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methodtwo
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 Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:33 am Post subject: wireless with 2.6.23 kernel |
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| Hi there...I have a PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wireless network card.I'm also using kernel 2.6.23. i need to use the iwlwifi driver which is not included in the 2.6.23 kernel.What could i do to get wireless working with the 2.6.23 kernel?.Or how do i upgrade my kernel using genkernel(which is what i used to build the system initially).Thankx in advance |
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methodtwo
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Oh and here are the relevant bits from my current .config for my kernel:
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# Wireless
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CONFIG_CFG80211=y
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
CONFIG_MAC80211=m
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# Wireless LAN
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# CONFIG_WLAN_PRE80211 is not set
CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_RAYCS is not set
CONFIG_IPW2100=m
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I hope that clarifies the matter |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:10 am Post subject: |
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First, if I were you, you should use the kernel 2.6.25 and use the Iwl3945 driver inside the kernel.
Can you post this plz :
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# equery list ipw
# equery list iwl
# lsmod
# emerge --info
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: |
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hi, you don't need at all this option :
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methodtwo
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:22 am Post subject: |
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Here is the output that you asked for:
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inux # equery list ipw
[ Searching for package 'ipw' in all categories among: ]
* installed packages
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And..
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linux # equery list iwl
[ Searching for package 'iwl' in all categories among: ]
* installed packages
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And...
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linux # lsmod
Module Size Used by
nfsd 68904 13
exportfs 3456 1 nfsd
snd_seq 28112 0
snd_seq_device 4236 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 27552 0
snd_mixer_oss 10240 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_intel 208028 1
snd_pcm 43268 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 11652 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 25188 9 snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 5256 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
nfs_acl 2688 1 nfsd
e100 22412 0
mii 3584 1 e100
hci_usb 8732 0
bluetooth 30436 1 hci_usb
tg3 83972 0
e1000 86976 0
nfs 83308 0
lockd 41224 3 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc 102812 7 nfsd,nfs_acl,nfs,lockd
jfs 134764 0
raid10 15744 0
raid1 15488 0
raid0 6016 0
dm_bbr 8608 0
dm_snapshot 10660 0
dm_mirror 13696 0
dm_mod 29376 3 dm_bbr,dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
scsi_wait_scan 1664 0
sbp2 13576 0
ohci1394 21680 0
sl811_hcd 8064 0
usbhid 17280 0
ohci_hcd 14212 0
uhci_hcd 15500 0
usb_storage 55232 3
ehci_hcd 20748 0
usbcore 76296 8 hci_usb,sl811_hcd,usbhid,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd
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methodtwo
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:27 am Post subject: |
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Also how do i change to the kernel version that you suggested?.When i do:
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linux # emerge -pv gentoo-sources
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r7 USE="-build -symlink" 45,779 kB
Total: 1 package (1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 45,779 kB
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: |
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Hi, can you run this plz :
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# emerge --sync
# emerge -pv gentoo-sources
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methodtwo
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:33 am Post subject: |
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Oh and how do i know that installing a new kernel won't cause dependency problems somewhere?  |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:35 am Post subject: |
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The kernel is independant of all the rest.
What kind of video card do you have ? |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Just for the record, can you post this :
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methodtwo
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Here is my video card:
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VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7200
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But how do i install the kernel version that you suggested.When I do emerge gentoo-sources i get:
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r7 USE="-build -symlink" 45,779 kB
Total: 1 package (1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 45,779 kB
linux #
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So how do i install 2.6.25 instead like you said? |
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methodtwo
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry ignore that last post.I hadn't seen your suggestion of doing an emerge --sync before the emerge gentoo-sources.But how do i keep the same config from my current kernel?('i'm using genkernel to configure as well).So plz could you tell me how to keep the current kernel config using genkernel? |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, since you are using Genkernel, you need to make extra attention to transfert your configuration.
I will check that and tomorrow I will get back with the solution. |
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