[SOLVED] Wicd : "interface doesn't support scanning" since update

nyddogghr · 2014-03-22 10:09:55

Hi everyone,

Since an update a few weeks ago, wicd doesn't work well. It says at the boot that "interface doesn't support scanning" and so it can't find any wireless network. I have to manually disable and reenable my wifi card to make it able to scan again so I can connect to my network.
Here's the journalctl output about this :
http://pastebin.com/QPqrr3AR
It is first what wicd says, and then when I press twice my key to disable and enable the wifi (Fn+F2, a shortcut printed on the key).
And here's the update I've maid since which it doesn't work :
http://pastebin.com/c6sfGY2Y

So since, when I boot up, I have to manually disable the wifi, reenable, then scan wifi networks and then connect. Wicd only tells "no network found" until I do this.

Anyone has an idea for solving it ?

Thank you

Last edited by nyddogghr (2014-03-23 11:19:21)

ewaller · 2014-03-22 15:56:10

You did not state what chip set you are using for your wan.
Is there any chance you are dealing with traditional versus predictable network name schemes?

What are the output of lspci -nn and of ip link ?

nyddogghr · 2014-03-22 16:01:28

Hi,

It's strange but I don't have ip installed... oO
So here's the output of ifconfig and lspci -nn :
http://pastebin.com/TUffmv7s

Tell me if you also need the output just after a boot, when wifi is not available.

ewaller · 2014-03-22 16:18:32

I am a bit surprised that it is not installed. It is a requirement for netctl.
Regardless, It does not seem to be a name problem. Aside from that, I have no experience with the Artheros chip set. Sorry.

Can you use iw to scan? I ask, because I think that wicd depends on the increasingly deprecated iwconfig tool.

Last edited by ewaller (2014-03-23 14:46:55)

nyddogghr · 2014-03-23 10:41:25

To answer your question, no, I can't scan with iw either. It gives me "command failed: Operation not supported (-95)"

So I will try to change wicd for network manager, and see if there is a improvement. I will give more informations about my results when I'll have some

nyddogghr · 2014-03-23 11:19:11

So, after having replaced wicd by network manager, it now works correctly, and I have the ip command

Thanks for your help. It has not reaaly has been solved, but it is the same for me ^^

ewaller · 2014-03-23 14:50:08

nyddogghr wrote:

To answer your question, no, I can't scan with iw either. It gives me "command failed: Operation not supported (-95)"

Oh, I forgot to mention that requires root privileges

nyddogghr · 2014-03-23 15:09:29

Oh, but I did it as root with sudo

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[SOLVED] Wicd : "interface doesn't support scanning" since update

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