[gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Gavin Seddon]

Hi,
I'm trying to get my wireless working on my t42.  I can't and I don't
know where to start since iwconfig sees nothing.  Can anyone help.  Also
can anyone point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer?  This may pick
up networking.
Thanks.
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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
UK




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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Jan Meier]

Hi,
Am Freitag 11 August 2006 12:58 schrieb Gavin Seddon:
> I'm trying to get my wireless working on my t42.  I can't and I don't
> know where to start since iwconfig sees nothing.  Can anyone help.  

First you have to know which wireless device is in your thinkpad, you can get 
the information with `lspci` (emerge pciutils).


> Also can anyone point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer?  This may pick
> up networking.

Check http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml and download the livecd (not 
the installcd). 

Or just click:

http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2006.0/livecd/livecd-i686-installer-2006.0.iso

Regards

Jan

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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Lucas Lürich]

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Hi,

which adapter is in your t42?
according to http://www.thinkwiki.org it could be one of:

IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter
Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter

in a t42.
i own and use a t41p with the ibm abg and it should work with the
athereos driver, which is in portage. i have some problems with
connecting though, but if you have a ibm wireless pci adapter then the
athereos driver should bring you forward i guess.

what exactly do you mean with:

"point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer"?

hope i could help you(at least a bit) so far and if you have further
questions, i'll try to help.


greetings,
Lucas

Gavin Seddon wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to get my wireless working on my t42.  I can't and I don't
> know where to start since iwconfig sees nothing.  Can anyone help.  Also
> can anyone point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer?  This may pick
> up networking.
> Thanks.


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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Gavin Seddon]

Thanks,
The graphical installer

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/installer/index.xml



On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 12:51 +0200, Lucas Lürich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> which adapter is in your t42?
> according to http://www.thinkwiki.org it could be one of:
> 
> IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
> IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
> IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
> Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
> Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter
> Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter
> 
> in a t42.
> i own and use a t41p with the ibm abg and it should work with the
> athereos driver, which is in portage. i have some problems with
> connecting though, but if you have a ibm wireless pci adapter then the
> athereos driver should bring you forward i guess.
> 
> what exactly do you mean with:
> 
> "point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer"?
> 
> hope i could help you(at least a bit) so far and if you have further
> questions, i'll try to help.
> 
> 
> greetings,
> Lucas
> 
> Gavin Seddon wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to get my wireless working on my t42.  I can't and I don't
> > know where to start since iwconfig sees nothing.  Can anyone help.  Also
> > can anyone point me to the x86 graphical x86 installer?  This may pick
> > up networking.
> > Thanks.
> 
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Dr Gavin Seddon
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
UK





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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Gavin Seddon]

Hi,
I assumed a graphical install would sort out wireless.
Anyway, I am sticking with ther 'normal' Gentoo install.  I am used to
it.  
lspci shows 
'atheros AR5212 802.11abg
and lsmod shows yenta_socket and pcmcia core.

I'm unsure which adapter I'll check dmesg.  Anyway the docs tell of a
couple of inst methods but don't say how to setup the devices initially.
Howw should I proceed?

Thanks.
Gavin.
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University of Manchester
Oxford Road
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Jon Schlueter]

one thing I see is that you don't have any modules for the wireless
card loaded.
One possible option is to check out a couple of the live CD distros
and see if they recognize and make your wireless work or not....
otherwise you need to find which gentoo package to emerge in that will
build the necessary driver module for your card.

Sorry for being kind of not specific but maybe it'll point you in a
direction you can find something that will help.

Jon

On 8/13/06, Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I assumed a graphical install would sort out wireless.
> Anyway, I am sticking with ther 'normal' Gentoo install.  I am used to
> it.
> lspci shows
> 'atheros AR5212 802.11abg
> and lsmod shows yenta_socket and pcmcia core.
>
> I'm unsure which adapter I'll check dmesg.  Anyway the docs tell of a
> couple of inst methods but don't say how to setup the devices initially.
> Howw should I proceed?
>
> Thanks.
> Gavin.
> --
> Dr Gavin Seddon
> Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
> University of Manchester
> Oxford Road
> M13 9PL
> UK
>
>
>
>
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>
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Alan O'Keefe]

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Hi Gavin

You need to emerge the package "net-wireless/madwifi-ng" to get the 
kernel module for Atheros Wireless chipsets.

Regards
Alan

Gavin Seddon wrote:
> Hi,
> I assumed a graphical install would sort out wireless.
> Anyway, I am sticking with ther 'normal' Gentoo install.  I am used to
> it.  
> lspci shows 
> 'atheros AR5212 802.11abg
> and lsmod shows yenta_socket and pcmcia core.
>
> I'm unsure which adapter I'll check dmesg.  Anyway the docs tell of a
> couple of inst methods but don't say how to setup the devices initially.
> Howw should I proceed?
>
> Thanks.
> Gavin.
>   

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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Jon Schlueter]

and I was doing some looking around and here are a couple of pages
that might help you getting it working

http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ar5212
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=460372

Jon


On 8/13/06, Alan O'Keefe <alan@okeefeconsulting.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Gavin
>
> You need to emerge the package "net-wireless/madwifi-ng" to get the
> kernel module for Atheros Wireless chipsets.
>
> Regards
> Alan
>
> Gavin Seddon wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I assumed a graphical install would sort out wireless.
> > Anyway, I am sticking with ther 'normal' Gentoo install.  I am used to
> > it.
> > lspci shows
> > 'atheros AR5212 802.11abg
> > and lsmod shows yenta_socket and pcmcia core.
> >
> > I'm unsure which adapter I'll check dmesg.  Anyway the docs tell of a
> > couple of inst methods but don't say how to setup the devices initially.
> > Howw should I proceed?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Gavin.
> >
>
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Gavin Seddon]

All seems to hinge on "net-wireless/madwifi-ng".  Here I meet a paradox,
how do I inst with no network.  I see 2 possibilities.
Use a wired inst. at first.
get the package on a floppy and inst. manually.


Has anyone any other suggestions. BTW I came across Ubuntu working
'off-the-shelf', is there any mileage in installing with the live cd,
then using Ubuntu files?
Gavin.





On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 05:50 +1000, Alan O'Keefe wrote:
> "net-wireless/madwifi-ng"
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Lucas Lürich]

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I would suggest wired install...
does your thinkpad even have a floppy?

Gavin Seddon wrote:
> All seems to hinge on "net-wireless/madwifi-ng".  Here I meet a paradox,
> how do I inst with no network.  I see 2 possibilities.
> Use a wired inst. at first.
> get the package on a floppy and inst. manually.
> 
> 
> Has anyone any other suggestions. BTW I came across Ubuntu working
> 'off-the-shelf', is there any mileage in installing with the live cd,
> then using Ubuntu files?
> Gavin.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 05:50 +1000, Alan O'Keefe wrote:
>> "net-wireless/madwifi-ng"


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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Alan O'Keefe]

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Hi Gavin

I installed it using my wired network.

Another useful package to use is ifplugd, this allows you to 
automatically activate the appropriate network if it is plugged 
in/available.
This allows you to switch from Wired to Wireless without it doing silly 
things like attempting to bring up an interface when it isn't connected, 
causing all sorts of routing issues and booting delays.

Regards
Alan


Gavin Seddon wrote:
> All seems to hinge on "net-wireless/madwifi-ng".  Here I meet a paradox,
> how do I inst with no network.  I see 2 possibilities.
> Use a wired inst. at first.
> get the package on a floppy and inst. manually.
>
>
> Has anyone any other suggestions. BTW I came across Ubuntu working
> 'off-the-shelf', is there any mileage in installing with the live cd,
> then using Ubuntu files?
> Gavin.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 05:50 +1000, Alan O'Keefe wrote:
>   
>> "net-wireless/madwifi-ng"
>>     

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Re: [gentoo-laptop] ibm t42 inst

[Gavin Seddon]

Hello,
I am up to building the kernel, What are the modules I need to pay
attention to for wireless?  Thanks for the tip Alan.
Gavin.
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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
UK




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