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Hi archers, I have a MBP and I'm dual booting OS X and Arch Linux. I'm completely new to arch and can't get wireless working. I've tried reinstalling b43 driver with
yaourt -S b43-firmware
and also tried broadcom-wl driver, according to the wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless) both drivers should work with my network card
lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)
When I tried broadcom-wl driver the wired network worked for a while but then it din't work, so I switched to b43 again. I edited /etc/rc.conf and blacklisted wl as mentioned in the wiki.
MODULES: ( !lib80211 !wl )
In /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf
#blacklist b43
blacklist bcma
blacklist ssb
blacklist wl
Now I'm using b43-firmware but I can only use wired network.
Some -maybe- useful code:
ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 metric 1
inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::225:4bff:fed6:9202 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 00:25:4b:d6:92:02 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 2830 bytes 2528170 (2.4 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2574 bytes 312889 (305.5 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 44 base 0x4000
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436 metric 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 4 bytes 292 (292.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 4 bytes 292 (292.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
Last edited by kirafreaky (2012-07-24 18:25:33)
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`ifconfig -a` would be more useful.
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`ifconfig -a` would be more useful.
ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 metric 1
inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::225:4bff:fed6:9202 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 00:25:4b:d6:92:02 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3333 bytes 2802151 (2.6 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 3113 bytes 414931 (405.2 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 44 base 0x4000
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436 metric 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 4 bytes 292 (292.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 4 bytes 292 (292.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
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Thanks, the difference is that ifconfig shouldn't be expected to show the wireless device yet, even it all the drivers are set. Ifconfig -a would. Since the latter also doesn't show it, then you don't have the right drivers running yet.
Does `lsmod | grep b43` show that b43 is loaded? If not try `modprobe b43` then rerun the ifconfig -a.
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You're blacklisting modules that you need. I think it's bcma, but in any case, if you want to use b43, you should not be blacklisting bcma and ssb.
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Trillby, yes it is loaded
lsmod | grep b43
b43 353538 0
bcma 22757 1 b43
mac80211 395712 1 b43
cfg80211 170074 2 b43,mac80211
ssb 48803 1 b43
pcmcia 35785 2 b43,ssb
mmc_core 82070 2 b43,ssb
Gusar, you're right, I unblacklisted them and I get the wireless device:
iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 metric 1
inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::225:4bff:fed6:9202 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 00:25:4b:d6:92:02 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 1049 bytes 802975 (784.1 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 1058 bytes 134489 (131.3 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 44 base 0xc000
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436 metric 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 4 bytes 292 (292.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 4 bytes 292 (292.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 metric 1
ether 00:25:00:4e:49:e8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
But I'm using Wicd and i don't see any wireless network available
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Wicd is great, once things are up and running, but it hides too much to be useful here.
Try the manual methods, start with
# ip link set wlan0 up
# iwlist wlan0 scan
There's a good chance the first one of those will give an error message that may be useful in further troubleshooting.
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Wicd is great, once things are up and running, but it hides too much to be useful here.
Try the manual methods, start with
# ip link set wlan0 up # iwlist wlan0 scan
There's a good chance the first one of those will give an error message that may be useful in further troubleshooting.
Well, none of above give me an error output:
[kirafreaky@Arch_LinuxMBP ~]$ sudo ip link set wlan0 up
[kirafreaky@Arch_LinuxMBP ~]$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: B4:74:9F:88:D1:DC
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Kirafreaky"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000146e2218ae3
Extra: Last beacon: 43ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A4B697261667265616B79
IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
IE: Unknown: 2D1A0E1117FF000000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1601050400000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3E0100
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 0B050000177A12
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD07000C4304000000
IE: Unknown: 0706434F20010B10
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C330E1117FF000000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3401050400000000000000000000000000000000000000
Cell 02 - Address: 70:71:BC:F4:98:81
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"5199344"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000011ae8a3d18a
Extra: Last beacon: 1446ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000735313939333434
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
IE: Unknown: DD090010180203F0040000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
Cell 03 - Address: 70:71:BC:DA:54:26
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=44/70 Signal level=-66 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"5467188"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000011adcd2d38f
Extra: Last beacon: 1420ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000735343637313838
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F0040000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
Cell 04 - Address: 88:9F:FA:08:08:39
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=20/70 Signal level=-90 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"51927804"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000011bb579c77a
Extra: Last beacon: 43ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00083531393237383034
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1A7C181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1601001300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD050050F20500
IE: Unknown: DD680050F204104A0001101044000102103B000103104700104D73C5C27E6B5243D6440AAB1719670B102100045562656510230004556265651024000631323334353610420007303030303030311054000800060050F204000110110006556265654150100800020088
IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F0050000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C337C181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3401001300000000000000000000000000000000000000
Cell 05 - Address: C8:64:C7:38:19:D8
Channel:5
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"JulianyJhon"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000006b70b0164
Extra: Last beacon: 1050ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000B4A756C69616E794A686F6E
IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
IE: Unknown: 030105
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 0B050000917A12
IE: Unknown: DD07000C4304000000
IE: Unknown: 0706545720010B10
Cell 06 - Address: 00:1B:11:FB:FB:94
Channel:5
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"VIRUS FULL"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000017d0aba8183
Extra: Last beacon: 1056ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A56495255532046554C4C
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030105
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 050401030018
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
Cell 07 - Address: 00:22:B0:41:31:EB
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=28/70 Signal level=-82 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"QUINTERO"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000014926e4181
Extra: Last beacon: 1016ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00085155494E5445524F
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 050400010020
IE: Unknown: 2A0102
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010020FF7F
Cell 08 - Address: E0:69:95:EC:99:A6
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-38 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"47e6e0"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000011adcec0089
Extra: Last beacon: 986ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0006343765366530
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
IE: Unknown: DD090010180203F0040000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
Cell 09 - Address: 00:1B:9E:DA:F4:A5
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Listarca"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000008154c99c
Extra: Last beacon: 576ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00084C69737461726361
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
Cell 10 - Address: 18:F4:6A:02:95:B7
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"T57598500"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000011bad95774d
Extra: Last beacon: 536ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0009543537353938353030
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1A7C181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B001B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0050000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C337C181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340B001B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
Cell 11 - Address: B0:75:D5:28:C8:AA
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=26/70 Signal level=-84 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Movistar_15262627"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000000643bf626d
Extra: Last beacon: 540ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00114D6F7669737461725F3135323632363237
IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
IE: Unknown: 0706435920010D14
IE: Unknown: 33082001020304050607
IE: Unknown: 33082105060708090A0B
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2D1A6E1117FF000000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B070300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 0B0500012D7A12
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C336E1117FF000000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340B070300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD07000C4304000000
Cell 12 - Address: 80:C6:AB:ED:62:69
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=26/70 Signal level=-84 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"M62318712"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000270cc3e1aa
Extra: Last beacon: 533ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00094D3632333138373132
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0000000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
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well thats even better. Everything is working ... except for wicd.
Assuming one of those entries is your network of choice you can continue with the connection methods on the wireless wiki page. Either
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid YOUR_ESSID
for open (unsecured) networks or a call to wpa_supplicant for WPA(2).
Then, if you want to get wicd working, first go through the wicd wiki page. Make sure that you have dbus running, and wicd running as a daemon, then launch wicd-curses or wicd-gtk.
edit: If wicd was already running how it should before you got the wireless up and running, a call to `sudo rc.d restart wicd` would be needed for it to "catch up" to the changes.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-07-23 22:57:29)
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Thank you so much Trilby and Gusar, I tried 'rc.d restart wicd' but didn't work. I think there is any problem with dbus, when i use
#rc.d start dbus
:: Starting D-BUS system messagebus [BUSY]
Failed to start message bus: The pid file "/run/dbus/pid" exists, if the message bus is not running, remove this file
[FAIL]
so i remove it "rm /run.dbus/pid/" and then dbus start but everytime I try to start dbus i get that error. My Daemons:
DAEMONS=(dbus syslog-ng !network wicd crond alsa)
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dbus is in your daemons array, so you should not need to start it manually. If for some reason you think you should, then use `rc.d restart dbus`. If a service is not running the restart command will simply start it, but if it is already running, restart will stop it, then start it again.
You will, however, need a dbus-session (different from the dbus daemon). If you get dbus errors when trying to start wicd, it is likely from not having a dbus-session, not from not having the dbus daemon running.
In order to run many apps - like wicd - you need the dbus daemon which is usually started at boot from rc.conf, and you will also need two other processes started by dbus-launch. Dbus-launch is generally started when your wm/de starts up. Several login managers (eg slim) take care of this for you, in other cases you need to have it explicitly in your xinitrc.
What WM/DE do you use, and how do you start the wm and/or X?
Last edited by Trilby (2012-07-23 23:16:05)
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I'm using Awesome Wm and I login from the console.
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What's the WM line in your xinitrc? If you have some variation of "exec awesomewm" that can be changed to "exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session awesomewm"
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I got this lines:
DEFAULT_SESSION=awesome
case $1 in
awesome) exec awesome ;;
*) exec $DEFAULT_SESSION ;;
esac
Should I change my xinitr?
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Yes, you should use dbus-launch.
I was about to add it without making other changes, but it would become clunky for no reason. You have a case statement there that does absolutely nothing. Your current xinitrc is entirely equivalent to a single line "exec awesome", so I'd recommend changing it to this single line:
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session awesome
.
This will launch awesome in the same way, but it will start a dbus session with it, so wicd (and many other apps, particularly web browsers) will work properly.
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I changed my xinitrc but wicd desn't work, it just shows me my wired network. By the way, I edited /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf adding this lines:
network={
ssid="myssidname"
psk="******"
priority=1
and then typed:
# wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
and this is the output:
sudo wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplucant.conf
Password:
Failed to read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplucant.conf'.
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That failed for two reasons.
First, if there wasn't a typo on the forums, there is no closing bracket. But also, second, you shouldn't just edit the file. Use wpa_passphrase.
To review, your wireless is working fine: you can scan and find networks. The next step is to figure out how you want to manage your wireless connection. You can either choose to get wicd working, try one of the other tools, or pursue the manual methods, but trying to do several at the same time will just get confusing for everyone involved.
You could also try the wifi connector tool linked in my signature. If that works, we can verify that every step of the connection process does in fact work on your system. Then you can decide which set of tools you want to use after that.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-07-24 02:32:40)
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Im trying your wifi script but anyway I'm getting this output:
############# SCANNING NETWORKS... #############
* # BSSID % ESSID
1 E0:69:95:EC:99:8A 31% 68443506
2 70:71:BC:DA:54:26 55% 5467188
3 72:1D:67:25:60:A8 38% une-serrano
4 B4:74:9F:88:D1:DC 100% Kirafreaky
5 80:C6:AB:ED:62:69 41% M62318712
6 00:26:44:79:F8:2A 30% FAMILIAHERNANDEZ
7 80:C6:AB:8B:BF:C5 32% 56466063
8 00:26:B6:38:19:D4 30% IVAN VARGAS
9 C4:17:FE:68:25:A3 30% 63781843
10 20:4E:7F:84:06:40 31% SANABRIA
11 00:1B:11:FB:FB:94 37% VIRUS FULL
12 00:1B:9E:DA:F4:A5 32% Listarca
13 E0:69:95:98:3A:2C 30% 68994961
14 80:C6:AB:5D:AA:1C 34% 10099794
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» 4
Line 729: unknown EAP method 'SIM'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 729: failed to parse eap 'SIM'.
Line 732: failed to parse network block.
Line 739: unknown EAP method 'PSK'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 739: failed to parse eap 'PSK'.
Line 743: failed to parse network block.
Line 775: unknown EAP method 'IKEV2'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 775: failed to parse eap 'IKEV2'.
Line 778: failed to parse network block.
Line 784: unknown EAP method 'FAST'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 784: failed to parse eap 'FAST'.
Line 790: failed to parse network block.
Line 795: unknown EAP method 'FAST'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 795: failed to parse eap 'FAST'.
Line 801: failed to parse network block.
Failed to read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'.
############## CALLING DHCPCD... ###############
» version 5.5.6 starting
» waiting for carrier
» timed out
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I set my wifi password using #wpa_passphrase Kirafreaky "mypassword" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Last edited by kirafreaky (2012-07-24 04:08:10)
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Yup, my script is very simple, it automates some steps, but does not do much to set up for secure networks as I can do that manually though.
It does say quite clearly what the problem is though, your network uses EAP, and that has not been added to your wpa_supplicant.conf.
Kirafreaky, I'm do like being able to help out, but you need put forth some effort in solving your own problems. Everything in this thread since Post 8 is clearly covered in the wireless wiki, or the pages linked by it (eg the wpa_supplicant wiki). Be sure to read AND FOLLOW those pages, and check out man pages as well.
These forums are so community members can help each other after we've made our best attempt, but remain stumped. The forums are not for walking people through step by step instructions that already exist.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-07-24 12:51:47)
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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You're right Trilby, I really have to read more about wireless tools and wpa_supplicant.
Again, thanks for helping me.
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