[arch-general] Problem with Wifi Connections (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG Connection)

[Sean Snell]

Hi everybody,
First, this is on a Lenovo X61 laptop. This is a fresh installation on a
new SSD hard drive I recently purchased. I already have a 500GB hard drive
with Arch and Windows dual booting on it, and the Wifi still works just
fine from the old installation when I reinstalled the old hard drive for
testing, but for the life of me I cannot get wifi-menu to connect to any
wifi connections on this new installation.

The card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG. Per the wireless
wiki<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy>,
I've installed linux-firmware so I can use the iwlegacy (driver?). With the
help of a friend, we feel the modules are loading correctly, but when we
try to actually connect using wifi-menu, journalctl -xn says the following:

\\\\\\\\\\\
- Unit netctl at wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service has begun starting up.
Starting network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured'...
The interface of network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured' is already up
netctl at wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service: main process exited, code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE
\\\\\\\\\\\\\


What I've installed in relation to the Wifi:
- wpa_supplicant (per the initial insistence of wifi-menu "out of the box"
- linux-firmware (per the
wiki<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy>
)

Output of lspci | grep "Intel":
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
2 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
[Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

Output of lsmod | grep -h "iw":
iwl4965 90075 0
iwlegacy 49001 1 iwl4965
mac80211 490609 2 iwl4965,iwlegacy
cfg80211 431038 3 iwl4965,iwlegacy,mac80211
led_class 3547 3 sdhci,iwlegacy,thinkpad_acpi


Can anybody help clue me into what I might be overlooking? I've run out of
ideas of what else to look into, and while I'm still "getting my feet wet"
with Linux, being a Windows admin by profession, I'm not afraid to dig
deeper with a little help! :)

Thanks everybody!
Sean