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This is my xth installation of Arch Linux and I'm having some issues connecting to wireless as I usually do. Normally I am able to resolve this.
Currently, when trying to connect with netcfg it is giving me the error "WPA Authentication / Association Failed". My network does not use any authentication.
I am using netcfg version 2.6.8-1. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1545.
I fixed the switched module names that comes along with broadcom-wl. I have blacklisted the b43, ssb and brcm80211 modules.
Here is the output of netcfg:
DEBUG: Loading profile home
DEBUG: Configuring interface wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up stop_wpa wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up start_wpa wlan0 /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf wext
DEBUG: wireless_up stop_wpa wlan0
DEBUG: wireless_up Configuration generated at /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf
DEBUG: wireless_up ifup
DEBUG: wireless_up start_wpa wlan0 /run/network//wpa.wlan0/wpa.conf wext
DEBUG: wireless_up wpa_check
DEBUG: wpa_cli -p /run/wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 status
> WPA Authentication / Association Failed
DEBUG: profile_up connect failed
The contents of that specified file are:
ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="olivegarden"
key_mgmt=NONE
}
I have never touched that particular file.
Here is my profile, located in /etc/network.d/home:
CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple opened wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='none'
ESSID='olivegarden'
IP='dhcp'
# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
#HIDDEN=yes
WPA_DRIVER='wext'
The results of lsmod are:
Module Size Used by
appletalk 26298 0
ipx 20395 0
p8022 1171 1 ipx
psnap 1973 2 appletalk,ipx
llc 3761 2 p8022,psnap
p8023 1068 1 ipx
ipv6 290855 10
fuse 67290 3
ext2 64314 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 55207 1
sg 25557 0
dell_laptop 7947 0
joydev 9895 0
snd_hda_intel 22122 2
lib80211_crypt_tkip 8538 0
snd_hda_codec 77927 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
rfkill 15402 2 dell_laptop
wl 2527176 0
i915 707339 3
uvcvideo 64963 0
drm_kms_helper 25409 1 i915
drm 183380 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
videodev 78006 1 uvcvideo
snd_hwdep 6325 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 73952 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
uas 8088 0
media 10437 2 uvcvideo,videodev
evdev 9530 9
ums_realtek 4458 0
usb_storage 44263 1 ums_realtek
dell_wmi 1517 0
sparse_keymap 3088 1 dell_wmi
sky2 46875 0
iTCO_wdt 12717 0
lib80211 4158 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
dcdbas 5488 1 dell_laptop
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 8292 1 videodev
snd_timer 19416 1 snd_pcm
snd 57818 10 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
intel_agp 10904 1 i915
pcspkr 1819 0
serio_raw 4294 0
i2c_i801 8187 0
i2c_algo_bit 5199 1 i915
wmi 8347 1 dell_wmi
intel_gtt 14423 3 i915,intel_agp
psmouse 55192 0
thermal 7863 0
soundcore 6146 1 snd
button 4470 1 i915
battery 6317 0
snd_page_alloc 7121 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core 20133 6 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,videodev,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit
processor 24256 2
ac 2376 0
video 11228 1 i915
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
ext3 128661 2
jbd 48592 1 ext3
mbcache 5817 2 ext2,ext3
sr_mod 14951 0
cdrom 36329 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 28307 5
uhci_hcd 23084 0
ahci 20897 4
libahci 18885 1 ahci
ehci_hcd 39543 0
libata 173297 2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod 131546 6 sg,uas,usb_storage,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
usbcore 142576 7 uvcvideo,uas,ums_realtek,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
And the results of an iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:off
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
On a side note, I am not able to dhcpcd. It broadcasts for a lease and then times out.
An iwlist scan gives me the message "Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument." I am unsure if these are related.
I have been doing this for several hours now and am not quite sure what the issue is. Googling has not provided much assistance either. Any help is appreciated.
Last edited by Jiri (2011-10-08 23:47:49)
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Try the b43 driver instead of wl.
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That's giving me even more issues. It's telling me "Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Failed to initialize driver interface
> wpa_supplicant did not start, possible configuration error"
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Ok, check with "rfkill list" how the radio is killed. If it's a soft block, "rfkill unblock [device]" should do it. If it's a hard block, your laptop must have a hardware switch that needs to be, well, switched.
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Well...I feel pretty stupid now. That'll do it...
Thanks. I wish this had an indicator light or something.
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