Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

[Mehdi Chemloul]

Le 16/12/2013 15:36, Florian HEGRON a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> First :
> I use Gentoo since few weeks.
> It's very technical distro. I learn about linux, and many tools. I
> really learn to do what I want.
> It's a good distro !
>
>
> My problem :
> Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop.
> And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux
> distro, I have a problem.
> The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG.
>
>
> I tried to follow the simple wiki page
> : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi
> It appears easy because my card is in the list.
> I config my kernel as indicated. I tried too to active the support of
> all proposed wifi device.
> I rebooted on the new compiled kernel.
> I emerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode without problem.
> After a reboot, I tried to use ifconfig -a but I only see my lo,
> enp6s8 (ethernet), and sit0 (ipv6 I think).
> I tried to unmerge sys-firmware/iwl2000-ucode and emerge
> sys-kernel/linux-firmware but nothing more.
>
>
>
> Anybody has an idea ?
>
> Thank you !
>
Hi,

did you try:  # rfkill list ?  ===> no ²

for exemple:

 rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

MFG