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On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 01:20:39PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote |
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> Still no wireless, but one bit of progress. It seems that the kernel |
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> does *NOT* like using subdirectories below /lib/firmware. I copied the |
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> ucode file to /lib/firmware and changed the path appropriately before |
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> building the kernel. Now dmesg at bootup shows... |
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> [ 0.757370] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux |
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> [ 0.757372] Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation |
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> [ 0.757478] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control |
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> [ 0.757877] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692 op_mode iwldvm |
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> [ 0.757963] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled |
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> [ 0.757967] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled |
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> [ 0.757970] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled |
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> [ 0.757973] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 |
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> [ 0.761128] [drm] HPD interrupt storm detected on connector DP-3: switching from hotplug detection to polling |
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> [ 0.762028] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device |
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> [ 0.795312] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' |
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Guess what I was missing... "ifconfig" versus "ifconfig -a". One is |
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not like the other. I feel stupid. I may be back with more questions. |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Networking/Wireless looks |
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rather intimidating, but wpa_supplicant seems to be the only choice. |
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[thimk][root][~] ifconfig |
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eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 |
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inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 |
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ether 00:27:13:64:6a:0d txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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RX packets 51929 bytes 3348657 (3.1 MiB) |
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RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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TX packets 426 bytes 79801 (77.9 KiB) |
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TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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device interrupt 20 memory 0xfc000000-fc020000 |
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lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 |
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inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 |
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loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback) |
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RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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[thimk][root][~] ifconfig -a |
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eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 |
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inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 |
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ether 00:27:13:64:6a:0d txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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RX packets 52008 bytes 3354071 (3.1 MiB) |
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RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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TX packets 436 bytes 81829 (79.9 KiB) |
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TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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device interrupt 20 memory 0xfc000000-fc020000 |
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lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 |
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inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 |
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loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback) |
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RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 |
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ether 00:26:c6:4a:b4:92 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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