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jose.maria n00b
Joined: 04 Sep 2012 Posts: 24 Location: In the garden
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:29 am Post subject: Wireless card unrecongized |
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After installing Gentoo in a laptop I realized that I had not configured the kernel with the necessary driver for the wireless card. In the first boot of the system, doing ifconfig -a did not reveal the device. So I thought it clever to enable in the kernel all of the wireless drivers of Intel (that is the kind of card this laptop has). But now I have my doubts about proceeding this way. Is it an error-safe move, or totally unrecommended?
By the way, the wireless card cannot be recognized still, even when all of the drivers of its kind are loaded in the kernel. |
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khayyam Watchman
Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Posts: 6227 Location: Room 101
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:42 am Post subject: |
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jose.maria ...
You should probably provide details of the specific card the laptop has. Its probably just a case of missing the ipw* firmware, and knowing the card would help in pointing you in the direction of that firmware.
best ... khay |
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jose.maria n00b
Joined: 04 Sep 2012 Posts: 24 Location: In the garden
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, thanks. My main point is about the first question: is it good method to enable several or all of the drivers of a device in the kernel? Just to make sure one works. Or can this give rise to conflicts?
Regarding the wireless card, I managed to configure it by reading another post of this forum. |
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khayyam Watchman
Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Posts: 6227 Location: Room 101
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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jose.maria wrote: | Yeah, thanks. My main point is about the first question: is it good method to enable several or all of the drivers of a device in the kernel? Just to make sure one works. Or can this give rise to conflicts? |
jose.maria ... there should be no conflict but the additional drivers are about as usefull as an ironing board at a picnic :)
These drivers will take additional resources to compile, store, etc ... so just select the one suitable for your card.
best ... khay |
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DONAHUE Watchman
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: Goose Creek SC
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Code: | emerge linux-firmware
reboot | has a good chance of providing the missing firmware and loading a working driver _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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