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JesseBassett
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 Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: Built-In Wireless |
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Hello,
I am wondering if my built-in wireless dectector will be able to be put to use on Gentoo? Below are my system specs:
OS Name
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name JESSE
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Inspiron 6000
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1595 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A08, 7/22/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name JESSE\Jesse Bassett
Time Zone Central Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 183.91 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.20 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
As you can see, it is a Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition.
So with all that said....will my built in wireless network work with Gentoo Linux? |
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gentoo_dude
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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You didn't really say anything in the list about your wireless card.
I also run a Dell laptop, latitude d810 and it's wireless card and based on Intel 2200 chip works under gentoo. |
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JesseBassett
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Where do you find out information about what wireless card you have? Sorry if I sound dumb... |
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gentoo_dude
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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On a windows box check Control Panel -> Network Connections
There you will have a bunch of Local Area Connections. Check properties for each of them. In there will have a name for the card you are using. |
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JesseBassett
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Ok...this is the wireless card I have:
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network |
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gentoo_dude
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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The driver for this card are supported in the kernel (2.6.15 and newer)
Make sure the following options are enabled in the kernel (.config file /usr/src/linux)
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#
# Network testing
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# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set
# CONFIG_BT is not set
CONFIG_IEEE80211=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG=y
# CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP is not set
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=y
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# Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support
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CONFIG_IPW2100=m
# CONFIG_IPW2100_MONITOR is not set
CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_IPW2200=m
# CONFIG_AIRO is not set
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# Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support
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# CONFIG_PRISM54 is not set
# CONFIG_HOSTAP is not set
CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y
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# Cryptographic options
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CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD4=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_WP512=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TGR192=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_586=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEA=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANUBIS=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C=y
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Notice the ipw2200 is compiled as a module on my computer. You can compile as built-in option (y instead of m). If you compile it as a module you need to loaded at boot. Add ipw2200 to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
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echo "ipw2200" >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
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For more info check the forums. There are a lot of posts concerning this type of wireless card. It is pretty popular with laptop manufacturers. |
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JesseBassett
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok...how do I change the kernels in Gentoo? I didn't see a program about it.... |
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gentoo_dude
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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First you need to have the kernel sources installed on the computer (pretty sure you do). Just go to folder /usr/src
There is where the kernel-sources are: linux-2.6.xx-gentoo-rx. Now you will see a symlink called linux that points to the running kernel. If you want to know which kernel you are running just run
To compile a new kernel change directory to /usr/src/linux. As root run the following commands:
Here you set what you want to have configured in the kernel. This modifies the file .config in the /usr/src/linux directory. You can manually edit the file with you favorite editor and make the changes mentioned above.
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make && make modules_install
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This will compile your kernel and make bzImage.
Then mount your boot partition if it's on separate partition. Then copy bzImage (found in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage) to /boot/kernel-yourversion.
Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf or /etc/lilo.conf and add a new entry to your new kernel. See other entries as examples.
If you use lilo as your boot manager then don't forget to run lilo
P.S.
If you don't know any of this why run gentoo? I would recommend a more user friendly distro such as SuSE 10.0. Will get all your hardware working on your first install. Get familiarized with linux then try a different distro. |
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JesseBassett
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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I guess I thought Gentoo would be simple. I will take your suggestion and run SuSe 10.
Thanks for the help,
Jesse
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Sugarat
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| JesseBassett wrote: | | Ok...how do I change the kernels in Gentoo? I didn't see a program about it.... |
Hmm... I suspect you are going to struggle with Gentoo. This is a cutting edge distribution that will require you to spent time custom compiling parts of the operating system to suit your machine.
If you want something that will work 'out of the box', then yes.. go with something like SuSe, which I know DOES support the intel wireless adapters automatically.
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Coltie
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| Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Alternatively, you've got the genkernel tool!!! 
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lbrtuk
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| JesseBassett wrote: | | I guess I thought Gentoo would be simple. |
It is simple. It's just slightly different from what you're used to. |
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Monkeh
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| lbrtuk wrote: | | JesseBassett wrote: | | I guess I thought Gentoo would be simple. |
It is simple. It's just slightly different from what you're used to. |
Until you run into problems. Then, it's not so simple. |
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lbrtuk
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Monkeh wrote: | | Until you run into problems. Then, it's not so simple. |
I think the simple thing about it is that when something does go wrong there's almost always a concise accurate report of what's going wrong. There's always a reason for it.
Compare this to systems that, when they go wrong, don't tell you much about what's happened and don't really give you the opportunity to fix them. It's all a bit of a mystery. |
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Coltie
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| Monkeh wrote: | | Compare this to systems that, when they go wrong, don't tell you much about what's happened and don't really give you the opportunity to fix them. It's all a bit of a mystery. |
I don't want to disparage windows, well honestly, maybe a little bit... Here is what happen (at least, it's funny!):
I just remember the error-message that I got some years ago as I wanted to delete a file:
"the system can't delete the file because there is no more space on the disk"
 and then? What should I do? Well, this kind of stuff never happen to me with gentoo...
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