From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NeH6G-00053f-4e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:03:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67A58E0EDC for ; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:03:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4809EE0DE0 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 07 Feb 2010 23:38:53 -0000 Received: from 190.46.202.62.cust.bluewin.ch (EHLO [127.0.0.1]) [62.202.46.190] by mail.gmx.net (mp022) with SMTP; 08 Feb 2010 00:38:53 +0100 X-Authenticated: #62462648 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18dLIkYEJgd1PSB/51onFGLlPSvLSXRP1RRWmToGy QgqgTT3NRv5QxH Message-ID: <4B6F4F0E.7010000@gmx.ch> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:38:54 +0100 From: Shoka User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device References: <4B6F04A0.6040406@gmx.ch> <20100207194646.GC30196@math.princeton.edu> In-Reply-To: <20100207194646.GC30196@math.princeton.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.56999999999999995 X-Archives-Salt: 343c99a3-9c45-4236-a9bb-3a34fa37ed98 X-Archives-Hash: 4bf9f30f12d932d917046e8ad9d151eb 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