new kernel (2.6.14-gentoo-r2) stops the internet

2kvolts2005 · n00b Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 18

I successfully upgraded my kernel to 2.6.14-gentoo-r2. on the reboot i found that all of my hardware was still working but my internet connection does not work.

i can connect to the internet using my old kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r6

i am building a gateway. and i have been following the howto found on gentoo's site.

why does booting with my new x.x.14 kill the internet? what didnt i do?

after a kernel upgrade must i have to rc-update everything again?

reynolds531 · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:19 am Post subject:

How are you connecting to the internet? What driver are you using? Is it built into the kernel or a module?

If you're using a module, then it may have to be recompiled against the new kernel before it will work. That's the general procedure with ndiswrapper, for instance. If you are using ndiswrapper, that could be the source of your problem, since there have been reports it doesn't work with the 2.6.14 kernel, at least not unless you use the 1.5 version.

In any event, you'll probably have to provide more specific information before someone can help you.

120! · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 9 Location: Switzerland

if you're using ndiswrapper, you may have to use iwconfig to set your essid manually (at least it's what happened to me when I upgraded to 2.6.14).
So I did:
iwconfig wlan0 essid my_essid

before starting the net.wlan0 service.

Bachus · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:41 am Post subject:

Same problem here. ndiswrapper won't compile against the ney kernel:

John-Boy · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject:

If you're having ndiswrapper issues, use the testing version (1.5), I couldn't get 1.2 to emerge either.
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vib5252 · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 20

hi guys,

I am a noob at gentoo and recently switched from debian. I also realized that the new kernel 2.6.14-r2 doesn't work with the ndiswrapper-1.2 and would like use the 1.5 from testing. Is there a way other than going to the ndiswrapper site to get 1.5 version, I mean can u use emerge to use a testing ebuild?

thx

reynolds531 · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:40 pm Post subject:

Portage will download version 1.5 automatically since there's already an ebuild for that version in the system:

http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=ndiswrapper

All you have to do is to let portage know that you want to install the unstable version of ndiswrapper (assuming that the rest of your system is on the stable branch).

You can do that by editing the file /etc/portage/package.keywords (or creating it if it's not already there). Include the following line:

vib5252 · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 20

thanks

Bachus · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:31 am Post subject:

Hmmm sorry. But I'll stick to my 'old' 2.6.13 kernel and ndiswrapper 1.2 then

feld · Guru Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 593 Location: USA

uhm theres ndiswrapper 1.5. works fine if you rename the ebuild and comment out the patches. my gf has been using it without a problem on her laptop for about a month.

-Feld
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