[Solved- I mean it this time] No network under wicd

WanderingOak · 2012-04-01 17:58:07

I've been having a few issues with my first installation of ArchLinux on an old IBM T43 laptop. I've ben able to get Debian up and running on this same machine, so I do know that the hardware works and is compatible.

My wireless card is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG , and I do have ipw2200-fw installed. Following the instructions in the Wiki for wicd, I commented out 'network' in the daemons list in /etc/rc.conf, made sure that dbus was listed, and added wicd. With that configuration, I have no network whatsoever, wireless or wired. Wicd can not even see my wireless router, even though it is only four feet away. If I stop wicd and start network, the wired network works fine. I've tried both dhcps and dhclient, but neither works with wicd.

If anybody has any ideas as to what I should try next, it would be appreciated.

Last edited by WanderingOak (2012-04-02 22:10:41)

Stebalien · 2012-04-01 18:37:33

I don't know why your ethernet isn't working but you should check your wireless radio kill switch state (rfkill list). Also, look through/post your /var/log/everything.log.

mr.MikyMaus · 2012-04-01 22:01:15

not sure whether it's relevant but is your user listed in the "network" group?

also you need to do some manual tweaking when using wicd - namely tell it the interfaces names (via Preferences). You can get them by running the "ifconfig -a" or "ip l" command (the latter gives more compact results).

WanderingOak · 2012-04-01 22:51:58

mr.MikyMaus wrote:

not sure whether it's relevant but is your user listed in the "network" group?
also you need to do some manual tweaking when using wicd - namely tell it the interfaces names (via Preferences). You can get them by running the "ifconfig -a" or "ip l" command (the latter gives more compact results).

Yep. The silly SOB had the two reversed. Ethernet is supposed to be eth0, and wireless eth1, but the preferences panel of wicd had the exact opposite. Murphy strikes again!!!!

Thanks for the help!

SS4 · 2012-04-01 23:00:15

Wireless is eth1? Isn't it usually wlan0?

eh, who cares. If it ain't broke don't fix it

WanderingOak · 2012-04-01 23:39:57

I jumped the gun on this being solved. I can connect through Ethernet using wicd, but still can't connect wirelessly. It always fails on authentication, saying it gave a bad password. "KeyError: dbus.String(u'bad_pass')" My Mac can connect wirelessly, as can my BluRay player. I know that I am inputting the right password, and I am fairly certain that I am using the proper format (WPA 1/2 (Passphrase)). Any ideas?

mr.MikyMaus · 2012-04-02 16:30:37

SS4: some broadcom drivers suffer from this inconviniency, although there is a way to rename the device quite conveniently: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Re … interfaces

WanderingOak: no prob

WanderingOak · 2012-04-02 22:09:37

I figured it out. I was using the wrong encryption. I borrowed a friend's Debian laptop, and it showed that it connected to my network using WPA 1/2 (Passphrase), so that is what I tried to connect with. On a hunch, I tried various other encryptions with Arch and found that WEP (Hex [0-9/A-F]) worked. I'm thinking that the Debian laptop is lying to me about the encryption protocols that wicd is using. Anyhow, if my wireless router really is using WEP, then perhaps I need to upgrade to something more secure...

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[Solved- I mean it this time] No network under wicd

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