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 7C49E138359 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:24:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B53D6E0897; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:24:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta11.teksavvy.com (pmta11.teksavvy.com [76.10.157.34]) (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 54452E087A for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:24:05 +0000 (UTC) IronPort-SDR: ABQWHDnN4IlGWiOQSsaSX5wH6Ajr2JjZHKfPjBf1oclcCTTNGilfLtZFc5jBvcM3Trbee9shk4 /lRsZ+GIbWQw== X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2GgDwBL2w1f/1J4oWxggQkHgUMCgxd?= =?us-ascii?q?UX4hkhFCGCoIQnAkLAQEBKREBAgQBAQKERAQCAoIJJTcGDgIDAQELAQEBBQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEBBgQCAoZEDEMWAYJ3gQMBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBFgINVGkBBAE?= =?us-ascii?q?6HCgLCzQSVxmDJ4JcIKohgTSFUYUXgTgBjQs/gQI/hCE+hQqCfIItBI8cpgk?= =?us-ascii?q?Kgl2BDYdGkHgCLoQUjSCOALEEgXWBfH0IgyQJRxkNV5ZMhV4oMDcCBggBAQM?= =?us-ascii?q?JVwGKQIU0AQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2GgDwBL2w1f/1J4oWxggQkHgUMCgxdUX4hkhFCGCoIQn?= =?us-ascii?q?AkLAQEBKREBAgQBAQKERAQCAoIJJTcGDgIDAQELAQEBBQEBAQEBBgQCAoZED?= =?us-ascii?q?EMWAYJ3gQMBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBFgINVGkBBAE6HCgLCzQSVxmDJ?= =?us-ascii?q?4JcIKohgTSFUYUXgTgBjQs/gQI/hCE+hQqCfIItBI8cpgkKgl2BDYdGkHgCL?= =?us-ascii?q?oQUjSCOALEEgXWBfH0IgyQJRxkNV5ZMhV4oMDcCBggBAQMJVwGKQIU0AQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,352,1589256000"; d="scan'208";a="141117849" Received: from 108-161-120-82.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([108.161.120.82]) by smtp11.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 14 Jul 2020 12:24:03 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:23:58 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:23:58 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No wifi Message-ID: <20200714162358.GA19342@waltdnes.org> References: <20200714015336.GA14116@waltdnes.org> <20200714041951.GA14890@waltdnes.org> <20200714045937.7k3thcbxe7tvtbzb@ad-gentoo-main> <4574002.31r3eYUQgx@lenovo.localdomain> 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: <4574002.31r3eYUQgx@lenovo.localdomain> X-Archives-Salt: 4b54204e-d9c5-4579-a99d-25becd0f6867 X-Archives-Hash: 10cfea13fa20af3244fafef20ef02e76 On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:05:52AM +0100, Michael wrote > > Is there a subdirectory 'iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11' in /lib/firmware/ ? Yes. It was created when I untarred the tarball from kernel.org [thimk][root][~] ll /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11 total 364 drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 2008 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 15 09:45 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2114 Jun 4 2008 LICENSE.iwlwifi-5000-ucode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5099 Jun 4 2008 README.iwlwifi-5000-ucode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345008 Jun 2 2008 iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode > Does dmesg reveal anything untoward in the kernel failing to find > or load this firmware? See my message to Ashley for error listing. > Also, make sure the wireless NIC is enabled in the BIOS and powered > up by toggling the appropriate Fn key combo, e.g. Fn+F5 or whatever > it is on your laptop. I should have mentioned that wlan0 shows up fine booting from the minimal install usb stick. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications