ipw3945 not found.

These are the output of all commands you had given

[fwelland]

The thread on the previous post will help

you also may find the wireless section in my Dell D820 F7 install page. (my D820 has a 3945 card too):

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2j8bn/D820-F7.html


(iwl3945 -- what comes with F7 - is OK -- but I have had much better luck with ipw3945)


have fun...

[bbfuller]

Hello linuxKJ

Looking at the output of your lsmod command, the ipw3945 module is not being loaded which means the card won't work.

Is it possible that you have more than one kernel installed and copied the module into the folder for a non-running kernel?

Since I originally replied to your thread, the author of the howto has constructed another based on precompiled modules from freshrpms. It is here:

http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php/Fedora7

If you try this it would be best to undo the changes made from the earlier howto.

[PhillyFloyd]

Greetings

Sorry it took so long...

yeah ipw3945 module isn't loaded

# lsmod | grep -i ipw

you need to compile the module into the kernel

if you like, send me a private message, then we can exchange email addresses and I will send you the tarball for the ieee and ipw3945 and some instructions - just post here the output of:

# uname -r;uname -m

thanks