From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J3rAf-0000px-E6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:56:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lBGAtB1b001195; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:55:11 GMT Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lBGAooJF028534 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:50:50 GMT Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969D97BE7F for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:50:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from web6.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.215]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:50:49 -0500 Received: by web6.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 76A5549E48; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:50:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1197802249.20342.1226824267@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: 48689avWxT/J+voWkYrXzR7lZObjkCZYfY4eGBpamlko 1197802249 From: "Florian Philipp" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_----------=_1197802249203421"; charset="UTF-8" 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: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface References: <16035281.1197383215140.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <200712111448.12675.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <200712152319.09211.jcranmer01@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup In-Reply-To: <200712152319.09211.jcranmer01@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:50:49 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 0113328e-8988-4d29-bb06-6d046e6e87e3 X-Archives-Hash: d19020c2a850d4c00109813bb8cb9257 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_----------=_1197802249203421 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:50:49 UT On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 23:19 -0500, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > On Tuesday 11 December 2007 09:48:10 am Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > > > I believe that I have this enabled, however ieee80211 is still barfing > > > out by asking for CONFIG_NET_RADIO. > > > > > > I'll check and confirm this tonight. > > > > Also check bugzilla. I remember reporting a bug with the more recent > > kernels failing to build kernel drivers. The last kernel that I managed to > > build rt2570 was 2.6.20-gentoo-r8. Kernel 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 fails to emerge > > any driver whatsoever. > > I have now (finally) successfully compiled the latest kernel 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 > kernel. Once I enabled the 'Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)' > option in Networking --> Wireless, the Realtek RTL8187 USB support option > appears in Device Drivers --> Network Device Support --> Wireless LAN section > under wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11). > > With this RTL8187 driver compiled into the kernel, I get some success. > > Running the command 'dmesg | grep rtl8187' after reboot returns the message > usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187 > > There is, however, no /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 on my system, so I'm not quite > there yet. > > There is a net.eth0 (wired network), and a net.lo > What do I need to do to get net.wlan0 active? > > Thanks > > Jeff Check the output of "iwconfig". Maybe the device's got another name like eth1 or rtl0 --_----------=_1197802249203421 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:50:49 UT LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQR1AgU0lHTkFUVVJFLS0tLS0KVmVyc2lvbjogR251UEcg djEuNC43IChHTlUvTGludXgpCgppRDhEQlFCSFpQcTBxczR1T1VsT3VVOFJB cDUzQUowWlRqbWN2bzBTVTQrbit1MDVsbmhSb0pLbFRBQ2VMZjl2CjBzcWtG TUxydkF4L1pWM3lRMXdkVDVNPQo9NE1RTAotLS0tLUVORCBQR1AgU0lHTkFU VVJFLS0tLS0K --_----------=_1197802249203421-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list