Boot hanging on "starting lo" when activating wireless drivers.

Username2 · 08-20-2010, 05:09 PM

Hi, I recently installed Gentoo and I'm trying to get my Wireless to work. I'm running a Dell Mini 10v with a Broadcom wireless chip.

I followed the Gentoo Broadcom guide and the drivers didnt work, it said there was no wireless extension, so I went and tried the NDISWrapper method.

When I emerge, the NDISWrapper method tells me I need to activate drivers such as IPW2200 in my kernel. When I activate these drivers my boot hangs on "starting lo".

Anyone know what the problem might be?

comprookie2000 · 09-04-2010, 07:13 PM

You don't want to use ndiswrapper for your laptop, it should be supported post lspci.

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When I emerge, the NDISWrapper method tells me I need to activate drivers such as IPW2200 in my kernel.

no way

thats an intel driver :P