Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-20 Thread Florian HEGRON
Hello list ! Yesterday, I win ! :) I just test to build as [M]odule the firmware. It's good for me because I don't want to have a permanently connexion. I think that I will test the second method just for fun : On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-20 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 07:17:55PM +, Mick wrote: On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines:

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-18 10:06, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-18 09:59, Randolph Maaßen wrote: On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
Hi Florian, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583]

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:08:21 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: Anybody can explain to me the firmware goal ? For me a firmware is a internal software of a device. So I don't really understand. Manufacturers often move some of the internal software from the device to the driver, especially when

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support -

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 02:19:17PM +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware.

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R)

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 14:51, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 15:09 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 14:51, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support,

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread the
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 15:39, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread the
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Mick
On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-18 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. I don't find the ipw2200 option (nano .config, ^W

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-18 Thread Randolph Maaßen
On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-18 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-18 09:59, Randolph Maaßen wrote: On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-16 21:27, Mick wrote: On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick Zero_Chaos Farina wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 Florian HEGRON wrote: When I add the support as module, it's not loaded. Where I buit-in it, the dmesg just say me that he can't load the firmware. Sounds like you need to emerge sys-firmware/ipw2100-firmware. -- Regards Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 1: Microsoft Works signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Florian HEGRON
oh I didn't find it. I will watch in text mode (nano .config). I hope that I could test this evening. Thank you ! On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel

[gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Florian HEGRON
Hello, First : I use Gentoo since few weeks. It's very technical distro. I learn about linux, and many tools. I really learn to do what I want. It's a good distro ! My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Mehdi Chemloul
Le 16/12/2013 15:36, Florian HEGRON a écrit : Hello, First : I use Gentoo since few weeks. It's very technical distro. I learn about linux, and many tools. I really learn to do what I want. It's a good distro ! My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop.

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Florian HEGRON
My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick Zero_Chaos Farina wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The