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hi all, |
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I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation |
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process. |
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I got a relatively new laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Y400. |
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The Gentoo iso I choose is: admincd-amd64-20130620.iso, from: |
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http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20130620/hardened/ |
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After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into the |
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Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. |
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Using the `ifconfig -a` command, I can only see the loopback interface: lo. |
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Using the `lspci` command, I can see the two network adapters: |
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(1) the Ethernet adapter |
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Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet |
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(2) the wireless adapter |
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Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 |
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Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN |
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(The two network adapters both work well under Windows 8.) |
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After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver |
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support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. |
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For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: alx.ko. |
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Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but |
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soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( |
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For the wireless network adapter, I can find |
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iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode(coresponding to Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN |
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adapter) under /lib/firmware, I tried the `modprobe iwlwifi` command, still |
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doesn't work. Weird. |
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Uh... I don't know what to do next to continue the installation. |
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Any suggestion or advice is appreciated. |
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PS. |
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several links which I found useful: |
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http://askubuntu.com/questions/165192/how-do-i-install-drivers-for-the-atheros-ar8161-ethernet-controller |
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089512 |
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http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi |