WiFi / WLAN LED not working on notebooks with Intel iwl4965 | iwl3945
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Tim Gardner | ||
linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The WLAN LED does not glow on recent Intel-based notebooks (including Sony Vaio, Dell Inspiron, Lenovo Thinkpad and many others - we know, please don't list yours here), using the iwl4965 or iwl3945 WiFi drivers.
There appears to be a regression in the latest drivers in proposed, specifically 2.6.24-20.38, where the LED does not blink at all, even with backports installed.
This problem is fixed for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) in the backported kernel modules. (Note, however, that it does not behave the same way as it used to. The light will not blink on and off, but will be steady.) Please install 'linux-
:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-backports
then:
:~$ sudo rmmod iwl4965; sudo modprobe iwl4965
or:
:~$ sudo rmmod iwl3945; sudo modprobe iwl3945
Please only add to this bug if:
a) you are informing about changes made to code or packaging.
b) you find a duplicate bug.
c) the backports modules don't fix your LED
Changed in linux: | |
status: | Unknown → In Progress |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24: | |
assignee: | timg-tpi → ben-collins |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24: | |
assignee: | ben-collins → timg-tpi |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24: | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in linux: | |
status: | In Progress → Unknown |
Changed in linux: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Hi Michael,
Thank you for your report and helping to make Ubuntu better. For future reference, if you could attach your log files as separate flat text files rather than zipped up tarballs, it would be much appreciated.
I wanted to let you know the Hardy Heron Alpha2 release will be coming out soon (around Dec 20). It will have an updated version of the kernel. It would be great if you could test with this new release and verify if this issue still exists. I'll be sure to update this report when Alpha2 is available. Thanks!