On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:58 PM, behrouz khosravi <bz.khosr...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Nov 17, 2014 7:32 PM, "Alexander Kapshuk" <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:32 PM, behrouz khosravi <bz.khosr...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Hm, does wireless device require firmware? Have you installed firmware >>> >> properly? >>> > >>> > >>> > I dont think so. I have installed gentoo on it before and back then I >>> > just >>> > used the genkernel and it was working. >>> >>> What's the output of 'lspci -k'? >>> >> >> It shows the device which is a atheros ar9285 >> But doesnt show any kernel driver in use for it. >> So that is because the driver is not compiled? > > I dare say the kernel driver may not have been compiled into the > kernel, or compiled as a kernel module. > What's the output of 'cd /usr/src/linux && grep -i ath .config'?
The driver that supports your wireless card is ath9k by the looks of it. You want to make sure CONFIG_ATH9K is either set to Y, or M in your .config file.
