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 58A24138247 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:41:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 04AA0E0B59; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from extserv.mm-sol.com (ns.mm-sol.com [37.157.136.199]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAB9DE0B34 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:41:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.20.1.244] (unknown [172.18.0.3]) by extserv.mm-sol.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4E76AC717 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:40:59 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <1387463974.2920.37.camel@iivanov-dev.int.mm-sol.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem From: "Ivan T. Ivanov" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:39:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <52B3024E.2010703@mail.ru> 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 X-Archives-Salt: d9857dea-a300-4cc1-8d0a-a592bf1548e0 X-Archives-Hash: 353c811c18bcc28a54e7f7aee2f5ba31 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. >