Start with a clean instalation: 1- have kernel-smp-whatever.rpm and kernel-smp-devel-whatever.rpm available (i.e. into /var/tmp/ ) 2- go to Intel place and grab the ipw3945-1.1.0 driver from http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/sb/CS-006408.htm and put it in /var/tmp/ too... So you must have: /var/tmp/kernel-smp-whatever.rpm /var/tmp/kernel-smp-devel-whatever.rpm /var/tmp/ipw3945-linux-1.1.0.tgz 3- clean all the cruft from failed previous attempts: # modprobe loop (for kernel reinstalation) # cd /lib/modules # mv 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp.old (if your kernel is 2.6.17-1.2174 SMP) # cd /usr/src/kernels # mv 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp-i686 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp-i686.old (same as above) # cd /var/tmp # rpm -ivh --replacefiles --replacepkgs kernel*-whatever.rpm check out that your boot kernel line in /etc/grub.conf _does_not_ disable 'acpi' (something like acpi=off or acpi=ht ...) reboot. 4- build your new driver & 'entourage' # cd /var/tmp # tar xzf ipw3945-linux-1.1.0.tgz # cd ipw3945-linux-1.1.0 # tar xzf ipw3945-1.1.0.tgz # tar xzf ipw3945-ucode-1.13.tgz # tar xzf ipw3945d-1.7.22.tgz copy ucode and daemon to their proper places: # cp ipw3945-ucode-1.13/ipw3945.ucode /lib/firmware/. # cp ipw3945d-1.7.22//x86/ipw3945d /sbin/. build the module: # cd ipw3945-1.1.0 # make test the module # ./load if all is ok then iwconfig will show a wireless device that you can configure.... clean all the cruft # cd /lib/modules # rm -rf *.old # cd /usr/src/kernels # rm -rf *.old put your new working driver in some safe place... # mkdir -p /usr/local/modules/ipw3945 # cp load unload ipw3945.ko /usr/local/modules/ipw3945/. make a script to be run from /etc/rc.d/rc.local ... cat > /etc/rc.d/rc.ipw3945 (and now write ...) #!/bin/sh cd /usr/local/modules/ipw3945 ./load CTRL-D (means press Ctrl _and_ d, you will get the root prompt again) # chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.ipw3945 # echo "/etc/rc.d/rc.ipw3945" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local Happy End. -- Manuel Moreno <manolo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
