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Mortis
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Joined: 11 May 2004
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 Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 11:58 pm Post subject: ipw2100 related problem. Can not emerge |
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I'm running into this odd problem when trying to get my wireless network up and running.
as root i run :
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge ipw2100 |
this produces the following : | Code: |
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) net-wireless/ipw2100-0.41 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) ipw2100-0.41.tgz
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) ipw2100-fw-1.0.tgz
>>> Unpacking source...
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* New versions of ipw2100 require firmware loader support from
* your kernel. This can be found in Device Drivers --> Generic
* Driver Support on 2.6 or in Library Routines on 2.4 kernels.
!!! ERROR: net-wireless/ipw2100-0.41 failed.
!!! Function src_unpack, Line 31, Exitcode 0
!!! Firmware loading support not detected.
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I did a "make gconfig" and went to device drivers > generic driver support and enabled the firmware loader support, saved, compiled the kernel, copied it to /boot, ran lilo and rebooted.
I did this a couple of times, but still I get the same error message.
Anyone have a clue what might cause it?
I'm not sure what additional info I could give to help solving this problem, but feel free to ask.
Regards, Mortis |
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Earthwings
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Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| Does the /usr/src/linux symlink point to the right sources? |
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Mortis
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| Earthwings wrote: | | Does the /usr/src/linux symlink point to the right sources? |
I got a subfolder in /usr/src/linux for the 2.6.5 kernel.
I did "make gconfig" and "make" in the subfolder...and then also compiled it from the subfolder and copied the bzImage to /boot.
Shouldn't be a problem right? 
Everything else works. Just not the firmware part. |
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UberLord
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Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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Location: Blighty
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| Mortis wrote: |
I got a subfolder in /usr/src/linux for the 2.6.5 kernel.
I did "make gconfig" and "make" in the subfolder...and then also compiled it from the subfolder and copied the bzImage to /boot.
Shouldn't be a problem right?
Everything else works. Just not the firmware part. |
Thats wrong
/usr/src/linux is supposed to be a symlink to the current kernel
For example
/usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.6
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Mortis
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| UberLord wrote: |
Thats wrong
/usr/src/linux is supposed to be a symlink to the current kernel
For example
/usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.6 |
Hehe great! I didn't realise that this was the problem. Anyway, now it works. Just needed to add FEATURES="-sandbox -usersandbox" and the ipw2100 was merged smoothly.
Thanks pps  |
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