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enrico68
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 26, 2024 5:02 pm    Post subject: wireless card not detected Reply with quote

Hello forum,

I start by saying that I have never had these many issues installing Gentoo on a PC or laptop. Xorg is not working and there is no wireless card detected...but let's start with one issue at a time.

When I boot into my new install and run
Code:
ip link

I get enp0s31f6, which is my wired card, and lo:. No wireless card...

If I run
Code:
ip link


1: lo

2: enp0s31f6

3. sit0@none

I added the firmware for the wifi by going into CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE, after running
Code:
dmesg | grep firmware
with the Gentoo LiveCD. I therefore added

Quote:
iwlwifi-ma-b0-gf-a0-89.ucode
in the kernel. but, when running
Code:
dmesg | grep firmware
in the new booted system, all I see is the 1915 firmware, and there is no mention of the iwlwifi which I expected to see. I also added the firmware for bluetooth support, and for sound, and I do not see either.

I have installed iwd following the iwd Gentoo wiki, but it cannot function with no firmware.

So, like I said, let's start with one issue at a time. I am putting a lot of effort and hours into this, but I am not going anywhere...next will be Xorg (I cannot startx), and sound...

Let's see if a patient helping hand is able to get me out of this mess...like I said, one step at a time, until I can finally have a working Gentoo...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 26, 2024 6:08 pm    Post subject: Re: wireless card not detected Reply with quote

enrico68 wrote:
but, when running
Code:
dmesg | grep firmware
in the new booted system, all I see is the 1915 firmware, and there is no mention of the iwlwifi which I expected to see.
Please paste the output of that command.
Also output of lspci -k could help, and zfgrep IWL /proc/config.gz too.
... finally lsmod could show us if the module for your network device is loaded.
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