As noted in duplicate bug #429825, it's not the kernel.  Wireless does
work, if you set up things manually.  It's just NetworkManager or the
nm-applet GUI that refuse to let you use wireless

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LiveCD$ lspci | grep Wireless
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] 
Network Connection (rev 02)

LiveCD$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid linksys
LiveCD$ sudo dhclient3 wlan0
 [ ... ]
bound to 192.168.1.102 -- renewal in 34695 seconds.
LiveCD$ ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.127.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from pz-in-f100.google.com (74.125.127.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 
time=196 ms
[ ... ]
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After using dhclient3, Firefox is good to go.

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Regression in wireless, Detects the thing is there, but will NOT list networks.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409774
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