From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GeLQf-0004ML-DK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:55:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9U0nqtN021696; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:49:52 GMT Received: from customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony12.iinet.net.au (customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony12.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.157]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9U0jWcI004707 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:45:34 GMT Received: from 203-59-216-240.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.216.240]) by customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony12.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 30 Oct 2006 08:45:31 +0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AnoUAGLZREXLO9jwXWdsb2JhbACBTIQyhiws X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,369,1157299200"; d="scan'208"; a="6882789:sNHT15947523" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CB3434FE84 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:45:30 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yzUTFxIXYHI8 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:45:28 +0800 (WST) Received: from rattus (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789322147FB for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:45:28 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ipw2200 + Intel Pro Wireless 2915 a/b/g: "ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting." From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4544D294.5020500@fire-eyes.org> References: <453F68BC.7080504@fire-eyes.org> <4544D294.5020500@fire-eyes.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:45:28 +0800 Message-Id: <1162169128.20485.21.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 59868445-aab8-4318-aedb-7fa89d53c088 X-Archives-Hash: 37ac4acac60a5c64e4813099698d5a54 On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 11:11 -0500, fire-eyes wrote: > 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: > I don't have a physical switch, but perhaps there is a software switch. > This laptop has never run windows, so I can't say that is a factor. > Using the ipw220 (sony vaio), it generates a message in /var/log/messages and dmesg saying the killwitch must be off for wireless to work. If the killswitch is off (wireless working), there is no message in either. This is with the in-kernel drivers. BillK -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list