Intel Wireless (3945ABG) and Ubuntu?

Daywalker · 10-18-2008, 08:40 AM

Last night I finally decided to install a linux dual boot on my laptop. I had used Ubuntu before on my desktop (way back during dapper), therefore I decided to install the latest distro (Hardy Heron) of Ubuntu on it. Everything went fine (I used Unetbootin, which was a LOT faster than installing manually), but for some reason my wireless is not working.

I've been searching around the net for hours, and I appear to not be alone on this issue. My wireless card is an Intel Pro/wireless 3945 ABG. However, my problem seems to be slightly unique. When I boot into Linux, I can view all of the available wireless networks. My driver also appears to be loaded correctly. Despite all of this, I am unable to connect to my home's wifi--even when I turn off all security.

Does anyone have anything that could help me? If not, should I just downgrade to Ubuntu 7.10?

Daywalker · 10-18-2008, 09:58 AM

UPDATE:

I think I found a solution. It's working for now, but (as every computer person knows) that doesn't mean that it will always work.

Since many people said that the driver worked in 7.10, I decided to get a backported version of it in order to see if it would fair any better than the version in 8.04. Therefore, I enabled backporting under administrative options, and entered the following in the terminal.

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic

After a restart, everything appears to work fine now. Hope this can help someone!

**Bartender** · 10-19-2008, 07:49 AM

I'm glad you found a work-around. I'm surprised to hear that an Intel wireless chipset didn't work. Intel cards are supposed to work out of the box. That's been my experience with two laptops running 4965 cards.

10-18-2008, 08:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Daywalker Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 81 OS: Vista Ultimate, XP Home Edition SP2	Intel Wireless (3945ABG) and Ubuntu? Last night I finally decided to install a linux dual boot on my laptop. I had used Ubuntu before on my desktop (way back during dapper), therefore I decided to install the latest distro (Hardy Heron) of Ubuntu on it. Everything went fine (I used Unetbootin, which was a LOT faster than installing manually), but for some reason my wireless is not working. I've been searching around the net for hours, and I appear to not be alone on this issue. My wireless card is an Intel Pro/wireless 3945 ABG. However, my problem seems to be slightly unique. When I boot into Linux, I can view all of the available wireless networks. My driver also appears to be loaded correctly. Despite all of this, I am unable to connect to my home's wifi--even when I turn off all security. Does anyone have anything that could help me? If not, should I just downgrade to Ubuntu 7.10? __________________ xXMY DESKTOP COMPUTERXx ~OS: Windows XP Home, SP2 (highly modified) ~VGA: nVidia 7800 GT ~SC: Soundblaster Live! ~Hard Drive: 80 GB internal, 1 TB external ~G15 Keyboard ~Samsung 24" Widescreen (2ms ftw!) ~24 tweeters, 3 sub-woofers ~Intel Core 2 Duo (OC'ed to 6 GHZ) ~Liquid Cooling

10-18-2008, 09:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Daywalker Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 81 OS: Vista Ultimate, XP Home Edition SP2	Re: Intel Wireless (3945ABG) and Ubuntu? UPDATE: I think I found a solution. It's working for now, but (as every computer person knows) that doesn't mean that it will always work. Since many people said that the driver worked in 7.10, I decided to get a backported version of it in order to see if it would fair any better than the version in 8.04. Therefore, I enabled backporting under administrative options, and entered the following in the terminal. Code: sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic After a restart, everything appears to work fine now. Hope this can help someone! __________________ xXMY DESKTOP COMPUTERXx ~OS: Windows XP Home, SP2 (highly modified) ~VGA: nVidia 7800 GT ~SC: Soundblaster Live! ~Hard Drive: 80 GB internal, 1 TB external ~G15 Keyboard ~Samsung 24" Widescreen (2ms ftw!) ~24 tweeters, 3 sub-woofers ~Intel Core 2 Duo (OC'ed to 6 GHZ) ~Liquid Cooling

10-19-2008, 07:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bartender Mentally divergent Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chehalis, WA, USA Posts: 1,285 OS: W2K, Ubuntu 8.04	Re: Intel Wireless (3945ABG) and Ubuntu? I'm glad you found a work-around. I'm surprised to hear that an Intel wireless chipset didn't work. Intel cards are supposed to work out of the box. That's been my experience with two laptops running 4965 cards.