Linux on Latitude D520

[Les Denham]

On Thursday 01 March 2007 11:54, Jaroslaw Gorny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Wednesday 28 of February 2007 19:42:50 Les Denham napisał(a):
> > and Intel 3945 wireless card.
>
> This card works on Linux pretty well. You've got to install:
> * kernel module (ipw3945),
> * fresh ieee80211 kernel module
> * ipw3945 microcode
> * ipw3945 daemon

As I mentioned in my post earlier, the problem was with my router, not the 
D520.  I already had all of these installed ("emerged" in Gentoo-speak).  I 
was a little concerned that they might only work in a 32-bit environment, but 
they seem to work fine with the 64-bit system.
>
> There is a work in progress (in Intel) to be able to get rid of the
> "daemon". It makes the whole thing a little bit more complicated because
> apart of loading the kernel module, You have to start ipw3945d.
>
> Some distros should have all the required things packaged. Eg. on Fedora, I
> just needed to add atrpms.net repository, and 'yum install' necessary
> packages.

All this is already available in Gentoo portage.  Just "emerge ipw3945" gets 
everything: the microcode, the daemon, the ieee80211 module, and the ipw3945 
module.
>
> good luck,
>
> PS. If You want to use WPA encryption rather than WEP, You'll need also
> wpa_supplicant package.

Does wpa_supplicant support the Intel 3945?  None of the lists of supported 
cards I've seen show this card as supported.

-- 
Les