Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

["Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@mm-sol.com>]

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