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Hi, |
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> Richard Fish wrote: |
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> >John Green wrote: |
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> >I still cannot make my Intel wireless card work under |
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> >kernel 2.6.14. Wireless works fine with 2.6.12.6, but not |
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> >with 2.6.13.x or 2.6.14. |
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> >Here are the relevant outputs from dmesg. |
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> >2.6.14 (fails) |
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> >ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection |
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> >eth0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix |
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driver ! |
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> >###### How do I fix the driver in question? ###### |
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> Not important...it's just a note for the developers. I get the same |
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> warning (again, ipw2200), and it works fine. |
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> I noticed that the version in the kernel is the 'stable' .0 version, |
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> while the one you are using with 2.6.12.6 is a .2 'unstable' version. |
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> It might be interesting to try merging the 1.1.0 version of the package |
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> with 2.6.12.6, and see if you have the same issue. That would tell you |
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> if it is a driver version or kernel change that is causing the problem. |
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I might never see a working 2.6.12.6 |
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again if I do that :-( |
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> >I have already run "emerge -C ipw2100" to remove that Gentoo |
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> >package, which is no longer needed with kernel 2.6.14. How |
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> >does wireless still work under 2.6.12.6 without that package? |
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> Sounds like removing the package didn't remove the compiled kernel |
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> modules from /lib/modules/2.6.12.6. Both unusual and lucky! |
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Yes, the 2.6.12.6 module is still there. I probably built it |
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under 2.6.12.6 and then 'removed' it while running 2.6.14. What |
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*should* happen in those circumstances? |
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Also, my kernels have no support for module unloading, which is |
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probably a mistake when I need to play around with ipw2100 etc. |
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This at last explains why I had to keep rebooting to see the |
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effect of changes. |
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> >Is the warning about versions 19 and 17 significant? It seems |
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> >to come from iwconfig, which is part of wireless-tools. I have |
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> >version 27-r1 of that package, which is the latest available. |
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> 28_pre10 is available for ~x86. Try: |
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> echo "net-wireless/wireless-tools ~x86" |
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>>/etc/portage/package.keywords |
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> emerge -Dv wireless-tools |
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> Also, there are now versions of the ieee80211 and ipw2100 packages |
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that will |
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> merge with 2.6.14. They are also masked ~x86, so you will need to do |
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the same |
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> updates to package.keywords: |
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> echo "net-wireless/ieee80211 ~x86" >>/etc/portage/package.keywords |
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> echo "net-wireless/ipw2100 ~x86" >>/etc/portage/package.keywords |
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These steps did not seem to help. |
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> This should give you the latest 1.1.3 version of the driver. If it still |
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> won't work with 2.6.14, I suggest subscribing and posting to the devel |
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list |
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> at: |
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> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipw2100-devel |
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Thanks for the help, but this is where I give up and go back to |
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2.6.12.6. I build my own kernels so I know what is in them and |
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to get the minimum feature set. I want the latest kernel to get |
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security and other fixes, and not because I need any new |
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functionality. |
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At least I got closer with 2.6.14. Kernel 2.6.13.x never |
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created an eth0 device. And I will read the ipw2100 dev list |
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from now on. Other people have similar problems, but I can't |
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see a solution yet. |
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Thanks again, |
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John Green |
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