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promythyus
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 Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:06 am Post subject: Unsupported driver 'iwlwifi' (Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN) |
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Just got my first Gentoo install up and running and now I want to get wireless working.
When I try to start the wifi interface with | Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.wlp7s0 start |
it errors with | Code: | * Caching service dependencies ...
* Bringing up interface wlp7s0
* Starting wpa_supplicant on wlp7s0 ...
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
wlp7s0: Unsupported driver 'iwlwifi'
* start-stop-daemon: failed to start '/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant'
* ERROR: net.wlp7s0 failed to start |
The wiki lists iwlwifi as the correct driver for my wifi card, "Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection" (from lspci).
Related lines from /etc/conf.d/net:
| Code: | modules_wlp7s0="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlp7s0="-Diwlwifi" |
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf:
| Code: | network={
ssid="Mason Wireless"
psk=(psk here)
scan_ssid=1
} |
Anyone know why the driver is not working? |
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666threesixes666
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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the column to the right of driver says "firmware" my guess is you neglected to
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emerge linux-firmware
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as your post doesn't mention firmware. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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promythyus,
| Code: | | wpa_supplicant_wlp7s0="-Dext" |
is worth trying too.
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dmpogo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | promythyus,
| Code: | | wpa_supplicant_wlp7s0="-Dext" |
is worth trying too. |
I have (for a bit older chip - 4965)
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wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dnl80211"
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and actually, suprisingly
sys-firmware/iwl5000-ucode
is not masked, so no need for full linux-firmware |
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promythyus
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:40 am Post subject: |
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I didn't specify in my post but I had installed the firmware for my card.
"-Dext" didn't work but "-Dnl80211" is working, I can ping google at the very least. So thanks dmpogo, how did you work that one out? |
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dmpogo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:14 am Post subject: |
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| promythyus wrote: | I didn't specify in my post but I had installed the firmware for my card.
"-Dext" didn't work but "-Dnl80211" is working, I can ping google at the very least. So thanks dmpogo, how did you work that one out? |
It is in my config for the last at least 3 years and my memory faded as of source. Though, I'm pretty sure when I got this laptop in 2008 I have used -Dext for a while and
it was working, but those were the times when this 80211 stack was actively developed in the kernel, adn again, I have an older iwl4965 driver and chipset. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:37 am Post subject: |
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dmpogo,
There are two wireless stacks in the kernel -Dext uses the old one, -Dnl80211 uses the new one.
Which one works depends on your kernel. You may even build both wireless stacks if you want.
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