Public bug reported:
Ubuntu 8.10
Whenever I do the following
* Boot w/o AC (i.e., on battery)
* log in
* start working (type a text)
after a while (<5 min), this happens:
- Screen is dimmed to min.
- Manually overriding w/ brightness keys does not work
(no response, brightness control thing doe
Hello Dimitrios,
Well, I said ``connection quality'' to distinguish this from the signal
strength *numbers*.
I don't think it's the numbers. It's what the WiFi driver can make out of the
physical signal that's ``in the air''. What are the symptoms:
* It is more difficult to connect to networks
Here are 3 questions about your posts, Dimitrios:
* Could you explain why you think these functions are of interest?
* Do these functions compute the signal quality values which can be
displayed, e.g., with nm-tools?
* Do the computed values affect the actual ability to receive or
transmit, or a
I surmise that it's not the * in 8086:422* that makes the difference:
there's too many people who have the problem.
By the way: here's another one reporting the same weak signals with iwl as
compared to ipw:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-770465.html
and google finds more reports.
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Hello Dimitrios,
Your answer was probably already answered by the previous poster, anyway,
here's the data.
(I've installed all available updates.)
$$ modinfo iwl3945
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi/compatible/iwl3945.ko
license:GPL
author
This bug is also discussed as Bug 177624 ``iwl3945 sometimes does not
detect ESSIDs, whereas ipw3945 works perfectly'', and mentioned in Bug
217653 (iwl3945) ``Wireless connection to WPA Enterprise network fails
using Intel iwl3945 driver''.
I have the same problem by the way: with all previous v
