Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
Thanks to all of you, guys. It's really kind of you. I should have replied the e-mail in time, but I was busy with work recent days, sorry. I will try your suggestions, and continue the installation very soon. On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:47:04 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: You can try to use SystemRescueCD[1] (based on Gentoo) instead of the minimum install CD. The instructions are identical, but sometimes the SystemRescueCD is more up-to-date. The alx ethernet driver is in kernel 3.10.0. System Rescue CD is updated frequently so I would expect a release that supports this device to be out before the end of the week. -- Neil Bothwick Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by moving to where you can't find them.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.ukwrote: If I'm understanding correctly, that it's the LiveCD that can't connect to the network (rather than the installed system) Yes. Two alternatives that spring to mind are: 1. Many USB network adaptors are supported by LiveCDs, try one of those. Some wired USB ethernet are available new for as little as $10 or so, or you could probably find a secondhand wifi 802.11b or g adaptor that cheap. Or borrow one, or something. Use an external network adapter, uh... I never thought of that. AFAIK, many USB netwok adapters won't work correctly with Linux. Previously, I bought a Mercury MW300U USB network adapter, unfortunately, it doesn't work properly with Ubuntu 12.04. Then, that USB network adapter was left in the corner of my room. :-( So I didn't expect the USB netwok adapter to work with the LiveCD. 2. For each emerge command in the installation guide, run `emerge -fp package-name` first, and redirect the output into a textfile. Then copy this textfile onto a USB key, take it to another machine with working internet access, use `wget -i file` to download the packages and then transfer them back to the machine on which you're installing Gentoo. IIRC, the LiveUSB is a read-only file system. So, I'm afraid that I could not redirect the required package information to a text file.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Gregory Shearman zek...@gmail.com wrote: I can confirm that these firmware files are in the linux-firmware package. What confuses me is that iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode and iwlwifi-2030-5.ucode do EXIST in the LiveUSB. But they just couldn't be loaded properly. :-(
[gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
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
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Davide De Prisco deprisco.dav...@gmail.com wrote: Can you search with dmesg and find if it's nead a firmware. Yes. At the bottom of the dmesg message, I can see these lines: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode' failed. request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-2030-5.ucode' failed. no suitable firmware found!
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation, network adapter not supported
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:52 PM, the the.gu...@mail.ru wrote: Maybe this can be helpful in some way? http://blechtog.wordpress.com/**2012/08/06/gentoo-ethernet-** atheros-ar8161-gigabit-**ethernet-using-compat-**wireless-module-alx/http://blechtog.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/gentoo-ethernet-atheros-ar8161-gigabit-ethernet-using-compat-wireless-module-alx/ Thanks. It's useful. But I didn't have Gentoo installed yet. :-(
