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Any thoughts / ideas would be greatly appreciated. :o) I'm about to |
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rip a handful of hair out of my head. :) |
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-james |
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On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:46 AM, James <jtp@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Folks, |
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> I am having a fairly strange problem with my iwl5000 and the microcode. |
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> After a fresh install Gentoo install wireless works with no issues. |
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> Upon installing a set that includes xorg, Firefox, hal, VirtualBox, |
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> etc. the wireless ceases to work. Check out a snippet from my dmesg: |
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> ~ % dmesg | grep -i iwl |
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> iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:d |
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> iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode' failed. |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode' failed. |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found! |
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> iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled |
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> Re-emerging the microcode, wpa_supplicant, wireless-tools, etc. |
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> doesn't seem to do anything. The wireless still doesn't work. These |
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> files *do* exist where they belong (/lib/firmware). |
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> Once I emerge the set (below), a reload then results in the error(s) above. |
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> Google didn't reveal much. Any thoughts / ideas on how to troubleshoot |
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> this would be appreciated. |
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> Thanks! |
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> -james |
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> -->8-- |
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> full set below |
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> |
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> app-cdr/xfburn |
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> app-editors/mousepad |
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> app-emulation/virtualbox-bin |
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> mail-client/mutt |
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> mail-client/thunderbird |
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> net-analyzer/tcpdump |
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> net-analyzer/wireshark |
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> net-im/pidgin |
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> net-news/liferea |
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> x11-plugins/pidgin-musictracker |
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> x11-plugins/pidgin-extprefs |
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> x11-plugins/pidgin-otr |
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> x11-plugins/pidgin-encryption |
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> net-print/xfprint |
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> sys-apps/hal |
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> www-client/firefox |
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> x11-base/xorg-drivers |
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> x11-base/xorg-x11 |
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> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel |
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> x11-terms/xterm |
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> x11-themes/echo-icon-theme |
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> x11-themes/human-icon-theme |
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> x11-themes/iceicons |
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> x11-themes/tangerine-icon-theme |
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> x11-themes/tango-icon-theme |
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> x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-extras |
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> x11-themes/wm-icons |
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> x11-themes/xfce-gant-icon-theme |
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> x11-themes/xfwm4-themes |
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> x11-wm/compiz-fusion |
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> xfce-base/thunar |
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> xfce-base/xfce4-meta |
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> xfce-extra/thunar-archive-plugin |
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> xfce-extra/thunar-thumbnailers |
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> xfce-extra/thunar-volman |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-battery-plugin |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-mixer |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-mount-plugin |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-sensors-plugin |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-taskmanager |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-verve-plugin |
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