From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2B4B138359 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E259BE0878; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:19:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta31.teksavvy.com (pmta31.teksavvy.com [76.10.157.38]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D619E086B for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:19:57 +0000 (UTC) IronPort-SDR: FjbOZms82xd6RR+jc4+lPrcx87kHbngt8BZ7w5JhkXLeLfK6iVcmlrb4OzsijnOL7KmiMObMuX 35gQE6sBpoZw== X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FLEQBhMQ1f/1J4oWxggQkHgUWDF1R?= =?us-ascii?q?fiGSEUIYJghCcCQsBAQEzBwECBAEBAoREBAICghwlOBMCAwEBCwEBAQUBAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQYEAgKGRAxDFgGCd4EDAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBARYCDVRpAQQBOhw?= =?us-ascii?q?oCws0ElcZgyeCXCAPqDiBBIE0hVGFGoE4AY0LP4ECP4QhPoJcAYItgnyCLQS?= =?us-ascii?q?PGYo+m0cKgl2BDYdEkHgCLoQPjR+NfJwOlG6BdoF7fQiDJAlHGQ1XjVMXiGK?= =?us-ascii?q?FXigwAgEBATICBggBAQMJVwGKLYUzAQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FLEQBhMQ1f/1J4oWxggQkHgUWDF1RfiGSEUIYJghCcC?= =?us-ascii?q?QsBAQEzBwECBAEBAoREBAICghwlOBMCAwEBCwEBAQUBAQEBAQYEAgKGRAxDF?= =?us-ascii?q?gGCd4EDAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBARYCDVRpAQQBOhwoCws0ElcZgyeCX?= =?us-ascii?q?CAPqDiBBIE0hVGFGoE4AY0LP4ECP4QhPoJcAYItgnyCLQSPGYo+m0cKgl2BD?= =?us-ascii?q?YdEkHgCLoQPjR+NfJwOlG6BdoF7fQiDJAlHGQ1XjVMXiGKFXigwAgEBATICB?= =?us-ascii?q?ggBAQMJVwGKLYUzAQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,350,1589256000"; d="scan'208";a="138993265" Received: from 108-161-120-82.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([108.161.120.82]) by smtp13.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 14 Jul 2020 00:19:55 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:19:51 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:19:51 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No wifi Message-ID: <20200714041951.GA14890@waltdnes.org> References: <20200714015336.GA14116@waltdnes.org> <20200714021229.mnhlk66g3wew4u4t@ad-gentoo-main> 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200714021229.mnhlk66g3wew4u4t@ad-gentoo-main> X-Archives-Salt: f0704cbf-aefd-4f6b-b4bc-f0745544c891 X-Archives-Hash: 68a48b8c9f547569396fc54ae5f73755 On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 03:12:29AM +0100, Ashley Dixon wrote > Can you confirm that the correct firmware package is being loaded ? > `lspci -k | grep -i -B 1 5100` [thimk][root][~] lspci -k | grep -i -B 1 5100 Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN Note that that it's not being "loaded" as a module. I'm building into the kernel itself. Here's a snippet from .config # # Firmware loader # CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode" CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" > Did you install the iwlwifi microcode from sys-kernel/linux-firmware > (linux-firmware.git), or directly from kernel.org ? Directly from kernel.org itself. As I mentioned, the feature in "make menuconfig" pointed there. I basically ran... wget https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.a.11.tar.gz > Which kernel version are you running ? `uname -r` 5.4.48-gentoo This a brand new install. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications