Ok, I figured this one out.  It turns out that running `uname -r` shows
me that I'm now using the 386 architecture kernel, instead of the
generic kernel I was running prior to this update.  Now, this wouldn't
be so much of a problem if the "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-11-386"
package was also installed when this architecture change happened.
Instead, I got the "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-10-generic" package
updated to "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-11-generic", which would have
worked for the generic kernel, not the 386.  As soon as I installed the
"linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-11-386" package, I was back in business and
I simply loaded my iwl3945 module (sudo modprobe iwl3945), and I had
wireless again!

When I upgraded my kernel to 2.6.24-12, it actually switched my
architecture back to generic, and I had my modules again (just make sure
that you have the "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-12-generic" package
installed).  If you have the 386 kernel, then make sure you have the
appropriate module package installed as well.

Also to note, my compiz still wasn't working, because I was getting a
"Checking for Xgl: Not present" error every time I tried to start it.
After a bit of investigation, I found out that (by looking in my $HOME
/.xsession-errors file) my system was trying to load the libglx.so
module, and couldn't find it.  So, I checked into that file, and it was
present in the same place that my X server was looking.  I found out
that the /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglx.so file was actually a symbolic
link that pointed to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.169.09,
but that file was not there.  Instead, there was a new file,
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.169.12.  By simply running
"sudo rm /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglx.so; sudo ln -s
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.169.12
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglx.so", I was able to then get compiz running
after restarting my X server.  Success!

Although now I'm experiencing another error, the "gnome-setting-daemon"
error that I've seen in another bug, <a
href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-
daemon/+bug/199960">Bug #199960</a>.  Following that closely!

--JoeLinux

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[REGRESSION] Wireless iwl3945 No Longer Works (Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 6)
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