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From: "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:41:08
Message-Id: 1387463974.2920.37.camel@iivanov-dev.int.mm-sol.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem by the
1 On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote:
2 > On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote:
3 > >
4 > >
5 > > On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
6 > >> Hi,
7 > >>
8 > >> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
9 > >>
10 > >> On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
11 > >>> Hi Florian,
12 > >>>
13 > >> Hi
14 > >>> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
15 > >>>
16 > >>>
17 > >>>
18 > >>> I found the line !!
19 > >>>
20 > >>> I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support
21 > >>> -> Wireless
22 > >>>
23 > >>> So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge
24 > >>> ipw2200-firmware).
25 > >>>
26 > >>> #dmesg | grep 2200 [ 1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R)
27 > >>> PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [ 1.180643]
28 > >>> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [
29 > >>> 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
30 > >>> Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw
31 > >>> request_firmware failed: Reason -2
32 > >>>
33 > >>> This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file
34 > >>> (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to
35 > >>> wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually
36 > >>> it is localed in /lib/firmware.
37 > >>>
38 > >> This file is present, I checked.
39 > >>
40 > >>
41 > >> How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in
42 > >> ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file
43 > >> system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as
44 > >> module.
45 > >>
46 > >>
47 > >> Regards, Ivan
48 > >
49 > > Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module
50 > > compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ?
51 >
52 > When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile
53 > the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load
54 > firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution.
55
56 There is another solution already explained by @Bruce Hill
57 earlier in this thread.
58
59 Regards.
60
61 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem Florian HEGRON <hogren@×××××.com>