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linux-source-2.6.20 package

  1. Bug #109887
  2. Comment #25

Comment 25 for bug 109887

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Christopher DeMarco (demarco) wrote :

razboinik writes that the following works:

    /etc/init.d/networking stop ; modprobe -r ipw3945 ieee80211 ; sleep 2 ; modprobe ipw3945 ieee80211

I can confirm that this works -- but first I have to switch off the wireless card using the hardware switch.

I repeat -- if you can't get the module to unload, TRY YOUR LAPTOP'S HARDWARE "WIRELESS ON/OFF" SWITCH :-)

Still, it'd be nice to have the root cause fixed in the driver :-/