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Device not ready (Firmware missing) Wireless [Intel 3945]

Asked by Kellen Hudson

root@HudLinux:/home/kellen# dmesg | grep -i firm
[ 1.049936] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 14.585891] iwl3945 0000:0b:00.0: iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 14.601599] iwl3945 0000:0b:00.0: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2

I have no idea how to get the firmware or how to get my wireless working again. It was working until I upgraded my distro. Currently using Ubuntu 10.10.

root@HudLinux:/home/kellen# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
 Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel modules: leds-ss4200, iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
 Subsystem: Dell Device 2003
 Kernel driver in use: radeon
 Kernel modules: radeon
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 6400
 Kernel driver in use: b44
 Kernel modules: b44
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
 Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
 Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 01bd
 Kernel driver in use: r852
 Kernel modules: r852
0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1020
 Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
 Kernel modules: iwl3945

root@HudLinux:/home/kellen# lshw -C network
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:13:02:1f:4b:60
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=2.6.35-23-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
       resources: irq:45 memory:efcff000-efcfffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1d:09:bb:d8:53
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.2 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff

root@HudLinux:/home/kellen# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400 [1002:7145]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 05)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)

Any help on the commands I need to execute in order to get the firmware back on track I would greatly appreciate it.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

May help

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Btw, users can rnu dmesg, no need for any sort of power

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Kellen Hudson (kellenhudson) said : 		#3

I know have a major major problem. I don't know what function I performed but now net manager won't recognize my eth0. I have no way of performing any function. I will attempt to get things working again with my eth0 and attempt the linux-firmware install, seems too easy. I'll try it and see what happens.

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Kellen Hudson (kellenhudson) said : 		#4

Reinstalled Ubuntu. All was well. Had the wireless working again. Reinstalled everything I wanted, and had the wireless working after having all of the new stuff installed. Then today, I turned on the computer and BAM! It's not working anymore, again. Apt-get install linux-firmware is up-to-date. I love Ubuntu, but I am getting frustrated by this failure of my system to recognize the wireless card.

Here are some snippets of what is going on with the machine:

lspci -k:

0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1020
 Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
 Kernel modules: iwl3945

lshw -C network:

  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:13:02:1f:4b:60
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
       resources: irq:45 memory:efcff000-efcfffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1d:09:bb:d8:53
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.2 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff

dmesg | grep -i firm:

[ 13.693917] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 14.151601] iwl3945 0000:0b:00.0: iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
[ 14.155094] iwl3945 0000:0b:00.0: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2

lspci -nn:

0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)

Any new ideas?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/284225

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