with current git master head (2.6.33 rc5) on my openSUSE 11.2/x86-64 system my wlan does not work anymore together with NetworkManager. NetworkManager does not seem to find the iwl3945 at all: $ nm-tool NetworkManager Tool State: disconnected - Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type: Wired Driver: e1000e State: unavailable Default: no HW Address: 00:16:D3:3E:E5:0E Capabilities: Carrier Detect: yes Wired Properties Carrier: off But the network scripts know about it: # rcnetwork restart Shutting down the NetworkManager done Shutting down network interfaces: eth0 device: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) eth0 done wlan0 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) wlan0 done Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . done Starting the NetworkManager done dmesg|grep iwl gives: [ 9.022114] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 2.6.33-rc5-0.0.8.571d274-desktop-kds [ 9.022118] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation [ 9.022277] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [ 9.023310] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 9.085680] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels [ 9.085685] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG [ 9.088950] iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X [ 9.659336] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' uname -a tells me: Linux x61s-aj 2.6.33-rc5-0.0.8.571d274-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-01-27 20:25:07 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux And rpm -q shows: kernel-desktop-2.6.33-0.0.8.571d274.x86_64 Any ideas? -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj@{novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126