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xank
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 Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:54 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Can't seem to find wireless interface |
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Hello.
I'm installing gentoo for the first time on a T420 laptop. I know from previous debian installations that I need firmware to get the wireless working. On debian, the package is is iwlwifi.
During this install, I initially followed the handbook all the way through and got something that seems mostly functional, with the possible exception that I perhaps should comment "" line 166 in rc.conf because I keep seeing it in logs.
I thus proceeded to fetch other common utilities before attempting to get wireless working. A few google searched later, I followed instructions from http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Gentoo_on_a_ThinkPad_T420 & https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Lenovo_Thinkpad_T420: added some options in kernel via menuconfig, recompiled it, added rtl8192ce in /etc/conf.d/modules & rebooted.
Currently, as far as I can tell, the module is loaded (it shows up when doing a lsmod), but the interface doesn't show up. Likewise, iwconfig just tells me the three interfaces he sees don't have wireless extensions.
ip a show the loop (l0), wired (enp0s25), and a third interface I don't know what it is: sit0
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3: sit0@NONE <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state down group default qlen 1
lin/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
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Interestingly, ifconfig only shows the lopp and wired interfaces.
I strongly suspect that last interface comes from another kernel option, on that is unrelated to wireless networking.
Ah, and I emerged wicd but, perhaps unsurprisingly, he can't find anything for wireless.
What did I do wrong?
[Moderator edit: added [code] tags to preserve output layout. -Hu]
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DONAHUE
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The module/driver you need appears to be iwlwifi based on thinkpad T420 identification.
run lspci | grep -i network and see if your T420 laptop uses a Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] [8086:0085] (rev 34) NIC like your references or something else. rtl8192ce is a realtek chipset.
If chipset is intel 6205; menuconfig needs:
| Quote: | Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
[*] Intel devices
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) |
recompile kernel
emerge linux-firmware to get firmware
reboot
ifconfig -a should show interface if driver was assigned
ifconfig will show interface if it is up
if not done wpa_supplicant must be emerged and configured
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cwr
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sit0 is some sort of ipv6 over ipv4 tunnelling device, and can be ignored.
To get a full list of network interfaces use 'ifconfig -a', and if some sort
of wireless driver doesn't show up it hasn't been built either within the
kernel or as a module.
At a guess, lspci will give you the name of the card (among a list of all
pci devices) and you can use that to find the kernel module name.
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xank
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | The module/driver you need appears to be iwlwifi based on thinkpad T420 identification.
run lspci | grep -i network and see if your T420 laptop uses a Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] [8086:0085] (rev 34) NIC like your references or something else. rtl8192ce is a realtek chipset.
If chipset is intel 6205; menuconfig needs:
| Quote: | Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
[*] Intel devices
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) |
if not done wpa_supplicant must be emerged and configured |
Thank you! That was it, the 6205 card needs iwldvm under iwlwifi to be <M> or <Y> in kernel to load the firmware. |
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