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 04E50138247 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:45:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6571AE0BB9; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:44:57 +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 4D2BEE0B42 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:44:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ns.e-nautia.com (Postfix, from userid 33) id 1A8E5283924; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:44:54 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=iiiha.com; s=default; t=1387464295; bh=fKWhtOa8cwCgcqztg2blbbXbuf3dTnSbQDfaHw20uds=; h=To:Subject:Date:From:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=XuJOWn6nF1ds2bgzaHRY9YC7iNW60Y42+QT10zis+qOo5kuWQyQOYOvd26fc5Tkr/ mNymwjmGJnxGthNuT0cSyKhwc5BN+6HBErgQN1fwJNaM0FsUogztUm2NUw3Wt25ekG HHoYOPtOjyouRlGovENCU43Jq7PkfeBXToS5w5E8= 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 15:44:54 +0100 From: Florian HEGRON In-Reply-To: <1387463974.2920.37.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> <52B3024E.2010703@mail.ru> <1387463974.2920.37.camel@iivanov-dev.int.mm-sol.com> Message-ID: <01eca9cf1ffe9f1f136388f6c40faa2a@iiiha.com> X-Sender: hogren@iiiha.com User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.0 X-abuse-contact: abuse@e-nautia.com X-Archives-Salt: 1d94bb45-8af3-4bcd-854b-da0e67b3c74c X-Archives-Hash: 64fd005d6f1ab8b2c13a1ff9b6769a01 On 2013-12-19 15:39, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: > On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: > > > > > > On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: > >> > >> On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: > >>> Hi Florian, > >>> > >> Hi > >>> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I found the line !! > >>> > >>> 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 ? > > When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile > the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load > firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution. > > There is another solution already explained by @Bruce Hill > earlier in this thread. > > Regards. > I will test the two solutions. I will write the results. Regards,