[gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[Shoka]

Hi folks,

I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. 
I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several 
configuration options for getting this driver to work.

The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook.

It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying 
to run "modprobe iwlagn" I get the message "Module iwlagn not found". 
The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There 
it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the 
kernel to do the same.

I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this 
guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel 
config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config 
option called "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn)".

Link to forum post: 
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html

I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could 
give me an advice in the right direction.

Thank you very much!

Best regards
Shoka

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[Zeerak Waseem]

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka <shoka@gmx.ch> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running.  
> I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several  
> configuration options for getting this driver to work.
>
> The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook.
>
> It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying  
> to run "modprobe iwlagn" I get the message "Module iwlagn not found".  
> The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There  
> it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the  
> kernel to do the same.
>
> I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this  
> guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel  
> config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config  
> option called "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn)".
>
> Link to forum post:  
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html
>
> I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could  
> give me an advice in the right direction.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Best regards
> Shoka
>
>
>
>

You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers -> Network Device  
Support -> Wireless Lan

There you need to set "Intel Wireless Wifi" and then the option should  
appear :-)

-- 
Zeerak

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[Shoka]

On 07.02.2010 20:29, Zeerak Waseem wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka <shoka@gmx.ch> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device 
>> running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried 
>> several configuration options for getting this driver to work.
>>
>> The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook.
>>
>> It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When 
>> trying to run "modprobe iwlagn" I get the message "Module iwlagn not 
>> found". The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live 
>> CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to 
>> configure the kernel to do the same.
>>
>> I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but 
>> this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like 
>> the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a 
>> kernel config option called "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn)".
>>
>> Link to forum post: 
>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html
>>
>> I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could 
>> give me an advice in the right direction.
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> Best regards
>> Shoka
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers -> Network 
> Device Support -> Wireless Lan
>
> There you need to set "Intel Wireless Wifi" and then the option should 
> appear :-)
>

Hi Zeerak,

When calling "make menuconfig", then enter section "Device Drivers" --> 
"Network Device Support" --> "Wireless LAN", all I can see are these 
options:

[ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11)
[ ] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
< > Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
< > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection

I have selected both Intel PRO/Wireless sections and the only 
sup-options that appeared were:

[ ] promiscuous mode
[ ] full debugging output

But there was nothing written about "Intel Wireless Wifi" or iwlagn 
stuff....
Even if I checked all the options nothing more appeared.

Shoka

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[Zeerak Waseem]

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:55:00 +0100, Shoka <shoka@gmx.ch> wrote:

> On 07.02.2010 20:29, Zeerak Waseem wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka <shoka@gmx.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running.  
>>> I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several  
>>> configuration options for getting this driver to work.
>>>
>>> The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook.
>>>
>>> It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When  
>>> trying to run "modprobe iwlagn" I get the message "Module iwlagn not  
>>> found". The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live  
>>> CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to  
>>> configure the kernel to do the same.
>>>
>>> I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but  
>>> this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the  
>>> kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a  
>>> kernel config option called "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN  
>>> (iwlagn)".
>>>
>>> Link to forum post:  
>>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html
>>>
>>> I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could  
>>> give me an advice in the right direction.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much!
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Shoka
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers -> Network  
>> Device Support -> Wireless Lan
>>
>> There you need to set "Intel Wireless Wifi" and then the option should  
>> appear :-)
>>
>
> Hi Zeerak,
>
> When calling "make menuconfig", then enter section "Device Drivers" -->  
> "Network Device Support" --> "Wireless LAN", all I can see are these  
> options:
>
> [ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11)
> [ ] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
> < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
> < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection
>
> I have selected both Intel PRO/Wireless sections and the only  
> sup-options that appeared were:
>
> [ ] promiscuous mode
> [ ] full debugging output
>
> But there was nothing written about "Intel Wireless Wifi" or iwlagn  
> stuff....
> Even if I checked all the options nothing more appeared.
>
> Shoka
>
>
>
>
>
>

What does searching for iwlwifi in the kernel yield? (kernel search is  
prompted by /)

-- 
Zeerak

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[John H. Moe]

Shoka wrote:
> On 07.02.2010 20:29, Zeerak Waseem wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka <shoka@gmx.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device
>>> running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried
>>> several configuration options for getting this driver to work.
>>>
>>> The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook.
>>>
>>> It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When
>>> trying to run "modprobe iwlagn" I get the message "Module iwlagn not
>>> found". The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live
>>> CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to
>>> configure the kernel to do the same.
>>>
>>> I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but
>>> this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like
>>> the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find
>>> a kernel config option called "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN
>>> (iwlagn)".
>>>
>>> Link to forum post:
>>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html
>>>
>>> I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone
>>> could give me an advice in the right direction.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much!
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Shoka
>>
>> You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers -> Network
>> Device Support -> Wireless Lan
>>
>> There you need to set "Intel Wireless Wifi" and then the option
>> should appear :-)
>
> Hi Zeerak,
>
> When calling "make menuconfig", then enter section "Device Drivers"
> --> "Network Device Support" --> "Wireless LAN", all I can see are
> these options:
>
> [ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11)
> [ ] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
> < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
> < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection
>
> I have selected both Intel PRO/Wireless sections and the only
> sup-options that appeared were:
>
> [ ] promiscuous mode
> [ ] full debugging output
>
> But there was nothing written about "Intel Wireless Wifi" or iwlagn
> stuff....
> Even if I checked all the options nothing more appeared.
>
> Shoka

You need to enable Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) first.  You don't need
either of the 2100 or the 2200 modules; once you select Wireless LAN
(IEEE 802.11) a new slew of options should come up, including the Intel
Wireless Wifi option, and in there you should find your wireless card.

John Moe

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[David Abbott]

On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 06:55 +1000, John H. Moe wrote:

> 
> You need to enable Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) first.  You don't need
> either of the 2100 or the 2200 modules; once you select Wireless LAN
> (IEEE 802.11) a new slew of options should come up, including the Intel
> Wireless Wifi option, and in there you should find your wireless card.
> 
> John Moe
> 

Also make sure Networking => Wireless => [*] Generic IEEE 802.11
Networking Stack (mac80211) and maybe [*]  cfg80211 - wireless
configuration API 

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[Willie Wong]

On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 07:21:20PM +0100, Shoka wrote:
> I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. 
> I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several 
> configuration options for getting this driver to work.
> 
> The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook.
> 
> It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying 
> to run "modprobe iwlagn" I get the message "Module iwlagn not found". 
> The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There 
> it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the 
> kernel to do the same.

You said that the module didn't get compiled: did you configure the
kernel to include it?

> I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this 
> guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel 
> config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config 
> option called "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn)".

If you are in menuconfig, you can always hit / to bring up the search
screen, and type in IWL as your search string. 

In 2.6.31-gentoo-r9, go to 

Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Wireless LAN -> Wireless
LAN (IEEE 802.11) -> Intel Wireless Wifi

to enable IWLWIFI first, and then you should be able to see the
Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN option. 

Cheers, 

W
-- 
Willie W. Wong                                     wwong@math.princeton.edu
Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire 
         et vice versa   ~~~  I. Newton

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device

[Shoka]

On 07.02.2010 20:46, Willie Wong wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 07:21:20PM +0100, Shoka wrote:
>    
>> I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running.
>> I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several
>> configuration options for getting this driver to work.
>>
>> The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook.
>>
>> It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying
>> to run "modprobe iwlagn" I get the message "Module iwlagn not found".
>> The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There
>> it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the
>> kernel to do the same.
>>      
> You said that the module didn't get compiled: did you configure the
> kernel to include it?
>
>    
>> I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this
>> guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel
>> config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config
>> option called "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn)".
>>      
> If you are in menuconfig, you can always hit / to bring up the search
> screen, and type in IWL as your search string.
>
> In 2.6.31-gentoo-r9, go to
>
> Device Drivers ->  Network device support ->  Wireless LAN ->  Wireless
> LAN (IEEE 802.11) ->  Intel Wireless Wifi
>
> to enable IWLWIFI first, and then you should be able to see the
> Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN option.
>
> Cheers,
>
> W
>    
Hi Willie,

I finally found the problem: I had to enable the option

General Setup
[ ] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers

I recognized that after invoking a search on "iwlwifi". There was a 
dependency to "EXPERIMENTAL". And this is exactly the mentioned switch 
above.

After selecting this option, I was able to select the "Intel Wireless" 
stuff.

Thanks to all for giving hints into the right direction :-)

Shoka