root:/home/bob# dmesg | grep zd1211 usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw usb 1-2: Could not load firmware file zd1211/zd1211b_ub. Error number -2 zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -2 zd1211rw: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.System starting 2. 3. Actual Results: unable to start wlan0 Expected Results: wlan0 started root:~# emerge --info Portage 2.1.1-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r4, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3100+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:30:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="en_GB.utf8" LC_ALL="" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X a52 aac alsa alsa_cards_intel8x0 alsa_pcm_plugins_adpcm alsa_pcm_plugins_alaw alsa_pcm_plugins_asym alsa_pcm_plugins_copy alsa_pcm_plugins_dmix alsa_pcm_plugins_dshare alsa_pcm_plugins_dsnoop alsa_pcm_plugins_empty alsa_pcm_plugins_extplug alsa_pcm_plugins_file alsa_pcm_plugins_hooks alsa_pcm_plugins_iec958 alsa_pcm_plugins_ioplug alsa_pcm_plugins_ladspa alsa_pcm_plugins_lfloat alsa_pcm_plugins_linear alsa_pcm_plugins_meter alsa_pcm_plugins_mulaw alsa_pcm_plugins_multi alsa_pcm_plugins_null alsa_pcm_plugins_plug alsa_pcm_plugins_rate alsa_pcm_plugins_route alsa_pcm_plugins_share alsa_pcm_plugins_shm alsa_pcm_plugins_softvol apache2 apm berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts cdr cli clucene cracklib crypt cups cvs dbus directfb divx4linux dlloader dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd exif faad fbcon ffmpeg foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icc iconv imlib input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jack jpeg kde kernel_linux lcd_devices_bayrad lcd_devices_cfontz lcd_devices_cfontz633 lcd_devices_glk lcd_devices_hd44780 lcd_devices_lb216 lcd_devices_lcdm001 lcd_devices_mtxorb lcd_devices_ncurses lcd_devices_text libg++ libwww mad matroska midi mikmod mjpeg mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real reflection sdl session spell spl sqlite3 sse ssl tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userland_GNU v41 v412 video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_nvidia video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo vidix vorbis win32codecs wxwindows x86 xcomposite xine xml xorg xv xvid xvmc zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Device: Longshine LCS-8131G3 RFType AL2230RF
net-wireless/zd1211-firmware-1.3
Which version of udev do you have installed?
udev ver 103
Then problem should be easily solvable by updating to now stable udev-104-r9.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 147006 ***
Sorry for Reopen, but: I've updated udev to udev-104-r9 - the same error unmerged hotplug - the same then updated a baselayout as suggested in comment#23 of bug 147006 nothing of that helps, still have the same error
The same problem is discussing in the forum: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-528982-highlight-zd1211rw.html
Do you have zd1211rw built into the kernel? If so, build it as a module instead.
Daniel, Thanks, just did that as the module it works.
However I also emerged netplug, as suggested in forum http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3894942.html#3894942