Can you search with dmesg and find if it's nead a firmware. Davide Il giorno 29/giu/2013 10:17, "Zind" <wzmind...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> hi all, > I am new to Gentoo. I came across some problems in the Gentoo installation > process. > > I got a relatively new laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Y400. > The Gentoo iso I choose is: admincd-amd64-20130620.iso, from: > http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20130620/hardened/ > After I made the LiveUSB, disabling the UEFI boot, I finally boot into > the Gentoo kernel. But I could not connect to the network. > Using the `ifconfig -a` command, I can only see the loopback interface: > lo. > Using the `lspci` command, I can see the two network adapters: > (1) the Ethernet adapter > Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet > (2) the wireless adapter > Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 > Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN > (The two network adapters both work well under Windows 8.) > > After several times of STFW, I can confirm it's a network adapter driver > support issue: lacks of coresponding network adapter drivers. > For the AR8161 network adapter, it requires the alx kernal module: > alx.ko. > Previously, I thought I could at least compile this driver by myself, but > soon I found it lacks of build-essential packages, too. :-( > > For the wireless network adapter, I can find > iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode(coresponding to Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN > adapter) under /lib/firmware, I tried the `modprobe iwlwifi` command, still > doesn't work. Weird. > > Uh... I don't know what to do next to continue the installation. > Any suggestion or advice is appreciated. > > PS. > several links which I found useful: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/165192/how-do-i-install-drivers-for-the-atheros-ar8161-ethernet-controller > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089512 > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi > >
