Hi John, Thank you, elrepo sounds good to know about -- http://elrepo.org/tiki/About says is an extra repository for hardware support. Still not clear how to troubleshoot the problem so I know what to install from elrepo. I know that a spec file is involved in creating an RPM file; do you mean that you make your own kernel RPM? On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 4:05 AM, Andreas Benzler <andreas at benzlerweb.de> wrote: > Hello Philip, > > In my test cases on Centos 6 or 7 I always run an elrepo kernel or build my own one from rewritten spec file. That helps me out to get Centos work as good it can be. > > Personal playground, those packages are unsigned!!! > > http://centos.cms4all.org/centos/7/ <http://centos.cms4all.org/centos/7/> > > <kernel> > noarch git firmware > kernel ml aufs - oh I was lazy > > <gstreamer> > - Get Multimedia work, all my videos incl. DVD, midi and other audio files are working > I was given up after test many repros. > > <drivers> > libdrm > radeon (no new iMac 2015…hmmm) > hardinfo > > <other> > mutter - gnome 3 windows shadow hack > netatalk - apple time capsule on centos > > > Centos 7 live on usbdrive to test it on different machines…. > > Fun with Centos 7 > > PS:hm… gstreamer was working with centos 6 damm > > Don’t hammer my virtual server otherwise i push them away…. > > > > > >> Am 14.04.2016 um 08:47 schrieb Andreas Benzler <andreas at benzlerweb.de>: >> >> this seems to be the right firmware >> >> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1.tgz <https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1.tgz> >> >> >> >>> Am 14.04.2016 um 05:01 schrieb John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>: >>> >>> On 4/13/2016 7:42 PM, Philip V wrote: >>>> lspci gives >>>> 08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4) >>>> >>>> 1. How do I get this working? I am happy to work with command line tools. >>>> >>>> 2. Are there other packages I need? I installed wireless-tools, and >>>> tried to fiddle with iwconfig and NetworkManager to no avail. iwconfig >>>> does seem to interact with the wifi device. >>>> >>>> 3. Is there documentation I should be following to >>>> understand/troubleshoot networking support? >>>> https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless does not document the >>>> iwlwifi driver. >>> >>> >>> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi >>> >>> suggests you might need to get a firmware tarball for that card, and copy the appropriate iwlwifi-*.ucode file to /lib/firmware or something. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos