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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:51 pm    Post subject: how can i use wireless? Reply with quote

why can i not use wireless network?

Code:
Gentoo-2012 ~ # lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
        Memory at 96180000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        I/O ports at 40a0 [size=8]
        Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at 96000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at 96100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
        Memory at 96200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
        Memory behind bridge: 95000000-95ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000090000000-0000000090ffffff
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
        Memory behind bridge: 94000000-94ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000091000000-0000000091ffffff
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
        Memory behind bridge: 93000000-93ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000092000000-0000000092ffffff
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at 4060 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 4040 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 4020 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at 96205000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=32
        Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
        I/O ports at 4098 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 40ac [size=4]
        I/O ports at 4090 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 40a8 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 4080 [size=16]
        Memory at 96204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 4000 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
        I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Memory at 90004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 06-00-00-00-36-4c-e0-00
        Kernel driver in use: r8169

02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100 BGN
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17
        Memory at 94000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 78-92-9c-ff-ff-18-d5-9e

03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0590
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        Memory at 93000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-01-00-4c-e0-00
        Kernel driver in use: rts_pstor


Code:
Gentoo-2012 ~ # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  188144  28
shpchp                 17923  0
pci_hotplug            16905  1 shpchp
acer_wmi               15952  0
sparse_keymap           1936  1 acer_wmi
snd_hda_codec_realtek    76946  1
iwlwifi               142824  0
i915                  264757  3
uvcvideo               49434  0
mac80211              170253  1 iwlwifi
videobuf2_vmalloc       1388  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        1198  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         13579  1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_intel          15860  5
rts_pstor             285153  0
videodev               59207  1 uvcvideo
cfg80211              124112  2 mac80211,iwlwifi
r8169                  33403  0
snd_hda_codec          46136  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
pcspkr                  1211  0
media                   6625  2 videodev,uvcvideo
snd_hwdep               3732  1 snd_hda_codec
joydev                  6564  0
video                   9199  1 i915
thermal_sys             9746  1 video
i2c_i801                5993  0
mii                     2843  1 r8169
snd_pcm                41989  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
button                  3195  1 i915
snd_page_alloc          4677  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
wmi                     5859  1 acer_wmi
snd_timer              11871  1 snd_pcm
rfkill                 10007  2 cfg80211,acer_wmi
snd                    33299  16 snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
aufs                  108854  143
iscsi_tcp               6344  0
libiscsi_tcp            8793  1 iscsi_tcp
libiscsi               24395  2 libiscsi_tcp,iscsi_tcp
scsi_transport_iscsi    24305  2 libiscsi,iscsi_tcp
tg3                   106082  0
libphy                 11173  1 tg3
e1000                  75800  0
fuse                   48780  0
nfs                   113217  0
lockd                  51109  1 nfs
sunrpc                135622  3 lockd,nfs
btrfs                 475028  0
zlib_deflate           15588  1 btrfs
libcrc32c                626  1 btrfs
raid10                 23531  0
raid456                43218  0
async_pq                2279  1 raid456
async_xor               1617  2 async_pq,raid456
xor                    13969  1 async_xor
async_memcpy             778  1 raid456
async_raid6_recov        833  1 raid456
raid6_pq               78260  2 async_raid6_recov,async_pq
async_tx                1262  5 async_raid6_recov,async_memcpy,async_xor,async_pq,raid456
raid1                  19786  0
raid0                   5802  0
dm_snapshot            22494  0
dm_crypt               11211  0
dm_mirror               9711  0
dm_region_hash          4948  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                  6317  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
dm_mod                 48170  4 dm_log,dm_mirror,dm_crypt,dm_snapshot
scsi_wait_scan           459  0
hid_pl                  1567  0
hid_monterey            1041  0
hid_microsoft           2019  0
hid_logitech           10110  0
ff_memless              3158  2 hid_logitech,hid_pl
hid_ezkey                894  0
hid_cypress             1242  0
hid_chicony             1185  0
hid_cherry               997  0
hid_belkin              1094  0
hid_apple               3741  0
hid_a4tech              1312  0
sl811_hcd               6909  0
usbhid                 17287  2 hid_logitech,hid_pl
ohci_hcd               14383  0
ssb                    34222  1 ohci_hcd
mmc_core               53481  1 ssb
uhci_hcd               14644  0
usb_storage            30036  1
ehci_hcd               26093  0
aic94xx                55528  0
libsas                 39758  1 aic94xx
lpfc                  383554  0
qla2xxx               274826  0
megaraid_sas           52971  0
megaraid_mbox          20933  0
megaraid_mm             5494  1 megaraid_mbox
megaraid               30372  0
aacraid                53876  0
sx8                     9579  0
DAC960                 53768  0
hpsa                   32233  0
cciss                  36196  0
3w_9xxx                23045  0
3w_xxxx                18318  0
mptsas                 29361  0
scsi_transport_sas     16065  3 mptsas,libsas,aic94xx
mptfc                   8621  0
scsi_transport_fc      28466  3 mptfc,qla2xxx,lpfc
scsi_tgt                6676  1 scsi_transport_fc
mptspi                  9443  0
mptscsih               13920  3 mptspi,mptfc,mptsas
mptbase                46694  4 mptscsih,mptspi,mptfc,mptsas
atp870u                22537  0
dc395x                 23415  0
qla1280                16855  0
dmx3191d                7548  0
sym53c8xx              56060  0
gdth                   68471  0
advansys               44190  0
initio                 12735  0
BusLogic               57435  0
arcmsr                 20042  0
aic7xxx                90878  0
aic79xx                95703  0
scsi_transport_spi     13576  5 aic79xx,aic7xxx,sym53c8xx,dmx3191d,mptspi
sg                     16788  0
pdc_adma                3942  0
sata_inic162x           4763  0
sata_mv                18696  0
ata_piix               10612  0
ahci                   16179  0
libahci                13256  1 ahci
sata_qstor              3861  0
sata_vsc                2834  0
sata_uli                1989  0
sata_sis                2594  0
sata_sx4                6601  0
sata_nv                13606  0
sata_via                5120  0
sata_svw                2906  0
sata_sil24              7988  0
sata_sil                5226  0
sata_promise            7093  0
pata_sl82c105           2316  0
pata_cs5535             1590  0
pata_cs5530             2942  0
pata_cs5520             2339  0
pata_via                6308  0
pata_jmicron            1476  0
pata_marvell            1845  0
pata_sis                6559  1 sata_sis
pata_netcell            1270  0
pata_sc1200             1947  0
pata_pdc202xx_old       2951  0
pata_triflex            1878  0
pata_atiixp             2577  0
pata_amd                6470  0
pata_ali                6151  0
pata_it8213             2363  0
pata_pcmcia             6569  0
pcmcia                 24360  2 pata_pcmcia,ssb
pcmcia_core             7724  1 pcmcia
pata_ns87415            2032  0
pata_ns87410            1789  0
pata_serverworks        3448  0
pata_artop              3206  0
pata_it821x             6051  0
pata_hpt3x2n            3950  0
pata_hpt3x3             1823  0
pata_hpt37x             7761  0
pata_hpt366             3536  0
pata_cmd64x             3842  0
pata_efar               2483  0
pata_rz1000             1572  0
pata_sil680             2915  0
pata_radisys            1923  0
pata_pdc2027x           4263  0
pata_mpiix              1843  0
libata                114429  51 pata_mpiix,pata_pdc2027x,pata_radisys,pata_sil680,pata_rz1000,pata_efar,pata_cmd64x,
   pata_hpt366,pata_hpt37x,pata_hpt3x3,pata_hpt3x2n,pata_it821x,pata_artop,pata_serverworks,pata_ns87410,
   pata_ns87415,pata_pcmcia,pata_it8213,pata_ali,pata_amd,pata_atiixp,pata_triflex,pata_pdc202xx_old,pata_sc1200,
   pata_netcell,pata_sis,pata_marvell,pata_jmicron,pata_via,pata_cs5520,pata_cs5530,pata_cs5535,
   pata_sl82c105,sata_promise,sata_sil,sata_sil24,sata_svw,sata_via,sata_nv,sata_sx4,sata_sis,sata_uli,
   sata_vsc,sata_qstor,libahci,ahci,ata_piix,sata_mv,sata_inic162x,pdc_adma,libsas


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Broke up very long line consisting of modules using the libata module. -- desultory
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did you load the correct module in your kernel?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

meat00,

Take a look at the help in menuconfig for CONFIG_IWLWIFI. You might be missing the microcode (uCode) image.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you do have the right module, iwlwifi
you may not have the firmware that the module needs: iwlwifi-100-5.ucode .
running
Code:
ls /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
will tell you if you have it.
If you need the firmware run
Code:
emerge linux-firmware
then
Code:
modprobe -r iwlwifi
modprobe iwlwifi
then
Code:
 lspci -k
to check driver installed
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DONAHUE,
As you said I do not have the firmware: iwlwifi-100-5.ucode.
I download it from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads, finally solve my troublesome wireless .
thank you very much.
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