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 361EA138359 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 858D0E0883; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:02:14 +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 41268E0870 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:02:14 +0000 (UTC) IronPort-SDR: x7CFWUe17/cbAlh/WQhu07U3VqWFxOjLFGRtxlyclQH2IJNFyTchvHmV+3YPODghhbcMD1d/2C TL6t00NXNbaQ== X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2F6DgBDDg5f/1J4oWxggQkHgUMCgxd?= =?us-ascii?q?UX4hkhFCGCZwcFIFpCwEBASEQCQECBAEBhEYEAgKCCSU2Bw4CAwEBCwEBAQU?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEBAQYEAgKGRAxDFgGFbwY6HBEiPxJXGYMngnwPqhaBNIVRhQsGgTgBjQs?= =?us-ascii?q?/gQI/iF+EBoItBI8cij+bSgqCXYENh0aQeAIukTSNfwGcFZRvgWYMgX99CIM?= =?us-ascii?q?kEj4ZDVeNUBqIYoVeKDA3AgYIAQEDCVcBijOFNAEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2F6DgBDDg5f/1J4oWxggQkHgUMCgxdUX4hkhFCGCZwcF?= =?us-ascii?q?IFpCwEBASEQCQECBAEBhEYEAgKCCSU2Bw4CAwEBCwEBAQUBAQEBAQYEAgKGR?= =?us-ascii?q?AxDFgGFbwY6HBEiPxJXGYMngnwPqhaBNIVRhQsGgTgBjQs/gQI/iF+EBoItB?= =?us-ascii?q?I8cij+bSgqCXYENh0aQeAIukTSNfwGcFZRvgWYMgX99CIMkEj4ZDVeNUBqIY?= =?us-ascii?q?oVeKDA3AgYIAQEDCVcBijOFNAEB?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,352,1589256000"; d="scan'208";a="139066167" 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 16:02:07 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:02:02 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:02:02 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] No wifi Message-ID: <20200714200202.GA20566@waltdnes.org> References: <20200714015336.GA14116@waltdnes.org> <20200714041951.GA14890@waltdnes.org> <20200714045937.7k3thcbxe7tvtbzb@ad-gentoo-main> <4574002.31r3eYUQgx@lenovo.localdomain> <20200714172039.GA19604@waltdnes.org> 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: <20200714172039.GA19604@waltdnes.org> X-Archives-Salt: b12f3eca-fe10-4a85-b147-2659ef8f3ee7 X-Archives-Hash: 8e763a928c249014f5614a521dc8826a On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 01:20:39PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > > Still no wireless, but one bit of progress. It seems that the kernel > does *NOT* like using subdirectories below /lib/firmware. I copied the > ucode file to /lib/firmware and changed the path appropriately before > building the kernel. Now dmesg at bootup shows... > > [ 0.757370] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux > [ 0.757372] Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation > [ 0.757478] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control > [ 0.757877] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692 op_mode iwldvm > [ 0.757963] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled > [ 0.757967] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled > [ 0.757970] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled > [ 0.757973] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 > [ 0.761128] [drm] HPD interrupt storm detected on connector DP-3: switching from hotplug detection to polling > [ 0.762028] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device > [ 0.795312] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' Guess what I was missing... "ifconfig" versus "ifconfig -a". One is not like the other. I feel stupid. I may be back with more questions. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Networking/Wireless looks rather intimidating, but wpa_supplicant seems to be the only choice. [thimk][root][~] ifconfig eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:27:13:64:6a:0d txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 51929 bytes 3348657 (3.1 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 426 bytes 79801 (77.9 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 device interrupt 20 memory 0xfc000000-fc020000 lo: flags=73 mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 [thimk][root][~] ifconfig -a eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:27:13:64:6a:0d txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 52008 bytes 3354071 (3.1 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 436 bytes 81829 (79.9 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 device interrupt 20 memory 0xfc000000-fc020000 lo: flags=73 mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 wlan0: flags=4098 mtu 1500 ether 00:26:c6:4a:b4:92 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications