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From: Florian HEGRON <hogren@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:19:31
Message-Id: 04ebeba0bc2293218046b98a9409e977@iiiha.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem by "Ivan T. Ivanov"
1 On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
5 >
6 > On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
7 > > Hi Florian,
8 > >
9 > Hi
10 > > On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
11 > >
12 > >
13 > >
14 > > I found the line !!
15 > >
16 > > I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support ->
17 > > Wireless
18 > >
19 > > So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge
20 > > ipw2200-firmware).
21 > >
22 > > #dmesg | grep 2200
23 > > [ 1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver,
24 > > 1.2.2k
25 > > [ 1.180643] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
26 > > [ 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
27 > > Connection
28 > > [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason
29 > > -2
30 > >
31 > > This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably
32 > > part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card
33 > > RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed
34 > > in /lib/firmware.
35 > >
36 > This file is present, I checked.
37 >
38 >
39 > How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is
40 > build in ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible
41 > that root file system is not mounted when driver loads.
42 > Try to build it as module.
43 >
44 >
45 > Regards,
46 > Ivan
47
48 Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module compilation
49 and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ?
50
51 Thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem the <the.guard@××××.ru>