On 8/21/06, Alan E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I suspect that ubuntu loads firmware that is incompatible with gentoo.
More likely you just don't have the right firmware installed under
gentoo. Check the dmesg output after attempting to load the module,
and look for something about missin
I am pretty sure I have the latest firmware installed---several
versions are installed. I'll check whether I am using the package or
the kernel-based firmware. I may upgrade the kernel, also. This will
take a day or so. Thanks (again),
Alan Davis
On 8/21/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I use the sourceforge ipw2200 stuff - never could get the kernel stuff
to work, even on simple networks.
bunyip ~ # esearch ipw2200
[ Results for search key : ipw2200 ]
[ Applications found : 2 ]
* net-wireless/ipw2200
Latest version available: 1.1.3
Latest version installed: 1.1.3
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:53:52PM +1000, Penguin Lover Alan E. Davis squawked:
> I have recently installed ubuntu on another partition in the mainly
> gentoo gateway laptop I've been running for over a year with great
> success. I have never had any wireless problems, using the ipw2200
> centrino
I'm using the latest kernel, with the ipw2200 driver it provides (not
the one in portage). Evrything works great in WPA, but I don't use the
-Dipw option of wpa_supplicant; I use -Dwext: the tip is in
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw2200
I'm using the suspend2 sources, so I don't have 2.6.17
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