Thanks, as the in-kernel ones didnt work, I'll try the external. BillK
On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 09:07 -0400, Mike Markowski wrote: > Bill, > > William Kenworthy wrote: > > I have a new sony lappy with a ipw2200 chipset mini wireless card. > > Should I be using the in kernel (2.6.16-r3) drivers or the builds in > > portage? Is the a configuration guide for this setup on gentoo? > > You want the portage builds. I'm going by memory (laptop is at home, > I'm at work) but there are three things to emerge: ieee80211, ipw2200 > and ipw2200-firmware. (The names might be a little off...) In any > case, the 802.11 ebuild will check your kernel config & tell you if > there is a problem with your config, and how to deal with it by running > a (provided) script. Nice & easy! > > Sorry my note isn't crisp on details, but I'm sure others will correct > my fuzzy memory if I've left out anything. Good luck, > > Mike -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
