On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:25:03 +0200 David Harel <hareldvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > > In order to have WIFI on my Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g wireless > laptop card I was informed I should install ipw2200 ( > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_on_Fujitsu-Siemens_S7020#Onboard_Wireless > ) and now after I upgraded my kernel I was advised to reinstall modules. > Trying to reinstall ipw2200 it says I should disable IEEE80211 but qconf > doesn't allow me to disable it. My questions. > > 1. Shouldn't it all be kernel drivers? > > 2. How can I identify which driver conflicts my desire to disable the > above option? > > 3. Eventually I will have to re-enable those options because I also need > to enable encryption or am I entirely wrong here? > > 4. Is there a way in qconf to search where a given kernel option is set > in the menu (too many times I get a kernel option documented and now go > figure which qconf tree to dive into. > Doesn't the stock ipw2200 driver in the kernel.org kernel work for you. If you are using a recent 2.6 kernel, the driver is already there with all the necessary ieee80211 configuration options etc. -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
