are you installing gentoo or is this on a running system? because the minimal installer only uses wpa_supplicant i couldn’t get wi-fi to work when i was installing gentoo. once i had everything installed though it worked.
On Wed, May 31, 2023, at 12:30 PM, 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, > 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". > > '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). > > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca > > >
