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ens_leader
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 Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:13 am Post subject: figuring out ipw2200 |
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I did emerge ipw2200 and it worked. I added the module to load at run time in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and Gentoo says it loads successfully at bootup. When I do iwconfig, i only see two devices lo and eth0 both of which have no wireless extensions... did i do anything wrong?
Note: im running genkernel and udev |
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cyberjun
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:08 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
I think you need to emerge ipw2200-firmware and ieee80211 also. Have you emerged them as well? Also immediately after executing modprobe ipw2200, execute dmesg so that you can see if the module got inserted properly.
cheers,
--cyberjun |
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ens_leader
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:15 am Post subject: |
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your right... dmesg gives me:
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
eveything is installed too.... hmmm |
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cyberjun
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ens_leader
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:43 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link... I screwed around with it some more with those instructions but now im getting a completely different error:
| Code: | ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.1.6
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
ipw2200: no version for "ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext" found: kernel tainted.
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.8
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw-2.4-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:03.0 disabled
ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed with error -5 |
Any idea?
Also when I try to emerge ieee80211 I get this:
| Code: | * Determining the location of the kernel source code
* Found kernel source directory:
* /usr/src/linux
* Found sources for kernel version:
* 2.6.14-gentoo-r5
* Checking for suitable kernel configuration options:
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* Your kernel source contains an incompatible version of the
* ieee80211 subsystem, which needs to be removed before
* ieee80211-1.1.6 can be installed. This can be accomplished by running:
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* # /bin/sh /usr/portage/net-wireless/ieee80211/files/remove-old /usr/src/linux
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* Please note that this will make it impossible to use some of the
* in-kernel IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN drivers (eg. orinoco).
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!!! ERROR: net-wireless/ieee80211-1.1.6 failed.
!!! Function pkg_setup, Line 57, Exitcode 0
!!! Incompatible in-kernel ieee80211 subsystem detected
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. |
If I do bin/sh /usr/portage/net-wireless/ieee80211/files/remove-old /usr/src/linux it allows it to emerge... but it keeps popping up sometimes when I try to reemerge it |
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cyberjun
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
I am running out of clues. Have you checked this URL http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw2200. It talks about the error you have mentioned.
cheers,
--cyberjun |
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ens_leader
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking this might have something to do with udev.... ive had so many problems with that garbage, ill rebuild the whole system and get back to you guys on how it worked without it. |
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