boot fails with kernelpanic at iwl3945

xindaiel · n00b Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

Hi guys. I'm a linux newbie so, be gentle.
I was following along with the howto http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw3945 to set up wireless on my nc8430
all seemed to go well, but upon reboot I'm greeted with a kernel panic around the time udev loads the device.
The only information I can glean from it is that it references ipw3945_eeprom_init and hangs as udev hits it so..that's how i figure it's the driver.
I have no idea what logs would show what comes before this mishmash of hex or what you guys would need to see to know more. I can get into the system files using a livecd and will happily post what I can get from the system if anyone is willing to help.

JeliJami · Veteran Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 1086 Location: Belgium

boot with a livecd, and remove the ipw3945.ko file from the /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/ directory on your system partition
that should allow your system to boot again from Gentoo

you might give iwlwifi a try instead
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw3945
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-539015-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html
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