[tlinux-users:08420] Re: Re : Re: wifi on a satellite pro 6100 for gentoo

[email protected] wrote:

I suspect that the thing called "00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 
82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)" is your mobile device.


If it helps the output from my Qosmio G30 is.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 
945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 
945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High 
Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express 
Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express 
Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express 
Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI 
#1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI 
#2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI 
#3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI 
#4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI 
Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface 
Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE 
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) 
Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 
0398 (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet 
Controller
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 
Network Connection (rev 02)
06:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Unknown device 5b7a
06:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments Unknown device 8039
06:0b.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments Unknown device 803a
06:0b.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments Unknown device 803b
06:0b.3 Class 0805: Texas Instruments Unknown device 803c

The output from lsmod is
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_cp437               6912  1
vfat                   14720  1
fat                    56348  1 vfat
binfmt_misc            13448  1
rfcomm                 42260  0
l2cap                  27136  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              53476  4 rfcomm,l2cap
af_packet              24584  2
ipv6                  272288  23
speedstep_centrino      9760  1
cpufreq_userspace       5408  0
cpufreq_stats           7744  0
freq_table              6048  2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       2944  0
cpufreq_ondemand        8876  2
cpufreq_conservative     8712  0
video                  17540  0
toshiba_acpi           12224  0
tc1100_wmi              8324  0
sbs                    16804  0
sony_acpi               6412  0
pcc_acpi               14080  0
i2c_ec                  6272  1 sbs
hotkey                 11556  0
dev_acpi               12292  0
button                  7952  0
battery                11652  0
container               5632  0
ac                      6788  0
asus_acpi              17688  0
nls_utf8                3200  5
ntfs                  112116  4
ext2                   71560  3
fuse                   43912  0
sbp2                   24584  0
parport_pc             37796  0
lp                     12964  0
parport                39496  2 parport_pc,lp
joydev                 11200  0
tsdev                   9152  0
pcmcia                 40380  0
snd_hda_intel          20116  4
snd_hda_codec         164608  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            47360  0
snd_pcm                84612  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss          19584  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           4996  0
snd_seq_oss            36480  0
nvidia               4554836  12
ipw3945               124576  1
yenta_socket           28812  1
tifm_7xx1               9472  0
sg                     37404  0
rsrc_nonstatic         15360  1 yenta_socket
tifm_core              10496  1 tifm_7xx1
snd_seq_midi            9984  0
snd_rawmidi            27264  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      8960  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
pcmcia_core            43924  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
e1000                 128452  0
sdhci                  20108  0
mmc_core               32136  3 sdhci
ieee80211              35272  1 ipw3945
ieee80211_crypt         7552  1 ieee80211
snd_seq                59120  6 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
intel_agp              26012  1
i2c_core               23424  2 i2c_ec,nvidia
snd_timer              25348  3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          9868  5 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
agpgart                34888  2 nvidia,intel_agp
psmouse                41352  0
serio_raw               8452  0
snd                    58372  16 
snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore              11232  1 snd
hw_random               7320  0
snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp                 42144  0
pci_hotplug            32828  1 shpchp
pcspkr                  4352  0
evdev                  11392  2
ext3                  142856  2
jbd                    62228  1 ext3
ohci1394               37040  0
ieee1394              306104  2 sbp2,ohci1394
ide_generic             2432  0
ehci_hcd               34696  0
uhci_hcd               24968  0
usbcore               134912  3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
sd_mod                 22656  12
ahci                   20356  10
libata                 74892  1 ahci
scsi_mod              144648  5 sbp2,sg,sd_mod,ahci,libata
ide_cd                 33696  0
cdrom                  38944  1 ide_cd
piix                   11780  1
generic                 6276  0
thermal                15624  0
processor              31560  2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
fan                     6020  0
fbcon                  41504  0
tileblit                3840  1 fbcon
font                    9344  1 fbcon
bitblit                 7168  1 fbcon
softcursor              3328  1 bitblit
vesafb                  9244  0
capability              5896  0
commoncap               8704  1 capability

I also tried to install gentoo on a Qosmio G30, it was a long struggle, 
but I did manage to get the network card to work, but it was unstable.  
This is'nt  a flame but I eventual installed Ubuntu which virtual worked 
out of the box.

                                                                  

> >>With mandriva, it works automatically and therefore I have no idea 
> to what I
> >> should parameter within gentoo (kernel option ?)
>
> >Please tell us what card you have. If you don't know, you can run
> >"lspci | grep Network". lspci is on the livecd or can be emerged via
> >the pciutils package.
>
> lspci | grep Network does not give anything. Here is the full list
>
> [etienne@toshiba ~]$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset 
> Host Bridge
>  (rev 04)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset 
> AGP Bridge (                               rev 04)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) 
> (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) 
> (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) 
> (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM 
> AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller 
> (rev 02)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 
> 420 Go] (rev a3)
> 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 
> VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
> 02:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus 
> Controller (rev 01)
> 02:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to 
> Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
> 02:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to 
> Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
> 02:0d.0 System peripheral: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA 
> Controller (rev03)
> [etienne@toshiba ~]
>
> it does not sound evident ..
>
> etienne
>
>
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