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On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: |
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> On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: |
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> >> My problem : |
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> >> Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. |
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> >> And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux |
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> >> distro, I have a problem. |
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> >> The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. |
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> >> I tried to follow the simple wiki page |
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> >> : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi |
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> >> It appears easy because my card is in the list. |
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> >> I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of |
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> >> all proposed wifi device. |
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> >> I rebooted on the new compiled kernel. |
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> >> I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem. |
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> >> After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo, |
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> >> enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think). |
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> >> I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge |
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> >> sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more. |
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> >> Hi, |
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> >> did you try: # rfkill list ? ===> no ² |
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> > What is the goal of this command ? |
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> > In which package it is because I haven't this. |
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> > If I have a result with this command, what do I have to do ? |
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> > I will try to try today. |
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> > Thank you. |
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> I would suggest "modprobe ipw2200" then "dmesg | grep ipw2200" and see |
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> what is going on. might not see your hardware at all, might have a |
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> firmware issue, might be broken. dmesg will show more. |
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> if you need help please reboot, modprobe ipw2200, and then provide |
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> "dmesg" output to the list. |
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> -Zero |
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Only to add that getting WiFi to work is not too complicated, but you will |
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need to follow some basic steps to get it going: |
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1. Check that the wireless card's driver is installed in the kernel. You can |
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install this as a module if you do not use wireless all the time, otherwise |
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build it in the kernel. If it is installed as a module, then modprobe it and |
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check in dmesg to see that it is loaded. |
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2. Check that the relevant firmware is also installed and loaded. |
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3. Check that the card is switched on on the laptop (there may be some button |
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to switch on the hardware). The rfkill package can be used to check this: |
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$ eix -l rfkill |
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[I] net-wireless/rfkill |
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Available versions: |
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0.4 |
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0.5 |
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Installed versions: 0.5(14:34:30 06/29/13) |
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Homepage: |
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http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill |
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Description: Tool to read and control rfkill status through /dev/rfkill |
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Now the card should be listed in ifconfig. Set up your network management |
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solution to configure your desired wireless access point and encryption: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_management |
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Hope this helps. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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