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From: Richard Watson <waty@×××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Wireless with genkernel
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:49:47
Message-Id: 440B68AE.903@bigpond.net.au
1 Hello All,
2
3 I've just upgraded my Kernel with Genkernel to
4 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 from
5 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.13-gentoo-r5. With my previous kernel I had
6 installed net-wireless/ieee80211-1.1.9 and net-wireless/ipw2200-1.0.10.
7 Does my new kernel support wireless directly or should I disable the
8 IEEE802.11 subsystem?. Basically I don't know what to do ... When I ran
9 emerge --update --deep --newuse world I got the following error.
10 --
11 Thanks, Richard
12
13
14 >>> emerge (1 of 2) net-wireless/ieee80211-1.1.9 to /
15 ------------------------------------------------------
16 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
17 * Found kernel source directory:
18 * /usr/src/linux
19 * Found sources for kernel version:
20 * 2.6.15-gentoo-r1
21 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options:
22 * ieee80211-1.1.9 requires the in-kernel version of the IEEE802.11
23 subsystem to be disabled (CONFIG_IEEE80211)
24 * Please check to make sure these options are set correctly.
25 * Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems.
26 * Once you have satisfied these options, please try merging
27 * this package again.
28
29 !!! ERROR: net-wireless/ieee80211-1.1.9 failed.
30 !!! Function check_extra_config, Line 458, Exitcode 0
31 !!! Incorrect kernel configuration options
32
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless with genkernel Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com>