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 1OlK5J-0008AQ-JL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:12:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0F82E0A95; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C99E0A95 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyf6 with SMTP id 6so2789967eyf.40 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:11:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4WsNZ/nAawZW51LM679twOe7/1l7MBzvhzck50ig2bg=; b=MbiPBCmBG3C8q7OlzrBAdqZUgnDnjDUmsfkvavU23HaYlxFwSJWJ83HzHWVEiPiiOG ziJQfaDOf+oFOD57tG3CtEGyEIR6Khr2VyYHZ8G4uL/EXDAB4StnLVrvBRNqynhITgvF lFW3hjum9LtOoNffhFEmsnavzcSbvr66399Z4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Kc7rYsW8qIGBJ+AjlZ+myD4ns/PCq8/m3+9y+ghtiugUbcy1Z5LhV6RUXg0g6BUqFW YeNGCr0YfdWUjfmW/9+2xjr+vnQtBQT3eut2vWB/Grhf+Ec3vbpJeOsInnKvhfhhaOfN +B+4YkvurhnNMRb9mhcwQMp0bH1LEQyZOjOqU= 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 10.213.31.141 with SMTP id y13mr658833ebc.70.1282043500798; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:11:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.4.76 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:11:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C69E9A3.6020801@gmail.com> References: <4C69E9A3.6020801@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:11:40 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Still Struggling With Wireless From: Elmar Hinz To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: a77ec982-5bf4-4a40-b990-3e482c850ce3 X-Archives-Hash: 74f141fedfde33ad02dfcc9a9eb409ab @ CJoeB It can be really hard. I needed days. There is more than one difficulty. For example I needed to set my laptop type in the kernel (asus_laptop). Without that, the card is not turned on at all, even if the card driver its= elf is loaded. Then you need to compile the password for wpa_supplicant with wpa_password. It doesn=B4t take the plain passphrase. So don=B4t be afraid to ask. wlan still is really hard stuff. Regards Al 2010/8/17 CJoeB : > =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 > 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. > > So, I'm left with trying to use the iwl3945 driver in the kernel. =A0I > 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. =A0Help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Colleen > > -- > > Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.o= rg > > > >