Public bug reported:

I have a Dell XPS M1330 with an onboard Intel 3945 wireless card.  I am
using AMD 64 version of ubuntu.  In Ubuntu 8.04 LTS the wireless worked
fine: NetworkManager detected the wireless card and I could connect to
wireless networks.

I upgraded to 8.10 using a combination of the CD and the network to
download latest updates.  After the upgrade, NetworkManager does not
detect the wireless card at all.

Here is my system information:
Linux richard-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 
GNU/Linux

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory 
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated 
Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI 
Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI 
Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI 
Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 
(rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 
(rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 
(rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 
(rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI 
Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI 
Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI 
Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI 
Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller 
(rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE 
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA 
AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host 
Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter 
(rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast 
Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] 
Network Connection (rev 02)


iwconfig:

lo        no wireless extensions.
eth4      no wireless extensions.
vbox0     no wireless extensions.
pan0      no wireless extensions.

lsb-release:
Description:    Ubuntu 8.10
Release:        8.10

lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by
iwl3945               108152  0 
crc_itu_t              10496  0 
iwlagn                113540  0 
iwlcore               105472  1 iwlagn
rfkill                 19364  2 iwl3945,iwlcore
led_class              13192  2 iwl3945,iwlcore
lbm_cw_mac80211       242360  3 iwl3945,iwlagn,iwlcore
lbm_cw_cfg80211        45088  4 iwl3945,iwlagn,iwlcore,lbm_cw_mac80211
af_packet              29568  2 
i915                   44544  2 
drm                   110304  3 i915
ipv6                  314312  18 
rfcomm                 51104  4 
sco                    20612  2 
bridge                 64544  0 
stp                    11268  1 bridge
bnep                   23168  2 
l2cap                  33280  16 rfcomm,bnep
tun                    20996  0 
vboxdrv              1654144  0 
ppdev                  16904  0 
acpi_cpufreq           16400  1 
cpufreq_powersave      10368  0 
cpufreq_userspace      12420  0 
cpufreq_conservative    16392  0 
cpufreq_stats          14468  0 
cpufreq_ondemand       16400  1 
freq_table             13568  3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
container              12288  0 
sbs                    22288  0 
sbshc                  14592  1 sbs
pci_slot               13704  0 
iptable_filter         11520  0 
ip_tables              28176  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               31752  1 ip_tables
sbp2                   32652  0 
parport_pc             44200  0 
lp                     19588  0 
parport                50096  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
loop                   26380  0 
joydev                 20736  0 
snd_hda_intel         489264  3 
snd_pcm_oss            52608  0 
snd_mixer_oss          25088  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                99208  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy          11524  0 
snd_seq_oss            42368  0 
sdhci_pci              17024  0 
uvcvideo               68616  0 
sdhci                  27396  1 sdhci_pci
serio_raw              14596  0 
compat_ioctl32         18176  1 uvcvideo
videodev               46720  2 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32
snd_seq_midi           15872  0 
pcspkr                 11136  0 
v4l1_compat            24580  2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_rawmidi            34176  1 snd_seq_midi
mmc_core               67168  1 sdhci
psmouse                51612  0 
iTCO_wdt               21072  0 
dcdbas                 16688  0 
evdev                  20512  18 
iTCO_vendor_support    12420  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_seq_midi_event     16768  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
btusb                  21912  3 
snd_seq                67168  6 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
bluetooth              70820  13 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
snd_timer              34320  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         16404  5 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
video                  28948  0 
output                 11776  1 video
snd                    79432  15 
snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
wmi                    15808  0 
button                 15904  0 
soundcore              16800  1 snd
battery                21128  0 
ac                     13448  0 
intel_agp              39280  1 
snd_page_alloc         17680  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp                 42140  0 
pci_hotplug            39472  1 shpchp
ext3                  150544  3 
jbd                    66472  1 ext3
mbcache                17924  1 ext3
sha256_generic         17792  0 
aes_x86_64             16384  2 
aes_generic            36392  1 aes_x86_64
cbc                    12288  1 
usbhid                 39776  0 
hid                    59072  1 usbhid
sr_mod                 24644  0 
cdrom                  47784  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 45864  3 
crc_t10dif             10240  1 sd_mod
sg                     45408  0 
ata_piix               29444  0 
pata_acpi              13568  0 
ahci                   43148  2 
ata_generic            14212  0 
ohci1394               41524  0 
libata                200160  4 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ahci,ata_generic
scsi_mod              183160  5 sbp2,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock                   18464  1 libata
ieee1394              110592  2 sbp2,ohci1394
tg3                   142596  0 
libphy                 31104  1 tg3
ehci_hcd               48908  0 
uhci_hcd               34336  0 
usbcore               175376  6 uvcvideo,btusb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
dm_crypt               22792  1 
crypto_blkcipher       27780  3 cbc,dm_crypt
dm_mirror              28288  0 
dm_log                 19460  1 dm_mirror
dm_snapshot            26568  0 
dm_mod                 72944  13 dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_snapshot
thermal                27424  0 
processor              47800  4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan                    13576  0 
fbcon                  51200  0 
tileblit               11264  1 fbcon
font                   17152  1 fbcon
bitblit                14592  1 fbcon
softcursor             10496  1 bitblit
fuse                   68288  3 


dmesg after unloading and then loading iwl3945:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe -r iwl3945
[sudo] password for richard: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe iwl3945
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg


[44487.804465] usb 1-2.3: USB disconnect, address 22
[44488.348045] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 23
[44488.535188] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44488.537877] hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
[44488.539346] hub 1-2:1.0: 3 ports detected
[44488.834355] usb 1-2.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 
24
[44488.965492] usb 1-2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44489.045334] usb 1-2.2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 
25
[44489.190536] usb 1-2.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44489.205687] input: Broadcom Corp as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.2/1-2.2:1.0/input/input24
[44489.245179] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Broadcom Corp] on 
usb-0000:00:1a.0-2.2
[44489.319371] usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 
26
[44489.461989] usb 1-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[44489.471814] input: Broadcom Corp as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.0/input/input25
[44489.516148] input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Broadcom Corp] on 
usb-0000:00:1a.0-2.3
[44489.889458] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth4: link is not ready
[44491.539306] tg3: eth4: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[44491.539312] tg3: eth4: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
[44491.540077] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth4: link becomes ready
[44501.864102] eth4: no IPv6 routers present
[44756.873706] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection 
driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
[44756.873719] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
[44756.873828] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[44756.873854] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[44756.873883] iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[44781.696974] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[44781.697002] iwl3945: probe of 0000:0c:00.0 failed with error -110


Note that in the dmesg output, the IWL driver complains about hardware
scanning and exits with an error -110.  I have Googled every way I can
think of but cannot find any information on this error code.

I downloaded and installed the latest wireless drivers from
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download but no luck so I removed
them.

I have scoured the web but cannot find any information that helps.

I think in 8.04 I was using a restricted driver for the wireless - I
cannot quite remember - but in 8.10 I note that there are no restricted
drivers listed for me to use in the Driver Manager.  The Driver Manager
comes up but just says there are no available drivers.

Please let me know any other debugging steps you would like me to take -
I really would like to get this working.

Thank you

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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After 8.04 -> 8.10 upgrade, Intel 3945 wireless stops working
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301091
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