Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't connect to internet from Live DVD.
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 05:25:31
Message-Id: CAK2H+edbd+eUq0rWj8Kw1qc98CO_sKFnvHPUUrDQi7nhkRGDLg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't connect to internet from Live DVD. by "Henry W. Peters"
1 On Kindle so forced to top post. Sorry. Once you get to a root
2 terminal you are free to follow the Gentoo install.
3
4 On 9/20/13, Henry W. Peters <hwpeters@××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > On 9/20/2013 2:50 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
6 >> Henry,
7 >> In my personal search to find a USB 802.11ac networking adapter I
8 >> ran across one additional resource which might help you, or others
9 >> laters, in your searches. If you were to run the command 'lspci -nn |
10 >> grep Ethernet' as I do here on my desktop: (adjust what you are
11 >> grepping for if it's not Ethernet but rather something else)
12 >>
13 >> c2RAID6 ~ # lspci -nn | grep Ethernet
14 >> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
15 >> 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4364] (rev 12)
16 >> 07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
17 >> 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4364] (rev 12)
18 >> c2RAID6 ~ #
19 >>
20 >> then you will find both the Ethernet controllers and their associated
21 >> PCI vendor & device IDs. In my case for the Marvell controllers the ID
22 >> is '11ab:4364'
23 >>
24 >> If you then go to Google in your browser and put this in the search
25 >> area, making sure to remove the colon:
26 >>
27 >> "11ab 4364" site:cateee.net/lkddb/
28 >>
29 >> the first result directs you to this page:
30 >>
31 >> http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/SKY2.html
32 >>
33 >> which gives you information about what kernels support this device.
34 >>
35 >> This works for both PCI & USB device IDs.
36 >>
37 >> Hope this helps,
38 >> Mark
39 > Thanks Mark for the info. It didn't help directly, but your ideas
40 > spurred me on to find this:
41 >
42 > https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci
43 >
44 >> This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on
45 >> Ralink 802.11n PCI chipsets on Debian systems.
46 >
47 >
48 > Which got my Debian/Mate/XFCE install functioning in wireless mode...
49 > But probably more important, once again rather verifies that there is a
50 > driver problem (with my Ralink) in Gentoo Live DVD...
51 >
52 > You mentioned in a previous msg, that it was possible to install Gentoo
53 > from another "live" DVD/C OS... wondering if you know of any how to do
54 > links... ?
55 >
56 > Regards,
57 > Henry
58 >
59 >
60 >