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Anamn3sis

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Registered: 2008-12-30

Posts: 12

Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

I'm trying to get my wireless working on my Acer Aspire One but so far I've had no luck. I have two wireless cards, one is the built in (Atheros AR242x) I am using ath5k for this one. The other card is an ALFA AWUS036H (Realtek 8187 chipset), I am using rtl8187 with it. Both cards seem to be working since I can do

iwlist wlanx scan

and both report networks. I've been trying get Network Manager working but I've had no success. When I try to start the daemon it always fails, and uses 100% CPU. When I invoke "nm" as root from the terminal I get

'a.out': No such file

I went and got NM 7.0 RC2 and built it from source, but I still get this error. Google provided some info but no solution, is there a way to fix this? If not what is the easiest way to get my wireless up and running?

Last edited by Anamn3sis (2009-01-11 07:12:27)

josomebody

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Registered: 2008-06-20

Posts: 190

Re: Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

Try using wifi-radar if you need a graphical client. I'd suggest learning netcfg for the long run.

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Anamn3sis

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Registered: 2008-12-30

Posts: 12

Re: Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

Ok I removed NM from rc.conf ect, and installed wifi-rader. It joins my network fine on either card (unencrypted for now) but I still have no connection. Pings to local machines come back as "Destination Host Unreachable".

polarbear

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Registered: 2009-01-06

Posts: 8

Re: Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

"nm" is the name of a program which is not Network Manager. See: man 1 nm ( "nm - list symbols from object files" )

Anamn3sis

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Registered: 2008-12-30

Posts: 12

Re: Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

"nm" is the name of a program which is not Network Manager. See: man 1 nm ( "nm - list symbols from object files" )

ah, good to know.

ichbinesderelch

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 203

Re: Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

which kernel are you using on your aa1? you  need at least 2.6.27 for the atheros card to work, did you read the small wiki section for wlan of aa1?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ace … ne#Network
the atheros card should work just fine(using it actually at the moment with ath5k and kernel 2.6.28),
there is also a kernel package of the aa1 in the aur called kernel26-one

Anamn3sis

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Registered: 2008-12-30

Posts: 12

Re: Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

I'm running 2.6.27-ARCH, I've read the wiki pages, though I haven't tried building ath5k myself yet. I've now gotten my ALFA card to work though it is slow, I think I'll patch the module with the mac80211 patch from the aircrack-ng site.

ichbinesderelch

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 203

Re: Can't get NetworkManager working, 'a.out': No such file

just for curiosity, why do you have a second wlan card in your aa1? with the kernel from aur wlan should work out of the box btw, maybe wanna try that one!