I am running Ubuntu 8.04 on an Acer Laptop with Intel Pro Wireless 3945 ABG.
I cannot get a wireless connection. My guess is that it is somehow turned off.
There is a small toggle switch to turn on/off the wireless in the front of this computer; when on, it flickers yellow. It remains off, in either position!
Finally, this is a dual boot setup and the wireless works fine on the other side.
The network controler and intel chipset are recognized.
This is from the SysLog:

Oct 2 12:48:41 mjh-laptop kernel: [ 1579.816550] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
Oct 2 12:48:41 mjh-laptop kernel: [ 1579.820376] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 2 12:48:41 mjh-laptop kernel: [ 1579.820387] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.
Oct 2 12:48:41 mjh-laptop kernel: [ 1579.857451] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd6 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 2 12:48:41 mjh-laptop kernel: [ 1579.857462] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e056 <keycode>' to make it known.

This is from the following command:

root@mjh-laptop:/home/mjh# sudo lshw -C network

*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 02
serial: 00:13:02:01:85:b5
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 latency=0 module=iwl3945 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 21
serial: 00:16:36:1e:09:f9
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86 duplex=full firmware=5789-v3.49a ip=192.168.1.100 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
root@mjh-laptop:/home/mjh#

Sorry for being so wordy.

Any ideas?

Matthew

What is the output of "ifconfig -a" and "iwconfig"?

mjh@mjh-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:1e:09:f9
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2216 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2241 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1729771 (1.6 MB) TX bytes:529509 (517.0 KB)
Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1700 (1.6 KB) TX bytes:1700 (1.6 KB)

mjh@mjh-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

It looks there is no wireless driver loaded for your adapter. The full output of "dmesg", "lsmod", "lspci", and "lspci -n" might be helpful here. I know that sounds like a lot, but getting wireless adapters working is probably the single biggest problem with Linux right now.

You can always punt and use ndiswrapper. If you have the wireless device working on Windows, then you already have the required driver files. Google "ndiswrapper" or search this site for examples of how to get it working.

Thanks David!
I hate windows and only keep a copy of it because I can't do my taxes with a linux app. OOPs, I have to break this up into sections, it's too long for the editor on this site.
I've copied the files you asked for:

mjh@mjh-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
af_packet 23812 2
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10372 0
acpi_cpufreq 10796 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 2
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
freq_table 5536 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
dock 11280 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
deflate 4736 0
zlib_deflate 20760 1 deflate
twofish 7680 0
twofish_common 38528 1 twofish
camellia 29568 0
serpent 19456 0
blowfish 9216 0
des_generic 17280 0
cbc 5504 0
ecb 4480 0
blkcipher 8324 2 cbc,ecb
xcbc 6920 0
sha256_generic 12160 0
sha1_generic 3584 0
crypto_null 3584 0
af_key 37392 0
aes_i586 33536 0
dm_crypt 15364 0
dm_mod 62660 1 dm_crypt
sbp2 24072 0
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13120 0
pcmcia 40876 0
irda 203068 0
acer_acpi 18112 0
led_class 6020 1 acer_acpi
crc_ccitt 3072 1 irda
evdev 13056 6
psmouse 40336 0
serio_raw 7940 0
pcspkr 4224 0
snd_hda_intel 344728 6
gspca 643920 0
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
tifm_7xx1 8576 0
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
tifm_core 11012 1 tifm_7xx1
videodev 29440 1 gspca
v4l2_common 18304 1 videodev
v4l1_compat 15492 1 videodev
usbhid 31872 0
hid 38784 1 usbhid
snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
iwl3945 89844 0
fglrx 1555468 23
iwlwifi_mac80211 219108 1 iwl3945
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
yenta_socket 27276 1
container 5632 0
rsrc_nonstatic 13696 1 yenta_socket
cfg80211 15112 1 iwlwifi_mac80211
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia_core 40596 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
wmi_acer 9644 1 acer_acpi
battery 14212 0
ac 6916 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 24836 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
button 9232 0
intel_agp 25492 0
snd 56996 21 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
agpgart 34760 2 fglrx,intel_agp
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
soundcore 8800 1 snd
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 3
ata_piix 19588 2
ata_generic 8324 0
pata_acpi 8320 0
ohci1394 33584 0
ieee1394 93752 2 sbp2,ohci1394
libata 159344 3 ata_piix,ata_generic,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 151436 5 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd 37900 0
tg3 116228 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146028 5 gspca,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50708 3
mjh@mjh-laptop:~$

mjh@mjh-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21)
0a:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0a:09.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
0a:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
mjh@mjh-laptop:~$


mjh@mjh-laptop:~$ lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 8086:27a0 (rev 03)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:27a1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 02)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:27d0 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:27d2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 0604: 8086:27d4 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 0604: 8086:27d6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:27c8 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:27c9 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:27ca (rev 02)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:27cb (rev 02)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:27cc (rev 02)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev e2)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:27b9 (rev 02)
00:1f.2 0101: 8086:27c4 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:27da (rev 02)
01:00.0 0300: 1002:7145
03:00.0 0280: 8086:4222 (rev 02)
04:00.0 0200: 14e4:169d (rev 21)
0a:09.0 0607: 104c:8039
0a:09.1 0c00: 104c:803a
0a:09.2 0180: 104c:803b
mjh@mjh-laptop:~$

David,
I had to shorten this file. Hope I didn't edit out something you were looking for.
Matthew

dmesg:
[ 23.189254] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
[ 23.189268] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[ 23.189579] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 23.212380] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x17, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
[ 23.212383] ACPI: EC: driver started in interrupt mode
[ 23.212431] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[ 23.213222] PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
[ 23.213227] PCI quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH6 GPIO
[ 23.214576] PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
[ 23.214677] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[ 23.215006] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEGP._PRT]
[ 23.215153] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP01._PRT]
[ 23.215293] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP02._PRT]
[ 23.215430] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP03._PRT]
[ 23.215588] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB._PRT]
[ 23.220617] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *11
[ 23.220731] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *11 12 14 15)
[ 23.220842] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 12 14 15)
[ 23.220955] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
[ 23.221067] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 12 14 15)
[ 23.221178] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 23.221289] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 12 14 15)
[ 23.221399] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *11 12 14 15)
[ 23.221549] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
[ 23.221584] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 23.221592] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[ 23.226016] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 23.226019] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[ 23.226022] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[ 23.226273] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[ 23.226276] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
[ 23.226281] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0
[ 23.226283] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0
[ 23.226286] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0
[ 23.226288] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.1
[ 23.226291] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.1
[ 23.226293] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:1c.1
[ 23.226296] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.2
[ 23.226298] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.2
[ 23.226301] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:1c.2
[ 23.226303] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.3
[ 23.226305] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.3
[ 23.226308] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:1c.3
[ 23.276773] NET: Registered protocol family 8
[ 23.276776] NET: Registered protocol family 20
[ 23.276813] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0
[ 23.276818] hpet0: 3 64-bit timers, 14318180 Hz
[ 23.277856] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[ 23.280763] Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
[ 23.280778] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 23.280891] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1

[ 23.296733] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff could not be reserved
[ 23.296736] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed20000-0xfed3ffff could not be reserved
[ 23.296739] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed40000-0xfed44fff could not be reserved
[ 23.296743] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed45000-0xfed8ffff could not be reserved
[ 23.296750] system 00:03: iomem range 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff could not be reserved
[ 23.296757] system 00:05: ioport range 0x680-0x68f has been reserved
[ 23.296760] system 00:05: ioport range 0x800-0x80f has been reserved
[ 23.296763] system 00:05: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
[ 23.296766] system 00:05: ioport range 0x1180-0x11bf has been reserved
[ 23.296769] system 00:05: ioport range 0x1600-0x166f has been reserved
[ 23.296772] system 00:05: ioport range 0xfe10-0xfe11 has been reserved
[ 23.296775] system 00:05: ioport range 0xfe00-0xfe00 has been reserved
[ 23.327258] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
[ 23.327261] IO window: 2000-2fff
[ 23.327265] MEM window: c8100000-c81fffff
[ 23.327268] PREFETCH window: d0000000-d7ffffff
[ 23.327271] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
[ 23.327273] IO window: disabled.
[ 23.327279] MEM window: disabled.
[ 23.327283] PREFETCH window: disabled.
[ 23.327300] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.1
[ 23.327301] IO window: disabled.
[ 23.327307] MEM window: 50000000-500fffff
[ 23.327312] PREFETCH window: disabled.
[ 23.327326] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.2
[ 23.327328] IO window: disabled.
[ 23.327333] MEM window: 50100000-501fffff
[ 23.327338] PREFETCH window: disabled.
[ 23.327344] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.3
[ 23.327345] IO window: disabled.
[ 23.327351] MEM window: disabled.
[ 23.327355] PREFETCH window: disabled.
[ 23.327365] PCI: Bus 11, cardbus bridge: 0000:0a:09.0
[ 23.327367] IO window: 00001400-000014ff
[ 23.327372] IO window: 00001c00-00001cff
[ 23.327378] PREFETCH window: 54000000-57ffffff
[ 23.327382] MEM window: 58000000-5bffffff
[ 23.327387] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
[ 23.327389] IO window: disabled.
[ 23.327395] MEM window: c8400000-c84fffff
[ 23.327399] PREFETCH window: disabled.
[ 23.327417] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:01.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 23.327423] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
[ 23.327446] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 23.327454] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
[ 23.327476] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:1c.1 (0000 -> 0002)
[ 23.327480] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.1[B] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 23.327488] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.1 to 64
[ 23.327511] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:1c.2 (0000 -> 0002)
[ 23.327515] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 23.327522] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
[ 23.327546] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.3[D] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 23.327554] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.3 to 64
[ 23.327568] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
[ 23.327585] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0a:09.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 23.327600] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 23.364703] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 23.364927] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[ 23.365652] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[ 23.366014] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[ 23.366017] TCP reno registered
[ 23.376784] checking if image is initramfs... it is
[ 24.131855] Freeing initrd memory: 7732k freed
[ 24.132018] Simple Boot Flag at 0x3e set to 0x1
[ 24.132727] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 24.132741] audit(1222961896.165:1): initialized
[ 24.132933] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
[ 24.135047] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[ 24.135127] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 24.135261] io scheduler noop registered
[ 24.135263] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[ 24.135266] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 24.135277] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 24.135386] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
[ 24.135498] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
[ 24.135534] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 24.135563] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0cie00]
[ 24.135644] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
[ 24.135700] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 24.135745] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0cie00]
[ 24.135781] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0cie02]
[ 24.135883] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.1 to 64
[ 24.135940] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 24.135984] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1cie00]
[ 24.136019] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1cie02]
[ 24.136120] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
[ 24.136176] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 24.136221] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2cie00]
[ 24.136274] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2cie02]
[ 24.136378] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.3 to 64
[ 24.136434] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 24.136479] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.3cie00]
[ 24.136514] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.3cie02]
[ 24.136785] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 24.491034] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 24.519762] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
[ 24.519998] hpet_resources: 0xfed00000 is busy
[ 24.520038] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 24.520262] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 24.521394] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 blocksize
[ 24.521467] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
[ 24.521568] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 24.523587] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
[ 24.524535] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 24.524540] serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 24.524543] serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 24.524546] serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 24.524548] serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 24.536070] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 24.536188] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[ 24.536195] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[ 24.536198] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 2
[ 24.536225] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 24.536229] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 24.536231] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 24.536320] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 24.536347] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[ 24.536379] registered taskstats version 1
[ 24.536485] Magic number: 12:345:638
[ 24.536569] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 24.536571] EDD information not available.
[ 24.536754] Freeing unused kernel memory: 368k freed
[ 24.569427] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
[ 25.766425] fuse init (API version 7.9)
[ 25.788926] ACPI: SSDT 3FE901C7, 01A8 (r1 PmRef Cpu0Ist 3000 INTL 20050624)
[ 25.789176] ACPI: SSDT 3FE8FF72, 01D0 (r1 PmRef Cpu0Cst 3001 INTL 20050624)
[ 25.789687] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
[ 25.789693] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
[ 25.789950] ACPI: SSDT 3FE9036F, 0089 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Ist 3000 INTL 20050624)
[ 25.790185] ACPI: SSDT 3FE90142, 0085 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Cst 3000 INTL 20050624)
[ 25.790756] ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
[ 25.790761] ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states)
[ 25.794423] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (38 C)
[ 26.167165] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 26.167190] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 26.167219] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 26.168724] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
[ 26.168782] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 26.168794] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
[ 26.168799] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 26.169024] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 26.169060] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 21, io base 0x00001800
[ 26.169209] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 26.169235] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 26.169240] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 26.221162] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 26.271117] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 26.271131] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
[ 26.271136] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 26.271161] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 26.271196] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x00001820
[ 26.271320] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 26.271344] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 26.271351] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 26.294156] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 26.375054] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 26.375068] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
[ 26.375073] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 26.375099] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 26.375135] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x00001840
[ 26.375256] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 26.375280] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 26.375286] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 26.479001] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.3[D] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 26.479014] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.3 to 64
[ 26.479019] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
[ 26.479045] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 26.479079] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 16, io base 0x00001860
[ 26.479203] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 26.479227] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 26.479232] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 26.583044] tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007)
[ 26.583074] PCI: Enabling device 0000:04:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[ 26.583082] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 26.583096] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64
[ 26.615832] usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 26.624844] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95789) rev 4201 PHY(5750)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:16:36:1e:09:f9
[ 26.624852] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1]
[ 26.624855] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
[ 26.624894] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 26.624908] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
[ 26.624912] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 26.624940] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 26.628870] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[ 26.628877] PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
[ 26.628884] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 21, io mem 0xc8004000
[ 26.742762] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[ 26.742910] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 26.742936] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 26.742943] hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 26.847009] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0a:09.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 26.896752] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[20] MMIO=[c8405000-c84057ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[ 26.896883] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 26.896918] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
[ 26.896933] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1f.2 disabled
[ 26.905283] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.12
[ 26.905290] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 IDE IDE ]
[ 26.962628] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -585332899 ns)
[ 26.966702] Time: hpet clocksource has been installed.
[ 26.985234] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 26.985280] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
[ 26.985421] scsi0 : ata_piix
[ 26.985667] scsi1 : ata_piix
[ 26.986213] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x18b0 irq 14
[ 26.986216] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x18b8 irq 15
[ 27.003498] usb 2-1: device not accepting address 2, error -71
[ 27.021180] ata1.00: ATA-7: HTS541010G9SA00, MBZOC60D, max UDMA/100
[ 27.021187] ata1.00: 195371568 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (not used)
[ 27.024597] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 27.075381] ata2.00: ATAPI: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-845S, D201, max UDMA/33
[ 27.099429] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[ 27.099578] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA HTS541010G9SA00 MBZO PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 27.100962] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-845S D201 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 27.107065] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 27.107139] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 195371568 512-byte hardware sectors (100030 MB)
[ 27.107152] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 27.107155] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 27.107173] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 27.107223] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 195371568 512-byte hardware sectors (100030 MB)
[ 27.107234] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 27.107236] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 27.107254] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 27.107258] sda:<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 27.126469] sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 >

[ 27.635026] Attempting manual resume
[ 27.635029] swsusp: Resume From Partition 8:8
[ 27.635031] PM: Checking swsusp image.
[ 27.635270] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 27.673120] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 27.673143] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 27.789359] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 38.193908] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 38.235412] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 38.275328] Linux agpgart interface v0.102
[ 38.480819] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input2
[ 38.502571] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[ 38.502699] input: Lid Switch as /devices/virtual/input/input3
[ 38.502799] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 38.502875] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input4
[ 38.530565] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[ 38.530676] input: Sleep Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input5
[ 38.562539] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
[ 38.724189] ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
[ 38.972144] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
[ 39.022392] ACPI: WMI-Acer: Mapper loaded
[ 39.314135] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:0a:09.0 [1025:0094]
[ 39.314161] Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
[ 39.314163] Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
[ 39.314169] Yenta TI: socket 0000:0a:09.0, mfunc 0x01321b22, devctl 0x66
[ 39.448568] fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
[ 39.544360] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 927 MBytes.
[ 39.544401] [fglrx] ASYNCIO init succeed!
[ 39.545489] [fglrx] PAT is enabled successfully!
[ 39.545932] [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.47.3 [Feb 25 2008] on minor 0
[ 39.546846] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf8, PCI irq 20
[ 39.546850] Socket status: 30000006
[ 39.546853] Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#0a) from #0b to #0e
[ 39.546858] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xc8400000 - 0xc84fffff
[ 39.571152] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.0
[ 39.571157] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
[ 39.571249] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[ 39.571260] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 39.571280] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
[ 39.571305] iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
[ 39.854827] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 39.869090] input: PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input6
[ 39.890742] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
[ 39.890761] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 39.890765] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver

[ 40.265547] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: USB GSPCA camera found.(VC0321)
[ 40.373510] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input7
[ 40.490401] usb 5-8: USB disconnect, address 3
[ 40.490500] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: Failed to configure camera
[ 40.490515] gspca: probe of 5-8:1.0 failed with error -5
[ 40.593858] acer_acpi: Acer Laptop ACPI Extras version 0.11.1
[ 40.593866] acer_acpi: Detected Acer WMID interface
[ 40.657738] irda_init()
[ 40.657759] NET: Registered protocol family 23
[ 40.769135] usb 5-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 40.941960] usb 5-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 40.944684] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: USB GSPCA camera found.(VC0321)
[ 41.154009] usb 5-8: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 41.154031] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: Failed to configure camera
[ 41.154047] gspca: probe of 5-8:1.0 failed with error -5
[ 41.196928] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x12a0b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x204000
[ 41.239348] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input8
[ 41.394104] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0a:09.2[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 41.394736] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 41.394755] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
[ 41.423523] iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[ 41.423526] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
[ 41.428703] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 41.438723] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 41.454109] usb 5-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 41.458668] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 41.486150] iwl3945: WARNING: Requesting MAC access during RFKILL wakes up NIC
[ 41.506081] iwl3945: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
[ 41.613721] usb 5-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 41.614226] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: USB GSPCA camera found.(VC0321)
[ 41.649539] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
[ 41.651505] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
[ 41.652341] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[ 41.653054] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[ 41.653942] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 41.841017] usbcore: registered new interface driver gspca
[ 41.841021] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: gspca driver 01.00.20 registered
[ 42.119238] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 42.243366] Adding 698788k swap on /dev/sda8. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:698788k
[ 42.606893] EXT3 FS on sda7, internal journal
[ 42.810314] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 42.810344] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.12.0-ioctl (2007-10-02) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[ 43.907962] NET: Registered protocol family 15
[ 44.202387] padlock: VIA PadLock Hash Engine not detected.
[ 44.311514] padlock: VIA PadLock Hash Engine not detected.
[ 45.238887] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[ 45.647342] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver
[ 47.198649] apm: BIOS not found.
[ 47.599900] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 47.832191] audit(1222979922.572:2): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::"


[ 85.644593] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 85.644600] CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 85.658040] CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
[ 85.658044] domain 0: span 03
[ 85.658046] groups: 01 02
[ 85.658049] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
[ 85.658051] domain 0: span 03
[ 85.658053] groups: 02 01
mjh@mjh-laptop:~$

Hardy doesn't support the 3945 at all well. You need to get the support in backports - then even the light (on Dell) works again, and you can also use an encrypting router.
Let me go see what I had to do to get this to work ...

Later: Have a look at this ; should b all you need.

If syg00's response helped you solve your problem, you really do not need to read this reply.

From your lsmod output:
That is the driver for your wireless device. You should probably grep "/var/log/messages" for "wifi" and "wlan" to see if the driver loads properly or outputs any warnings or errors:

Code:

egrep '(wifi|wlan)' /var/log/messages

The tg3 driver matches the vendor ID, device ID pair for your driver:

Code:

lspci output:
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21)
lspci -n output
04:00.0 0200: 14e4:169d (rev 21)

I matched the driver by searching "linux-2.6.26.5/include/linux/pci_ids.h".

Unfortunately, it appears that the GPIO interface that handles the wireless enable/disable switch on your laptop is badly handled by your kernel. You might be able to solve this by using ndiswrapper, or you may have to build a custom kernel from source.

Using ndiswrapper is usually easier. On the other hand, I have a laptop at home that has a Broadcom wireless adapter, and I got it working very well by using a custom kernel. However, I build kernels for a living, so it does not take me very long.