Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

killsto · 2008-12-09 03:43:23

Hello. I've had Arch installed (including wireless) on my laptop for about a month, no problem. i just followed the guide and it worked. When I tried to do the same on my desktop, wlan0 don 't show up. That's it, it's not there according to arch. The loopback interface and my build in ethernet (eth1 I think) shows up, but nothing else. I have a belkin FSD7050. Any ideas?

Oh, it works perfectly in Ubuntu no questions asked. In fact, I'm typing this on a live cd of gOS, which isn't nearly as customizable as Arch .

ogronom · 2008-12-09 04:16:19

If something works in Ubuntu, but not in Arch means wrong configurations.
wiki wireless

What do you expect to hear?

killsto · 2008-12-09 04:37:34

ogronom wrote:

If something works in Ubuntu, but not in Arch means wrong configurations.
wiki wireless
What do you expect to hear?

That's where I was. It doesn't say what to do if the interface doesn't show up in an ifconfig -a or iwconfig. That's the problem. I understand it is the wrong configuration, my question is where do I find the right one?

Last edited by killsto (2008-12-09 04:38:35)

bangkok_manouel · 2008-12-09 04:40:40

is the module loaded?

killsto · 2008-12-09 20:16:46

bangkok_manouel wrote:

is the module loaded?

If I remember correctly (away from home), yes.

otacon · 2008-12-09 21:00:58

you sure you got

pacman -S wireless_tools

then

pacman -S madwifi

then you restarted
and checked to see if you got a wlan?

dhcpcd wlan

ding -c 3 www.google.com

Last edited by otacon (2008-12-09 21:18:24)

killsto · 2008-12-09 21:37:46

otacon wrote:

you sure you got
pacman -S wireless_tools
then
pacman -S madwifi
then you restarted
and checked to see if you got a wlan?
dhcpcd wlan
ding -c 3 www.google.com

Yes. Just did both. Only eth0 and lo show up. No wireless interface is ever listed.

Edit: If I do a 'lspci | grep -i net', only my ethernet controller shows up. So my belkin adapter is not being detected?

Last edited by killsto (2008-12-09 21:55:12)

killsto · 2008-12-09 22:15:48

Got it to work! I don't know what the deal was. It only works when I unplug it and plug it into a different usb port after I boot up. Then it will show up as an interface. Every time!

It isn't an arch problem because something similar happened when I used windows. Thanks for all the suggestions!

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#1 2008-12-09 03:43:23

Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

#2 2008-12-09 04:16:19

Re: Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

#3 2008-12-09 04:37:34

Re: Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

#4 2008-12-09 04:40:40

Re: Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

#5 2008-12-09 20:16:46

Re: Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

#6 2008-12-09 21:00:58

Re: Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

#7 2008-12-09 21:37:46

Re: Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

#8 2008-12-09 22:15:48

Re: Wireless USB doesn't work in Arch, but works in Ubuntu.

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