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#1 2011-07-30 05:28:23

Outis
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Registered: 2008-07-10
Posts: 9

[SOLVED] netcfg issues ... wpa-psk ... please help

For some reason I can't get wireless to work on my Acer Aspire One D255E

Broadcom BCM4313

netcfg 2.6.5-1

Fails on  > WPA Authentication/Association Failed

Increasing timeout to 120 doesn't work

/etc/network.d/wifi-home wrote:

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE='eth1'
SECURITY='wpa'
ESSID='net1'
KEY='xyz'
IP='dhcp'

lsmod wrote:

Module                  Size  Used by
uas                     8128  0
usb_storage            44199  1
ext2                   63714  1
joydev                  9959  0
brcmsmac              599290  0
snd_hda_codec_realtek   297871  1
i915                  648410  1
snd_hda_intel          22186  0
drm_kms_helper         27529  1 i915
snd_hda_codec          77543  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6342  1 snd_hda_codec
mac80211              211662  1 brcmsmac
snd_pcm                73736  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
cfg80211              146369  2 brcmsmac,mac80211
uvcvideo               62143  0
snd_timer              19488  1 snd_pcm
lib80211_crypt_tkip     8546  0
snd                    57256  6 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
drm                   181991  2 i915,drm_kms_helper
soundcore               6178  1 snd
videodev               78070  1 uvcvideo
wl                   2527048  0
iTCO_wdt               12781  0
psmouse                54752  0
intel_agp              10848  1 i915
media                  10437  1 videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     8364  1 videodev
sparse_keymap           3128  0
rfkill                 15498  1 cfg80211
evdev                   9530  0
sg                     25621  0
pcspkr                  1891  0
serio_raw               4366  0
i2c_i801                8195  0
iTCO_vendor_support     1969  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_page_alloc          7161  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
atl1c                  32631  0
i2c_algo_bit            5239  1 i915
ac                      3305  0
lib80211                4198  2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
video                  11300  1 i915
wmi                     8387  0
processor              24328  0
intel_gtt              14359  3 i915,intel_agp
thermal                 7903  0
i2c_core               20165  6 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,videodev,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit
fan                     2498  0
battery                10945  0
button                  4510  1 i915
r8169                  41003  0
mii                     4003  1 r8169
ext4                  368162  3
mbcache                 5793  2 ext2,ext4
jbd2                   70956  1 ext4
crc16                   1337  1 ext4
sd_mod                 27379  7
ahci                   20905  4
libahci                18925  1 ahci
uhci_hcd               22435  0
libata                173061  2 ahci,libahci
ehci_hcd               39359  0
scsi_mod              130020  5 uas,usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,libata
usbcore               142192  6 uas,usb_storage,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd

I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this out.

It's driving me crazy. I've been using Arch since 2007 and NEVER had this much of a problem with something so seemingly simple ...

[edit]
Removed wl. Leftover from earlier attempt to fix this. Still doesn't work.

[edit2]
I was using Wicd and Wicd-curses before, but it only worked intermittently and crashed a LOT while complaining about dbus. But it did work sometimes!

[edit3]
Okay, I don't know what the hell I did now, but it was right. It works now. Flawlessly. Minus a complaint about ipv6, but I don't care. It works. With the internal driver using netcfg.

[edit4]
So anyone researching the Acer Aspire One D255E for use with Arch Linux will know: When putting the internal wireless into monitor mode with aircrack, it will be stuck on channel -1 unless you install the compat-wireless-patched package from the AUR. Just figured this out. Do not probe any modules in /etc/rc.conf for the wifi to work, the kernel will handle it with its internal BRCM drivers. The ethernet card is module r8169

Last edited by Outis (2011-08-01 04:00:56)

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