From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B25E138247 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:09:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26121E0AA9; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:09:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns.e-nautia.com (ns.e-nautia.com [176.31.246.59]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C757E0A87 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:09:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ns.e-nautia.com (Postfix, from userid 33) id 7E747283924; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:09:01 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=iiiha.com; s=default; t=1387462141; bh=1N+41XheUa5hoM7FSEqV9jMmEJ3nCJ34kf7X8jr7pN4=; h=To:Subject:Date:From:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=cBtqoWFRKuJ2JtTUSS41gMXn5dGyBlSdnT7AlnpVjL1pQ2164g+Vxi+PtP2yr9FqA dHFO0k2srZIXxNAvRU9tNPoOYAPigfHucpRCJXM01OUgi/SpuZuWlu80lJxo78olKl mkdxDDr8gdmxkVKbQQXTsgXSjOrmwWnzZqJx6gew= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem X-PHP-Originating-Script: 1001:rcmail.php Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:09:01 +0100 From: Florian HEGRON In-Reply-To: <1387461109.2920.32.camel@iivanov-dev.int.mm-sol.com> References: <77c2dd747595c6d15fcea8c7a5d3bfcd@iiiha.com> <52AF22B3.7020504@gentoo.org> <201312162027.25626.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <9ae1613c1a9b758044f485b3440e6d72@iiiha.com> <20131217104858.380427dc@digimed.co.uk> <51c8c14df2abcb939426b4b018f373be@iiiha.com> <1387442825.2920.16.camel@iivanov-dev.int.mm-sol.com> <4569bf91942577663878b1e0e91f27a4@iiiha.com> <1387451143.2920.21.camel@iivanov-dev.int.mm-sol.com> <04ebeba0bc2293218046b98a9409e977@iiiha.com> <1387461109.2920.32.camel@iivanov-dev.int.mm-sol.com> Message-ID: <00758ba0112b0d75439bf0a4ec446b13@iiiha.com> X-Sender: hogren@iiiha.com User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.0 X-abuse-contact: abuse@e-nautia.com X-Archives-Salt: e09dd1e6-6a00-443a-b8e9-f6b72c12ed94 X-Archives-Hash: 4b108f25304540d069d9147eb1c9a62f On 2013-12-19 14:51, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support -> > > > Wireless > > > > > > So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge > > > ipw2200-firmware). > > > > > > #dmesg | grep 2200 > > > [ 1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, > > > 1.2.2k > > > [ 1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation > > > [ 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network > > > Connection > > > [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason > > > -2 > > > > > > This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably > > > part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card > > > RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed > > > in /lib/firmware. > > > > > This file is present, I checked. > > > > > > How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is > > build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible > > that root file system is not mounted when driver loads. > > Try to build it as module. > > > > > > Regards, > > Ivan > > Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module > compilation > and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? > > If you don't have initramfs till now you would not needed it just for > this. > > Build driver as module, ensure that you have correct entry in > /etc/conf.d/modules [1] [2] (this will auto load wifi driver). > And you should be fine. Just for the test you can load it by hand > > # modprobe "ipw2200-driver-name" > > Regards, > Ivan > > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC/Baselayout_1_to_2_migration > [2] > > $ cat /etc/conf.d/modules > modules="ipw2200-driver-name" > Ok, where can I find the driver-name ? Thanks.