Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

2023-06-02 Thread Michael
On Friday, 2 June 2023 07:16:41 BST Philip Webb wrote: > 230601 Lee K wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 11:09:50PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > >> What is still not good is that that interface has "NO-CARRIER". > >> Also, 'rc-status' after a reboot shows wpa_supplicant as STOPPED. > >> > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

2023-06-02 Thread Michael
On Friday, 2 June 2023 04:09:50 BST Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks for all the help so far. > > I've solved the firmware problem. > The needed files weren't in the latest stable version of linux-firmware > nor in the masked version (after much hassle unmasking it), > but they are in both System

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

2023-06-02 Thread Philip Webb
230601 Lee K wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 11:09:50PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> What is still not good is that that interface has "NO-CARRIER". >> Also, 'rc-status' after a reboot shows wpa_supplicant as STOPPED. >> >> 'rc-service -v wpa_supplicant start' gets it STARTED, >> but 'ip a'

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

2023-06-02 Thread Philip Webb
230601 Lee K wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 11:09:50PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > Thanks for all the help so far. > > > > I've solved the firmware problem. > > The needed files weren't in the latest stable version of linux-firmware > > nor in the masked version (after much hassle unmasking

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

2023-06-01 Thread Lee K
On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 11:09:50PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks for all the help so far. > > I've solved the firmware problem. > The needed files weren't in the latest stable version of linux-firmware > nor in the masked version (after much hassle unmasking it), > but they are in both

Re: [gentoo-user] using Wifi in a new machine : progress

2023-06-01 Thread Philip Webb
Thanks for all the help so far. I've solved the firmware problem. The needed files weren't in the latest stable version of linux-firmware nor in the masked version (after much hassle unmasking it), but they are in both System Rescue + Mint /lib/firmware/mediatek . They are versions 7922 and