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#1 2008-12-11 17:39:39

odradek
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Registered: 2008-12-11
Posts: 7

Common, but weird wireless problem

Hello people,
First of all, I'm not very experienced with Linux. I used Ubuntu and Windows last year on my desktop computer, then I had to migrate to MSI VR610x laptop, where I have Windows and installed Arch yesterday. Ubuntu 8.10 was slow as hell, so I wanted to try something faster. Everything was perfect, except my wireless card. I simple cannot install it. I tried everything I found on the Internet, and nothing worked. Tried with madwifi, with ndiswrapper, and both failed. Here are my configs:

lspci :

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)

ifconfig -a :

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1D:92:54:9B:79  
          inet addr:192.168.0.2  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0xa000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lsmod :

Module                  Size  Used by
ntfs                  220128  1 
joydev                 10048  0 
serio_raw               5508  0 
pcspkr                  2816  0 
psmouse                36880  0 
k8temp                  4608  0 
video                  16656  0 
ati_agp                 7052  0 
agpgart                28244  1 ati_agp
output                  3200  1 video
shpchp                 29460  0 
pci_hotplug            26276  1 shpchp
i2c_piix4               8076  0 
i2c_core               19348  1 i2c_piix4
sg                     27188  0 
thermal                15260  0 
evdev                   9472  0 
processor              32096  1 thermal
fan                     4356  0 
button                  6416  0 
battery                10372  0 
ac                      4484  0 
snd_seq_oss            30336  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48432  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel         336440  0 
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            38656  0 
snd_pcm                68228  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19848  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14848  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    46628  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               6496  1 snd
ath_pci               184364  0 
wlan                  238064  1 ath_pci
ath_hal               231136  1 ath_pci
r8169                  25476  0 
rtc_cmos                9120  0 
rtc_core               15516  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2944  1 rtc_core
ext3                  124040  1 
jbd                    44052  1 ext3
mbcache                 7172  1 ext3
dm_crypt               12932  0 
dm_mod                 52840  1 dm_crypt
usb_storage            84800  0 
sd_mod                 23320  4 
ehci_hcd               33804  0 
sr_mod                 15300  0 
cdrom                  33952  1 sr_mod
ohci_hcd               21764  0 
usbcore               129776  4 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ahci                   25224  3 
ata_generic             5636  0 
pata_atiixp             5760  0 
pata_acpi               4992  0 
libata                142096  4 ahci,ata_generic,pata_atiixp,pata_acpi
scsi_mod               92204  5 sg,usb_storage,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
dock                    7952  1 libata

rc.conf :

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Canada/Pacific"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(r8169 !ath5k ath_hal ath_pci wlan snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss 
snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="w0nderland"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond)

/etc/conf.d/wireless

#
# Settings for wireless cards
#
# For each wireless interface declared in INTERFACES (in rc.conf), declare
# a wlan_${IF} variable that contains the arguments to be passed to
# iwconfig(8).  Then list the original interface name in the
# WLAN_INTERFACES array.
#

#wlan_eth0="eth0 mode managed essid default"
#WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth0)

P.S. Sorry for my bad English, I'm not native English speaker...

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#2 2008-12-11 18:33:14

odradek
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Registered: 2008-12-11
Posts: 7

Re: Common, but weird wireless problem

Just to mention, I tried almost everything I found online, so my system is probably screwed up a bit smile

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#3 2008-12-11 20:21:00

syntaxerrormmm
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Registered: 2008-10-22
Posts: 80
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Re: Common, but weird wireless problem

It seems you have to revert on ndiswrapper. Check the wiki for wireless connections, then mix it up with these ones. You should be able to install the drivers needed and connect via wifi.

HTH.


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#4 2008-12-11 22:49:08

odradek
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Registered: 2008-12-11
Posts: 7

Re: Common, but weird wireless problem

Thanks syntaxerrormmm smile !
It works with xp-6.0.3.85.zip drivers only

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#5 2008-12-14 09:45:21

odradek
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Registered: 2008-12-11
Posts: 7

Re: Common, but weird wireless problem

Damn, I have problems with wireless again sad
Something unusual is happening. When I boot my system, I get:
"err, wlan0: timed out", or something like that. BUT! sometimes, it connects and works beautiful. At first, I was always able to connect to my network, and now I can connect on every 10th or 15th boot and I haven't changed anything in my configuration files. Really weird... Then I was searching internet and figured out that I have problem with dhcpcd.
Any suggestions? I'll post my conf files if needed...

P.S. Sorry again for my bad English...

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#6 2008-12-14 11:09:27

xisal
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Registered: 2007-10-19
Posts: 24

Re: Common, but weird wireless problem

Take a look at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Profiles. You should change TIMEOUT to something higher (maybe 20).

If the network doesn't connect at init use netcfg2 <your network profile> to connect.

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#7 2008-12-14 13:13:30

xaiviax
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From: Michigan
Registered: 2008-11-04
Posts: 282

Re: Common, but weird wireless problem

This bug:  http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11770
may be affecting you.  Try to upgrade to the dhcpcd in testing, and see if that fixes it.

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#8 2008-12-14 14:22:02

odradek
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Registered: 2008-12-11
Posts: 7

Re: Common, but weird wireless problem

xaiviax wrote:

This bug:  http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11770
may be affecting you.  Try to upgrade to the dhcpcd in testing, and see if that fixes it.

Thanks a lot ! big_smile
I upgraded dhcpcd to 4.0.4 and now it works wink

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