On 5/31/23 12:30, Philip Webb wrote:
Thanks to Michael for his helpful advice.
I've narrowed the problem down somewhat,
but Wifi still doesn't work on Gentoo, tho' it does on Mint + SR.
The difference seems to be that when I enter 'lshw -class network' in Mint,
I get "network | description : Wireless interface ... ",
but in Gentoo it says "network | description : Network controller ... ".
Also, under "configuration:", Mint says "broadcast=yes, driver=nt7921e,
Is there a typo? Above says driver nt7921e (first letter N)
driver_version=5.15.0-generic, firmware=______919999-20220209 150915,
latency=0, multicast=yes, wireless=IEEE 802.11",
whereas Gentoo says only "driver=mt7921e, latency=0".
Driver here is mt7921e (first letter M) If it's not a copy/paste error,
is it wrong in some config file?
'lsmod' gives the same result on both systems, incl firmware.
It looks as if modules + firmware are all installed,
but for some reason Gentoo isn't recognising the device as Wifi.
What might be missing ?
BTW there appears to be a pkg 'rfkill' :
on Mint 'rfkill' reports "Bluetooth hci0 | wlan phy0", both unblocked.
Any further advice wb most welcome (smile).
