1. You might want to try modprobe prism2_pci and see if it loads it. Gentoo makes a best guess. Even on my desktop with no wireless I get the aironet4500 modules.
> Hi, > > I just started installing gentoo on my x86 box. > > I have two questions/problems: > ----------------------------- > > 1. I have a wireless network card. I did not find > the driver (prism2_pci) in the list of supported > driver. > > Instead gentoo loaded the modules "aironet4500-proc" > and "aironet4500-core". Then when I do ifconfig -a > I get the following interfaces: > > dummy: (dummy) > lo0: (loopback) > sit0: (seems to be for IPv6) ??? > > Did I miss something? > > 2. I temporarly borrowed another network card > and plugged a cable in my wireless router-- my > roomates are not very happy :-(. > > Then I configured network, partitions... > Everything goes fine until at some point, > my screen becomes black and I am not sure > what is happening. Even if i press a few keys > or move the mouse, nothing happens anymore... > > I was compiling stage 1 when this happened the first > time. I shutdowned my computer and restarted again. > Now i am in the stage 2 and this just happened again. > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > S. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- Brett I. Holcomb AKA Grunt <>< -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
