F9 + NM: wireless options don't come up from hibernate on Thinkpad T61

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 14:18 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> Sorry but how do I figure out what/where my wireless driver is?

Depends on what card you have.  My T61 has an Intel 3945 and the driver
is iwl3945.  You can see all loaded drivers with lsmod.

> 
> Many thanks,
> Trotter
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu> wrote:
> 
> > From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu>
> > Subject: Re: F9 + NM: wireless options don't come up from hibernate on Thinkpad T61
> > To: itsme_410 at yahoo.com, "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> > Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 3:52 PM
> > On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 11:10 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I boot into a machine on wired ethernet. All is well,
> > the wireless
> > > options come up as well as wired (which is connected).
> > However, after
> > > I put the laptop on hibernate and wake it up, the
> > wireless options are
> > > all gone, and the only option is the wired eth0
> > (without a reboot). If
> > > I go away from my wired network, rebooting is the only
> > option.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have this problem? Any suggestions as to
> > how I can fix
> > > this? 
> > > 
> > 
> > I occasionally see that it takes a minute or so for NM to
> > re-scan on
> > resume.  If it fails to connect after that time, I've
> > had success with
> > 
> >      1. Stopping NM
> >      2. Removing wireless driver
> >      3. Re-installing wireless driver
> >      4. Restarting NM
> > 
> > It may also help to create /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules
> > containing
> > 
> >         SUSPEND_MODULES="<your wireless
> > driver>"
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Trotter
> > > 
> > > 
> > >       
> > > 
> > > 
> > -- 
> >                 Matthew Saltzman
> > 
> > Clemson University Math Sciences
> > mjs AT clemson DOT edu
> > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
> 
> 
>       
> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs