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From: Davide De Prisco <deprisco.davide@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:57:49
Message-Id: CAGn2eoxHmT1oYZ1md=vZf-ay4XY-zQ1=Ax6DJBLo4GJfjr-kWQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported by Zind
1 Can you search with dmesg and find if it's nead a firmware.
2 Davide
3 Il giorno 29/giu/2013 10:17, "Zind" <wzmindlog@×××××.com> ha scritto:
4
5 > hi all,
6 > I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation
7 > process.
8 >
9 > I got a relatively new laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Y400.
10 > The Gentoo iso I choose is: admincd-amd64-20130620.iso, from:
11 > http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20130620/hardened/
12 > After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into
13 > the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network.
14 > Using the `ifconfig -a` command, I can only see the loopback interface:
15 > lo.
16 > Using the `lspci` command, I can see the two network adapters:
17 > (1) the Ethernet adapter
18 > Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
19 > (2) the wireless adapter
20 > Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230
21 > Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN
22 > (The two network adapters both work well under Windows 8.)
23 >
24 > After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver
25 > support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers.
26 > For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module:
27 > alx.ko.
28 > Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but
29 > soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-(
30 >
31 > For the wireless network adapter, I can find
32 > iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode(coresponding to Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN
33 > adapter) under /lib/firmware, I tried the `modprobe iwlwifi` command, still
34 > doesn't work. Weird.
35 >
36 > Uh... I don't know what to do next to continue the installation.
37 > Any suggestion or advice is appreciated.
38 >
39 > PS.
40 > several links which I found useful:
41 >
42 > http://askubuntu.com/questions/165192/how-do-i-install-drivers-for-the-atheros-ar8161-ethernet-controller
43 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089512
44 > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi
45 >
46 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported Zind <wzmindlog@×××××.com>