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Old 06-12-2009, 02:23 PM   #1
Richard Talman
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iwl3945 wireless installation

After installing Scientific Linux 5.3 on lenovo t61 laptop, 3945 wireless does not turn on. On the same laptop, after installing Ubuntu8.10 the wireless works fine
 
Old 06-12-2009, 02:25 PM   #2
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Lets make sure your box is seeing it;

Code:
lspci|grep Net
iwconfig
ifconfig
dmesg|grep iwl |grep driver
lsmod
then hit the wireless kill switch and give us the output of
Code:
dmesg|tail
 
  


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