On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: > On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: > > > > > > On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: > >> > >> On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: > >>> Hi Florian, > >>> > >> Hi > >>> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I found the line !! > >>> > >>> I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support > >>> -> Wireless > >>> > >>> So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge > >>> ipw2200-firmware). > >>> > >>> #dmesg | grep 2200 [ 1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R) > >>> PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k [ 1.180643] > >>> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ > >>> 1.182617] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network > >>> Connection [ 61.408070] ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw > >>> request_firmware failed: Reason -2 > >>> > >>> This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file > >>> (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to > >>> wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually > >>> it is localed in /lib/firmware. > >>> > >> This file is present, I checked. > >> > >> > >> How did you build this driver? I mean as module or it is build in > >> ([M] or [*]). If it is build in it is possible that root file > >> system is not mounted when driver loads. Try to build it as > >> module. > >> > >> > >> Regards, Ivan > > > > Built-in and I don't have initramfs. I will test with module > > compilation and may be with an initramfs. What do you think ? > > When I was installing gentoo on my netbook I had to compile > the wifi driver as a module because it couldn't load > firmware if it was built in. Didn't find any other solution.
There is another solution already explained by @Bruce Hill earlier in this thread. Regards. >
