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#1 2009-06-28 12:17:14

chris_debian
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[SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Hi, all.

I've just built a new box and am using wicd to manage my connections.

I have one wired connection which is working and one wireless, which isn't.

When I do lspci, my wireless card is seen:

00:0c.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

My /etc/rc.conf loks like this:

8<

#
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !usb0)

8<

#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal !network fam netfs crond wicd)

END

My lsmod looks like this, grepping for the name of my wireless card:

lsmod | grep -i rt
gameport               11280  1 snd_via82xx
rt61pci                20840  0 
crc_itu_t               1700  1 rt61pci
rt2x00pci               7332  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              30148  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
snd_mpu401_uart         7524  1 snd_via82xx
led_class               3976  1 rt2x00lib
input_polldev           3628  1 rt2x00lib
snd_rawmidi            21824  1 snd_mpu401_uart
mac80211              182880  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd                    58404  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
cfg80211               67300  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            1796  1 rt61pci
parport_pc             36868  1 
agpgart                32756  2 drm,via_agp
parport                34476  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
rtc_cmos               11244  0 
rtc_core               18048  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2500  1 rtc_core

dmesg | grep -i rt (my NIC)

rt61pci 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10

Anybody got any idea why my wireless NIC isn't playing?

Cheers,

Chris.

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#2 2009-06-28 15:23:05

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

iwconfig shows the wireless interface right?


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#3 2009-06-28 15:35:39

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Having completely overlooked this, I checked.  The output was:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Noticing the wlan0, I changed my /etc/rc.conf to read:

#
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

I restarted dbus and then wicd, but unfortunately, it still only sees my wired interface (eth0) :-(

Does this help at all?

Many thanks for this.

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#4 2009-06-28 15:49:29

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Did you set what devices were what in the config for wicd?


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#5 2009-06-28 16:12:54

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

lifeafter2am wrote:

Did you set what devices were what in the config for wicd?

In the graphical frontend, I set the wireless device to wlan0.

That seemed like the right thing to do.

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#6 2009-06-28 16:26:53

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

And after doing so, in the graphical frontend, when you click refresh it shows no access points?


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#7 2009-06-28 17:00:30

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Nope, just my eth0. Most confusing.


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#8 2009-06-28 17:22:24

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

The only other thing I can think of is that your device has to be up to scan for AP's and that option isn't set in the frontend.  Besides that I am stumped as well.


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#9 2009-06-28 17:28:23

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

The annoying thing is last time I installed Arch on the same box, it just worked. Either something stupid I've missed, or wicd config has changed.


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#10 2009-06-28 19:07:26

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

I got this from iwlist scan:

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

This would suggest that I need to bring the interface up, but if this were the case, I would have thought it would have been visible in wicd.

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#11 2009-06-28 19:15:25

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

You wouldn't happen to be using the broadcom-sta drivers would you?


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#12 2009-06-28 20:25:14

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

lsmod says:

rt61pci                20840  0

So I don't think I am.  I didn't install any separate drivers, as the card just worked on the last install.

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#13 2009-06-28 20:28:51

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

No your not then.  Just seems like some of the same problems that those drivers exhibit.  With the sta drivers you have to do everything as root, don't know if that applies here.


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#14 2009-06-29 00:21:00

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Maybe I'm just a n00b still, but shouldn't the interfaces entry read:

INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)

vs

INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

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#15 2009-06-29 02:35:00

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

To tell you the truth I have that entire section commented out of my config file.


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#16 2009-06-29 07:08:36

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

bearcat wrote:

Maybe I'm just a n00b still, but shouldn't the interfaces entry read:

INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)

vs

INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

The wiki says:

Disable (!) any devices in the INTERFACES array that you wish to manage with Wicd. For example: 

INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

This is what my config now says and the problem continues.

I wonder whether commenting out the whole lot could work...hmmmm!

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#17 2009-06-29 07:59:48

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Might as well try it at this point.  Like I said, I have mine all commented out.


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#18 2009-06-29 08:12:14

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

I am running wicd and through luck rather than skill it works fine - but my /etc/rc.conf reads like this (wireless on the Eee is ra0) :

INTERFACES=(eth0)
eth0="dhcp"

--

DAEMONS=(... netfs fam wicd alsa ...)

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#19 2009-06-29 13:43:43

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

chris_debian wrote:

The wiki says:

Disable (!) any devices in the INTERFACES array that you wish to manage with Wicd. For example: 

INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

This is what my config now says and the problem continues.

I wonder whether commenting out the whole lot could work...hmmmm!

Chris.

Interesting. I didn't read the wiki article on wicd, but my rc.conf has those without the !s, and it works perfectly fine w/ wicd.
hmm

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#20 2009-06-29 16:39:43

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

bearcat wrote:
chris_debian wrote:

The wiki says:

Disable (!) any devices in the INTERFACES array that you wish to manage with Wicd. For example: 

INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

This is what my config now says and the problem continues.

I wonder whether commenting out the whole lot could work...hmmmm!

Chris.

Interesting. I didn't read the wiki article on wicd, but my rc.conf has those without the !s, and it works perfectly fine w/ wicd.
hmm

Well I hashed out the network bits and that didn't work.  I'm going to un'hash them and take the exclamation marks (!) out, as per your config.

Will keep you posted.

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#21 2009-06-29 16:45:20

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Still no success.  I'm going to remove wicd and start  from scratch.

:-(

Thanks for your help.

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#22 2009-06-29 17:35:16

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Maybe that's a stupid suggestion .
Did you make sure you installed the needed firmware ?

core/rt2x00-rt61-fw 1.2-3 [0.01 MB]
    Firmware for the rt2x00 wireless drivers
core/rt2x00-rt71w-fw 1.8-3 [0.00 MB]
    Firmware for the rt2x00 wireless drivers

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#23 2009-06-29 17:40:37

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

I'm sure I didn't install those on a previous attempt, but it looks like a sensible thing to do. I'll try it shortly.

Thank you.


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#24 2009-06-29 18:02:01

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Installed

rt2x00-rt61-fw 1.2-3

Success!!!

Many, many thanks.

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#25 2009-06-29 18:28:17

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Re: [SOLVED] wicd has me stumped!

Glad you finally got it working chris!


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