Re: [gentoo-user] iwl5000 firmware fails to load

[James]

Bump -- just wondering if anyone else has any thoughts or has seen
this in recent system updates.

-james

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 1:50 PM, James <jtp@×××××.com> wrote:
> Running 2.6.35-r8. I suspected hal, as well.
>
> If I look through my /var/log/dmesg output, the load messages are
> almost identical to yours before I emerge the set.
>
> Unfortunately unmerging and re-emerging hal didn't seem to do anything.
>
> Then again -- would hal really have anything to do with the kernel
> loading the firmware? Hal shouldn't even be started by that point.
>
> -j
>
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:
>> For reference here's mine
>> iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
>> iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
>> iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
>> iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>> iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54
>> iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
>> iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
>> iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode
>> iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.24.2.12
>>
>> Side note - If your system is pcie then you should turn on the MSI kernel
>> options.
>>
>> I have no idea really - tho out of the software you installed before the
>> breakage, Hal would have to be the biggest suspect. Maybe stop it form
>> starting at boot and reboot to see what happens?? (FWIW im running hald) I
>> assume you've added the hal use flag and done an emerge with newuse?
>>
>> What kernel are you running?
>>
>>
>>
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