[gentoo-user] ipw200 wireless config problem

[gentoo-user] ipw200 wireless config problem

[Richard Watson]

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Hi can anyone help me resolve this problem. I'm running kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.16-gentoo-r9. I've built in support for the ipw2200 driver and installed fimrware image ipw2200-firmware-2.4 as the forums say the latest firmware image is not supported with my kernel version. I've got problems ... when I try and install. wireless-tools installs OK but no interface is present when running iwconfig. I get the following error on dmesg.

# dmesg | grep ipw
ipw2200: no version for "ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext" found: kernel tainted.
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.3mprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:04.0 failed with error -5

How do I check that ieee80211 is installed correctly in my kernel (not as a module I assume since ipw2200 is installed). any other tips would be really appreciated as I've been trying to figure this out for ages.

Thanks, Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] ipw200 wireless config problem

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 02:44:48PM +1000, Penguin Lover Richard Watson squawked:
> Hi can anyone help me resolve this problem. I'm running kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.16-gentoo-r9. I've built in support for the ipw2200 driver and installed fimrware image ipw2200-firmware-2.4 as the forums say the latest firmware image is not supported with my kernel version. I've got problems ... when I try and install. wireless-tools installs OK but no interface is present when running iwconfig. I get the following error on dmesg.

I would really suggest installing the ipw2200 drivers separately from
the kernel, i.e. emerge  net-wireless/ipw2200. To do so you should
reconfigure your kernel so that it has basic Wireless Lan support, but
with ieee80211 and ipw2200 turned off. The ipw2200 ebuild would bring
in an outside copy of ieee80211, follow the instructions that come up
at the emerge to remove the in-kernel source of ieee80211 completely.
And you should also be able to use the 3.0 firmware. 

I've used the drivers from outside of the kernel since version 0.6 and
never had any problem. 

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Re: [gentoo-user] ipw200 wireless config problem

[Richard Watson]

> I would really suggest installing the ipw2200 drivers separately from
> the kernel, i.e. emerge  net-wireless/ipw2200. To do so you should
> reconfigure your kernel so that it has basic Wireless Lan support, but
> with ieee80211 and ipw2200 turned off. The ipw2200 ebuild would bring
> in an outside copy of ieee80211, follow the instructions that come up
> at the emerge to remove the in-kernel source of ieee80211 completely.
> And you should also be able to use the 3.0 firmware.
>
> I've used the drivers from outside of the kernel since version 0.6 and
> never had any problem.

I did as you suggested and then ran
# /bin/sh /usr/portage/net-wireless/ieee80211/files/remove-old
/usr/src/linux

Had to reboot and I was in business.

Thanks, Richard


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Re: [gentoo-user] ipw200 wireless config problem

[ellotheth rimmwen]

On 8/19/06, Willie Wong <wwong@princeton.edu> wrote:

> I've used the drivers from outside of the kernel since version 0.6 and
> never had any problem.

For what it's worth, I'm using the 2.6.17 kernel drivers without
problems. (See also http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw2200.)

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