[gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
Hi folks, I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several configuration options for getting this driver to work. The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook. It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying to run modprobe iwlagn I get the message Module iwlagn not found. The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the kernel to do the same. I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config option called Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn). Link to forum post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could give me an advice in the right direction. Thank you very much! Best regards Shoka
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka sh...@gmx.ch wrote: Hi folks, I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several configuration options for getting this driver to work. The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook. It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying to run modprobe iwlagn I get the message Module iwlagn not found. The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the kernel to do the same. I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config option called Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn). Link to forum post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could give me an advice in the right direction. Thank you very much! Best regards Shoka You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers - Network Device Support - Wireless Lan There you need to set Intel Wireless Wifi and then the option should appear :-) -- Zeerak
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 07:21:20PM +0100, Shoka wrote: I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several configuration options for getting this driver to work. The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook. It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying to run modprobe iwlagn I get the message Module iwlagn not found. The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the kernel to do the same. You said that the module didn't get compiled: did you configure the kernel to include it? I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config option called Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn). If you are in menuconfig, you can always hit / to bring up the search screen, and type in IWL as your search string. In 2.6.31-gentoo-r9, go to Device Drivers - Network device support - Wireless LAN - Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) - Intel Wireless Wifi to enable IWLWIFI first, and then you should be able to see the Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN option. Cheers, W -- Willie W. Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
On 07.02.2010 20:29, Zeerak Waseem wrote: On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka sh...@gmx.ch wrote: Hi folks, I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several configuration options for getting this driver to work. The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook. It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying to run modprobe iwlagn I get the message Module iwlagn not found. The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the kernel to do the same. I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config option called Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn). Link to forum post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could give me an advice in the right direction. Thank you very much! Best regards Shoka You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers - Network Device Support - Wireless Lan There you need to set Intel Wireless Wifi and then the option should appear :-) Hi Zeerak, When calling make menuconfig, then enter section Device Drivers -- Network Device Support -- Wireless LAN, all I can see are these options: [ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11) [ ] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection I have selected both Intel PRO/Wireless sections and the only sup-options that appeared were: [ ] promiscuous mode [ ] full debugging output But there was nothing written about Intel Wireless Wifi or iwlagn stuff Even if I checked all the options nothing more appeared. Shoka
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:55:00 +0100, Shoka sh...@gmx.ch wrote: On 07.02.2010 20:29, Zeerak Waseem wrote: On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka sh...@gmx.ch wrote: Hi folks, I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several configuration options for getting this driver to work. The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook. It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying to run modprobe iwlagn I get the message Module iwlagn not found. The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the kernel to do the same. I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config option called Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn). Link to forum post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could give me an advice in the right direction. Thank you very much! Best regards Shoka You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers - Network Device Support - Wireless Lan There you need to set Intel Wireless Wifi and then the option should appear :-) Hi Zeerak, When calling make menuconfig, then enter section Device Drivers -- Network Device Support -- Wireless LAN, all I can see are these options: [ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11) [ ] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection I have selected both Intel PRO/Wireless sections and the only sup-options that appeared were: [ ] promiscuous mode [ ] full debugging output But there was nothing written about Intel Wireless Wifi or iwlagn stuff Even if I checked all the options nothing more appeared. Shoka What does searching for iwlwifi in the kernel yield? (kernel search is prompted by /) -- Zeerak
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
Shoka wrote: On 07.02.2010 20:29, Zeerak Waseem wrote: On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:20 +0100, Shoka sh...@gmx.ch wrote: Hi folks, I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several configuration options for getting this driver to work. The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook. It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying to run modprobe iwlagn I get the message Module iwlagn not found. The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the kernel to do the same. I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config option called Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn). Link to forum post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-792424-highlight-5300.html I'm a gentoo newbie and therefore would be very glad, if anyone could give me an advice in the right direction. Thank you very much! Best regards Shoka You should be able to find the iwlagn in Device Drivers - Network Device Support - Wireless Lan There you need to set Intel Wireless Wifi and then the option should appear :-) Hi Zeerak, When calling make menuconfig, then enter section Device Drivers -- Network Device Support -- Wireless LAN, all I can see are these options: [ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11) [ ] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection I have selected both Intel PRO/Wireless sections and the only sup-options that appeared were: [ ] promiscuous mode [ ] full debugging output But there was nothing written about Intel Wireless Wifi or iwlagn stuff Even if I checked all the options nothing more appeared. Shoka You need to enable Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) first. You don't need either of the 2100 or the 2200 modules; once you select Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) a new slew of options should come up, including the Intel Wireless Wifi option, and in there you should find your wireless card. John Moe
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 06:55 +1000, John H. Moe wrote: You need to enable Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) first. You don't need either of the 2100 or the 2200 modules; once you select Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) a new slew of options should come up, including the Intel Wireless Wifi option, and in there you should find your wireless card. John Moe Also make sure Networking = Wireless = [*] Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) and maybe [*] cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem configuring Intel Wireless 5300 device
On 07.02.2010 20:46, Willie Wong wrote: On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 07:21:20PM +0100, Shoka wrote: I got stuck when trying to get the Intel Wireless 5300 device running. I'm using the 2.6.31.gentoo-r6 kernel source and have tried several configuration options for getting this driver to work. The gentoo os is running on a lenovo x200 notebook. It seems that the iwlagn module doesn't get compiled at all. When trying to run modprobe iwlagn I get the message Module iwlagn not found. The device is properly recognized when using the Gentoo Live CD. There it uses the iwlagn module. So it should be possible to configure the kernel to do the same. You said that the module didn't get compiled: did you configure the kernel to include it? I have found this forum post about configuring the 5300 device, but this guy used the 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel source and it looks like the kernel config options in menuconfig have changed. I cannot find a kernel config option called Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn). If you are in menuconfig, you can always hit / to bring up the search screen, and type in IWL as your search string. In 2.6.31-gentoo-r9, go to Device Drivers - Network device support - Wireless LAN - Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) - Intel Wireless Wifi to enable IWLWIFI first, and then you should be able to see the Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN option. Cheers, W Hi Willie, I finally found the problem: I had to enable the option General Setup [ ] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers I recognized that after invoking a search on iwlwifi. There was a dependency to EXPERIMENTAL. And this is exactly the mentioned switch above. After selecting this option, I was able to select the Intel Wireless stuff. Thanks to all for giving hints into the right direction :-) Shoka
