Problems with wifi after updating; some other problems too [SOLVED]

pritchard92 · 2009-06-19 16:52:02

Im new to Arch linux, but so far, I'm amazed .
I've been jumping between distros for a while, but I'm pretty sure I'll stick with Arch.

So after install, and a long struggle to get my laptop's wifi working with Arch (BCM4318 for the record), I stupidly did;

pacman -Syu

without thinking of the possible consequences wifi-wise. Now, I cant connect.
I "up" my interface (wlan0), and associate it with my AP, then use wpa_supplicant to connect.

However, I'm getting a different output when i use

dhcpcd wlan0

compared to what I was seeing before. I get leased the IP address, but theres a new line after that, describing that it's being forked to the background. This could be totally innocent, and unrelated, but it's one of the few differences I've noticed.

Also, every 5 minutes or so, I'm receiving errors. It appears that Arch is trying to issue a command that doesn't exist:

INIT: cannot execute "/usr/bin/xdm"

. Then it complains about X refreshing too frequently..? However, issuing "ls -a /usr/bin/", xdm is definately there..

Can anyone shed any light on these?
You can probably tell, I'm a bit of a Linux newb - but we all have to start somewhere. I decided on Arch, because it's so stripped back, and i like the challenge, the struggle and the satisfaction one everything works. Probably not the best distro for a beginner, but I couldn't help myself .

Thanks.

Last edited by pritchard92 (2009-06-19 22:31:28)

ralvez · 2009-06-19 17:49:51

The "Forked to the backgrund" line is normal. I've always seen it. Not to worry.
What log in manager do you use? XDM is a log in manager, and may be the "talk back" is related to your current setup?

R.

darknebula · 2009-06-19 17:50:59

If you are getting dhcpcd getting IPs and even being forked to the background I would say that your wireless is probably working! dhcpcd is a daemon so the message about it being forked to the background is normal.

pritchard92 · 2009-06-19 18:24:08

Wow, thanks for the fast replies .

@ralvez - Well, I havent really changed from whatever the default login manager is. Was thinking about getting SLiM, but didnt see that as totally necessary. Is it? Just now, Im logging in as root, and leaving it as that.

@darknebula - Ah, I thought that may be normal. I suspected it meant something like that, those was worried incase "forked to the background" was about the process of retrieving an IP, like it was being put on the backburner for some reason, instead of just meaning the Daemon.

pritchard92 · 2009-06-19 22:04:58

Oooh update:

The internet actually works. It appears that pacman doesn't work anymore..

ideas?

darknebula · 2009-06-19 22:19:38

Can you give us any error output? Run pacman -Syu and give us the program output, and any other weird things that might happen during the command, such as a delay between certain outputs.

pritchard92 · 2009-06-19 22:30:17

Solved guys. After upgrade, all the mirrors in the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file were commented.
Thanks for all the help. Not only is Archlinux a great distro, but it has a great community too

Last edited by pritchard92 (2009-06-20 16:50:58)

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Problems with wifi after updating; some other problems too [SOLVED]

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Re: Problems with wifi after updating; some other problems too [SOLVED]

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Re: Problems with wifi after updating; some other problems too [SOLVED]

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