From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GXsYr-0007ti-2N for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:52:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9C4oHx3028445; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:50:17 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9C4ja26001861 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:45:36 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x30so411221nfb for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:45:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UrZb+itsXRQghtTjsN350nnohBKM3Bo++eILWpCYBhVT7NpTRH7a2UA0gNmdz66lFue53RViygJTnSeg1/jWQdv5x0mEJ05lErL4O1Vc/B9zcF3uGIri2DGQQjBo7LP8WID+KnqofkpuSBwPnmFYP9GQuLps3fY4mk0llpaAWqQ= Received: by 10.82.114.3 with SMTP id m3mr300835buc; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:45:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.154.17 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:45:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9b1675090610112145sf9dd627o16a64d40d4d0a652@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:45:36 -0600 From: "Trenton Adams" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ipw2100 problems - ieee80211? In-Reply-To: <200610112140.00814.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline References: <200610112100.18183.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> <200610120611.47175.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <200610112140.00814.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k9C4ja26001861 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k9C4oHxV028445 X-Archives-Salt: d19e6faa-3ceb-4d27-a0bb-84a01fef250d X-Archives-Hash: bbc587c6ce75c9d13e310c0fe2cc38f0 You create net.eth0, or whatever, by linking /etc/init.d/net.ethX to /etc/init.d/net.lo The driver will create the actual kernel device name of eth0, ath0, or whatever, and then your link will make it work. On 10/11/06, Lord Sauron wrote: > On Wednesday 11 October 2006 21:11, Bo =D8rsted Andresen wrote: > > On Thursday 12 October 2006 06:00, Lord Sauron wrote: > > [SNIP] > > > > > I isolated my problem to this: > > > > > > emerge ipw2100 ties in ieee80211, and that fails to compile because > > > it says that the current kernel cannot have the option IEEE80211 in > > > either module or enabled. It needs it disabled. > > > > > > I tried to use menuconfig and disable it, however, the only way I > > > can do that is by literally disabling ALL networking - drivers and > > > all. > > > > > > Kernel is kernel 2.6.17-gentoo-r8. > > > > [SNIP] > > > > > If anyone knows a better/easier way, please help! > > > > [SNIP] > > > > As of kernel 2.6.17 ipw2100 has been included in the kernel. Hence > > you shouldn't install either of net-wireless/ieee80211 or > > net-wireless/ipw2100. You still need to have > > net-wireless/ipw2100-firmware emerged though. I believe these are the > > kernel options you need (it works for me): > > > > $ zgrep IPW2100\\\|IEEE80211 /proc/config.gz > > CONFIG_IEEE80211=3Dm > > # CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG is not set > > CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=3Dm > > CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=3Dm > > CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=3Dm > > # CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC is not set > > CONFIG_IPW2100=3Dm > > # CONFIG_IPW2100_MONITOR is not set > > # CONFIG_IPW2100_DEBUG is not set > > The curious thing is that the firmware is installed. > > I'm trying those exact configuration settings now. I hope that works, > otherwise I'm really in for quite a mess! > > > Is it at all possible that the driver is installed and working, and tha= t > I don't have whatever it takes to activate and use it? For my wired > ethernet card, there's a thing called net.eth0 and all that rot. When > I get the wireless driver working, how will I create net.wlan0 or > net.eth1 or whatever it is? I've not no experience there, and I've > been searching rather diligently for a how-to or instruction set to > help me with that. I find it hard to think that something like that > will generate itself ex nihlo, to say the least : ) > > -- > http://lordsauronthegreat.googlepages.com/ > > > --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list