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From: Florian HEGRON <hogren@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:45:03
Message-Id: 01eca9cf1ffe9f1f136388f6c40faa2a@iiiha.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem by "Ivan T. Ivanov"
1 On 2013-12-19 15:39, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
2 > On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote:
3 > On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote:
4 > >
5 > >
6 > > On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
7 > >> Hi,
8 > >>
9 > >> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
10 > >>
11 > >> On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
12 > >>> Hi Florian,
13 > >>>
14 > >> Hi
15 > >>> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote:
16 > >>>
17 > >>>
18 > >>>
19 > >>> I found the line !!
20 > >>>
21 > >>> I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support
22 > >>> -> Wireless
23 > >>>
24 > >>> So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge
25 > >>> ipw2200-firmware).
26 > >>>
27 > >>> #dmesg | grep 2200 [ 1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R)
28 > >>> PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [ 1.180643]
29 > >>> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [
30 > >>> 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
31 > >>> Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw
32 > >>> request_firmware failed: Reason -2
33 > >>>
34 > >>> This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file
35 > >>> (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to
36 > >>> wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually
37 > >>> it is localed in /lib/firmware.
38 > >>>
39 > >> This file is present, I checked.
40 > >>
41 > >>
42 > >> How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in
43 > >> ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file
44 > >> system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as
45 > >> module.
46 > >>
47 > >>
48 > >> Regards, Ivan
49 > >
50 > > Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module
51 > > compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ?
52 >
53 > When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile
54 > the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load
55 > firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution.
56 >
57 > There is another solution already explained by @Bruce Hill
58 > earlier in this thread.
59 >
60 > Regards.
61 >
62 I will test the two solutions.
63 I will write the results.
64
65 Regards,