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From: the <the.guard@××××.ru>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:27:47
Message-Id: 52B3024E.2010703@mail.ru
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem by Florian HEGRON
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4 On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote:
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6 >
7 > On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
8 >> Hi,
9 >>
10 >> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
11 >>
12 >> On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
13 >>> Hi Florian,
14 >>>
15 >> Hi
16 >>> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
17 >>>
18 >>>
19 >>>
20 >>> I found the line !!
21 >>>
22 >>> I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support
23 >>> -> Wireless
24 >>>
25 >>> So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge
26 >>> ipw2200-firmware).
27 >>>
28 >>> #dmesg | grep 2200 [ 1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R)
29 >>> PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [ 1.180643]
30 >>> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [
31 >>> 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
32 >>> Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw
33 >>> request_firmware failed: Reason -2
34 >>>
35 >>> This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file
36 >>> (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to
37 >>> wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually
38 >>> it is localed in /lib/firmware.
39 >>>
40 >> This file is present, I checked.
41 >>
42 >>
43 >> How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in
44 >> ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file
45 >> system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as
46 >> module.
47 >>
48 >>
49 >> Regards, Ivan
50 >
51 > Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module
52 > compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ?
53
54 When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile
55 the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load
56 firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@××××××.com>