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 1GeMoO-0006HB-Fk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:23:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9U2LaSY030879; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:21:36 GMT Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony1.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony1.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.195]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9U2JIX3016519 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:19:19 GMT Received: from 203-59-216-240.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.216.240]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony1.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 30 Oct 2006 10:19:16 +0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AnoUAKbvREXLO9jwXWdsb2JhbACBTIQyhiws X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,369,1157299200"; d="scan'208"; a="36882280:sNHT65370238" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03C2A34FE81 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:19:15 +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 VLjTdu9u1Kms for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:19:05 +0800 (WST) Received: from rattus (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D47B34FFA6 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:19:05 +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: <45454E6B.6010603@fire-eyes.org> References: <453F68BC.7080504@fire-eyes.org> <4544D294.5020500@fire-eyes.org> <1162169128.20485.21.camel@rattus> <45454E6B.6010603@fire-eyes.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:19:05 +0800 Message-Id: <1162174745.20485.40.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: 22de7930-c38b-4e05-9bf2-5c220b6e7295 X-Archives-Hash: d497ef399157ebe2ae4ef677572eff01 On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 19:59 -0500, fire-eyes wrote: > William Kenworthy wrote: > > 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 > > Ahh okay, I use the external drivers. > > I do have chances to test it now, as I got my wireless working again > back home. Linksys wrt54g v5 bricked (avoid those!), or so I thought it > did... stuck dd-wrt 23 SP 2 on it, and it's working VERY nicely... > > Hopefully I won't keep having these issues, we'll see... but history > says I will. > I think the drivers are the same - just the kernel lags the sourceforge project. I originally used the ext ones as in-kernel didnt work for me, but the latest kernels seem fine (though the data transfer rates seem quite a lot slower and less sensitive?) BillK -- William Kenworthy Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list