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On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> I am installing gentoo on an old machine without wireless builtin. |
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> I have a hermes/orinoco pcmcia card that works fine. Indeed the |
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> wireless "works fine", but is not right. |
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> When booting there is a very long delay at the net.eth1 and the system |
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> wants the agere_sta_fw.bin firmware. If you wait it out, it eventually |
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> proceeds and the wireless works. I assume I should be getting the |
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> firmware, but I don't know from where. I did emerge the orinoco-fwutils |
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> but that doesn't have firmware or say where to get it. |
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You have to find and download the windows drivers for your device and |
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extract the firmware out of them, then rename it and put it in |
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/lib/firmware. See here: |
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http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/orinoco#device_firmware |
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A google search turned up this firmware link: |
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http://marc.info/?l=orinoco-devel&m=121078835610877&q=p3 |
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I don't have this card so I have no idea if it'll work for you. I hope |
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it at least helps lead you int he right direction. |
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