On 2013-12-16 21:27, Mick wrote:
On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote:
On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> did you try: # rfkill list ? ===> no ²
>
> What is the goal of this command ?
> In which package it is because I haven't this.
>
> If I have a result with this command, what do I have to do ?
>
> I will try to try today.
>
> Thank you.
I would suggest "modprobe ipw2200" then "dmesg | grep ipw2200" and see
what is going on. might not see your hardware at all, might have a
firmware issue, might be broken. dmesg will show more.
if you need help please reboot, modprobe ipw2200, and then provide
"dmesg" output to the list.
-Zero
Only to add that getting WiFi to work is not too complicated, but you
will
need to follow some basic steps to get it going:
1. Check that the wireless card's driver is installed in the kernel.
You can
install this as a module if you do not use wireless all the time,
otherwise
build it in the kernel. If it is installed as a module, then modprobe
it and
check in dmesg to see that it is loaded.
2. Check that the relevant firmware is also installed and loaded.
3. Check that the card is switched on on the laptop (there may be some
button
to switch on the hardware). The rfkill package can be used to check
this:
$ eix -l rfkill
[I] net-wireless/rfkill
Available versions:
0.4
0.5
Installed versions: 0.5(14:34:30 06/29/13)
Homepage:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill
Description: Tool to read and control rfkill status through
/dev/rfkill
Now the card should be listed in ifconfig. Set up your network
management
solution to configure your desired wireless access point and
encryption:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_management
Hope this helps.
Thank you for help.
Sorry I can't copy/past because I haven't configured MUA on my laptop.
In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support
Intel Pro/Wireless 2100.
When I add the support as module, it's not loaded. Where I buit-in it,
the dmesg just say me that he can't load the firmware.
May be my card is not supported ?
