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 1OlBOf-0003RG-Di for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:55:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A58CE07EA; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:55:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com (mail-ww0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AA4DE07EA for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:55:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi14 with SMTP id 14so288954wwi.4 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:55:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Zgh5p5xX9WtwmAy6ojPQ/aWQ3wrNxl29sSMboIdWUHA=; b=bEOp509MlfARrIS3O9YLxV6M274kKNg54z2Qq/8HQ96Zl7QSpJcmGtr5dnZShtRkAS JnX8f4/Z4lXZhm5BPhj8PeLMq6Gsplx5K1xnDdMcyMl5fma/Tbn4DajuA12PINld4JTN EFo3ecm8Io49Om46qGOqhG6mdyuaNqEsgQamc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=DwaJ9aZmeqh7RHJyqJwY/oBfG1unxGxSYwjEwvWGZowm5AzwwHjujJ0Zsz4j4cE7uu ZtKVyCcQNGHV8FKjobGMOEEoC1iBNCGaBj5J2UoJvGIClXlVb0mE4iqjbxLL7nAnbHTq 9JRUbEb+l57c4FzunpJmKeg9eYQPvnAlexrzI= 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 Received: by 10.216.59.131 with SMTP id s3mr5051867wec.71.1282010103431; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:55:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.1.199 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:55:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C69E9A3.6020801@gmail.com> References: <4C69E9A3.6020801@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:55:03 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Still Struggling With Wireless From: Adam Carter To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd72042d0431b048dfb3c3a X-Archives-Salt: f0788e83-0728-4592-8b8f-2993889c58c3 X-Archives-Hash: e205a6ebf20e9dfd1079f67ae2dd3435 --000e0cd72042d0431b048dfb3c3a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, > > I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted > before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my > previous posts which helped little. I have read the documentation and > the wikis - ad nauseum. I'm still having problems with wireless. > > Things were so much easier when I could just use the ipw3945 driver. > However, I can't build that because it requires TKIP and CCMP, neither > of which I can find settings for in my active kernel, 2.6.34-gentoo-r1. > In one of the responses to my previous posts someone told me about the / > trick while in the kernel configuration to bring up a search menu. I > did this and the only reference I could find for TKIP was one related to > debugging. > I use wpa_supplicant to provide the wifi crypto. > > So, I'm left with trying to use the iwl3945 driver in the kernel. I > followed the wiki for setting this up and thought I had succeeded. I > got to the point where I was told to type the following: > ifconfig wlan0 up (this does activate the wireless led on my computer) > iwlist wlan0 scan > iwconfig wlan0 essid "network name" (where the network name is the > essid that has been set) > > When I got this to work, I thought I was home free despite the "kludgy" > way of getting wireless working. However, I rebooted and now, when I > type iwlist wlan0 scan I get told that scanning is not supported. Yes, > I have iwl3945-ucode installed and yes, it was recompiled after the > kernel was rebuilt. > > I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. > Forgetting to post up your configs :) eg /etc/conf.d/net etc --000e0cd72042d0431b048dfb3c3a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
=A0Hi,

I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. =A0Yes! I've posted=
before. =A0And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my
previous posts which helped little. =A0I have read the documentation and the wikis - ad nauseum. =A0I'm still having problems with wireless.

Things were so much easier when I could just use the ipw3945 driver.
However, I can't build that because it requires TKIP and CCMP, neither<= br> of which I can find settings for in my active kernel, 2.6.34-gentoo-r1.
In one of the responses to my previous posts someone told me about the / trick while in the kernel configuration to bring up a search menu. =A0I
did this and the only reference I could find for TKIP was one related to debugging.

I use wpa_supplicant to provide the wif= i crypto.

So, I'm left with trying to use the iwl3945 driver in the kernel. =A0I<= br> followed the wiki for setting this up and thought I had succeeded. =A0I
got to the point where I was told to type the following:
ifconfig wlan0 up (this does activate the wireless led on my computer)
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid "network name" =A0(where the network name is= the
essid that has been set)

When I got this to work, I thought I was home free despite the "kludgy= "
way of getting wireless working. =A0However, I rebooted and now, when I
type iwlist wlan0 scan I get told that scanning is not supported. =A0Yes, I have iwl3945-ucode installed and yes, it was recompiled after the
kernel was rebuilt.

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.=A0

Forge= tting to post up your configs :) eg /etc/conf.d/net etc
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