-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In the make menuconfig, you should be able to search for IEEE80211. (I think you do a search with the slash key '/') You might see this in multiple locations.
To disable it, you should see "[ ]" to mean the option is not selected, "[*]" to mean the option will be compiled into the kernel, or "[M]" to mean the option will be compiled as a module. Some options will not allow you to compile as a module, or may only allow a module. Sometimes these are dependant on the settings of other options. For instance, if you have said to compile networking into the kernel, any networking drivers, would also need to be compiled into the kernel. (not saying this IS the case, just showing an example). If the above were the case, then changing networking to be a module, *should* allow you to select your driver as a module. Failing that, you could always boot with the Gentoo install CD and use lsmod to take a look at what modules you might need. (assuming the install CD detects your wireless on boot.) Oh, and did you check the gentoo forums for ipw3945? (http://forum.gentoo.org just did a search for ipw3945, and there's a number of hits). THere's normally more gentoo specific help there than google. And OH again, check gentoo-wiki.com. I've found it sometimes has a nice guide detailing exactly what I'm trying to do.. sometimes... HTH. Shawn Jon wrote: > Way head of you... :) > > I've reached another road block, however. For the record, I am wired > in to the Internet now, so this is purely an exercise in getting my > wireless working. > > I've recompiled the kernel using genkernel as you mentioned. I am now > running the 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 kernel and have the applicable sources. > However, when I try to emerge net-wireless/ipw3945, I get the > following error: > > * ieee80211-1.1.13 requires the in-kernel version of the > IEEE802.11 subsystem to be disabled (CONFIG_IEEE80211) > * Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. > * Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems. > * Once you have satisfied these options, please try merging > * this package again. > > > I don't fully understand this as this is all new territory for me, but > I take this to mean that I have to disable the CONFIG_IEEE80211 option > in my .config and recompile the kernel. I've tried to comment out the > CONFIG_IEEE80211 line in my .config file, but when I try to make the > kernel after doing so, I am prompted to either enable it as a kernel > builtin or as a module. Doing either causes the same error when I try > to emerge my ipw3945 package and there's no option to just not include > it at all. > > I've also tried to disable it via the graphical make menuconfig, but > again the only options are to have it as builtin or as a module. No > option to just remove the CONFIG_IEEE80211 entirely. > > I think that there's a reason why it's so hard to remove it - like I'm > probably not supposed to. However, I can't figure out how else to read > the error message. Googling isn't any help..there's actually only > something like 3 hits for that error. > > So...that's where I stand. If I can figure out this error then I > believe I will be able to get my wireless card running and the rest > becomes much easier. > > Thanks for all your help thus far! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFX/qJ2B6Swl9qN24RAklwAJ4hH5XsxXXeAKprorkcbcrpVVWvggCdGqSs Y9v1qHK8vfqnmnXj3yhUSoA= =lcbn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
