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 1RLggG-00019L-Bx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:41:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EE97B21C060; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:40:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f47.google.com (mail-pz0-f47.google.com [209.85.210.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 041D621C039 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk6 with SMTP id 6so1177618pzk.6 for ; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:39:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=n92Xvypqu8AHXmqYAQAkMEKEaEeHIb9MnHDKKFORuVM=; b=dISE3c50an63+3jeg5M7joyIH3GZadgszyHoozcsT3kyhhFsYpg+TREOcpr/8E/wN3 lJ3K8oWGfQ2o1idSJd3gWh6GQdBU/ceYr+Wk7ZVjI5rv1H4EZyUfo4YFXRgn9VZYNcDj LEAn0QPIlkd4pKrrS1T+dMfOZmlbjV+6w4824= 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 10.68.10.39 with SMTP id f7mr6632207pbb.107.1320262773176; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.215.3 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:39:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EB11B8A.5090609@darkmetatron.de> References: <4EB11B8A.5090609@darkmetatron.de> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:39:33 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless network card not loaded on first boot after shutdown From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 038f5861-7151-45da-8b2e-ab1ad1480527 X-Archives-Hash: c50c391029e77528dd5ec8ba077cd29e On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Sebastian Be=C3=9Fler wrote: > Hi, > > I have a wireless card that works most of the time perfect with the > ath9k kernel module but not on first boot after a few hours long shutdown= . > > =C2=A0* Bringing up interface wlan0 > =C2=A0* =C2=A0 ERROR: interface wlan0 does not exist > =C2=A0* =C2=A0 Ensure that you have loaded the correct kernel module for = your hardware > =C2=A0* ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start > > A reboot fixes the problem. > The kernel module loads without error in both cases. > > # uname -r > 3.1.0-gentoo > > # lspci -v > 03:07.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 002d (rev = 01) > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device = 0300 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, laten= cy 176, IRQ 21 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Memory at fdce0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) = [size=3D64K] > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Kernel driver in use: ath9k > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Kernel modules: ath9k > > Greetings Does the wireless card needs a firmware? Do you use an initramfs? I ask since my iwlagn wireless car does, and if I boot using an initramfs, I need to include the firmware file on it for the card to work. Regards. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico