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Hi, all.
I've just built a new box and am using wicd to manage my connections.
I have one wired connection which is working and one wireless, which isn't.
When I do lspci, my wireless card is seen:
00:0c.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
My /etc/rc.conf loks like this:
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#
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !usb0)
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#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal !network fam netfs crond wicd)
END
My lsmod looks like this, grepping for the name of my wireless card:
lsmod | grep -i rt
gameport 11280 1 snd_via82xx
rt61pci 20840 0
crc_itu_t 1700 1 rt61pci
rt2x00pci 7332 1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib 30148 2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
snd_mpu401_uart 7524 1 snd_via82xx
led_class 3976 1 rt2x00lib
input_polldev 3628 1 rt2x00lib
snd_rawmidi 21824 1 snd_mpu401_uart
mac80211 182880 2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd 58404 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 67300 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6 1796 1 rt61pci
parport_pc 36868 1
agpgart 32756 2 drm,via_agp
parport 34476 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
rtc_cmos 11244 0
rtc_core 18048 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 2500 1 rtc_core
dmesg | grep -i rt (my NIC)
rt61pci 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
Anybody got any idea why my wireless NIC isn't playing?
Cheers,
Chris.
Last edited by chris_debian (2009-06-29 18:03:01)
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iwconfig shows the wireless interface right?
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Having completely overlooked this, I checked. The output was:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Noticing the wlan0, I changed my /etc/rc.conf to read:
#
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
I restarted dbus and then wicd, but unfortunately, it still only sees my wired interface (eth0) :-(
Does this help at all?
Many thanks for this.
Chris.
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Did you set what devices were what in the config for wicd?
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Did you set what devices were what in the config for wicd?
In the graphical frontend, I set the wireless device to wlan0.
That seemed like the right thing to do.
Chris.
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And after doing so, in the graphical frontend, when you click refresh it shows no access points?
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Nope, just my eth0. Most confusing.
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The only other thing I can think of is that your device has to be up to scan for AP's and that option isn't set in the frontend. Besides that I am stumped as well.
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The annoying thing is last time I installed Arch on the same box, it just worked. Either something stupid I've missed, or wicd config has changed.
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I got this from iwlist scan:
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
This would suggest that I need to bring the interface up, but if this were the case, I would have thought it would have been visible in wicd.
Chris.
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You wouldn't happen to be using the broadcom-sta drivers would you?
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lsmod says:
rt61pci 20840 0
So I don't think I am. I didn't install any separate drivers, as the card just worked on the last install.
Chris.
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No your not then. Just seems like some of the same problems that those drivers exhibit. With the sta drivers you have to do everything as root, don't know if that applies here.
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Maybe I'm just a n00b still, but shouldn't the interfaces entry read:
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
vs
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
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To tell you the truth I have that entire section commented out of my config file.
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Maybe I'm just a n00b still, but shouldn't the interfaces entry read:
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
vs
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
The wiki says:
Disable (!) any devices in the INTERFACES array that you wish to manage with Wicd. For example:
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
This is what my config now says and the problem continues.
I wonder whether commenting out the whole lot could work...hmmmm!
Chris.
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Might as well try it at this point. Like I said, I have mine all commented out.
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I am running wicd and through luck rather than skill it works fine - but my /etc/rc.conf reads like this (wireless on the Eee is ra0) :
INTERFACES=(eth0)
eth0="dhcp"
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DAEMONS=(... netfs fam wicd alsa ...)
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The wiki says:
Disable (!) any devices in the INTERFACES array that you wish to manage with Wicd. For example: INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
This is what my config now says and the problem continues.
I wonder whether commenting out the whole lot could work...hmmmm!
Chris.
Interesting. I didn't read the wiki article on wicd, but my rc.conf has those without the !s, and it works perfectly fine w/ wicd.
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chris_debian wrote:The wiki says:
Disable (!) any devices in the INTERFACES array that you wish to manage with Wicd. For example: INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
This is what my config now says and the problem continues.
I wonder whether commenting out the whole lot could work...hmmmm!
Chris.
Interesting. I didn't read the wiki article on wicd, but my rc.conf has those without the !s, and it works perfectly fine w/ wicd.
Well I hashed out the network bits and that didn't work. I'm going to un'hash them and take the exclamation marks (!) out, as per your config.
Will keep you posted.
Chris.
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Still no success. I'm going to remove wicd and start from scratch.
:-(
Thanks for your help.
Chris.
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Maybe that's a stupid suggestion .
Did you make sure you installed the needed firmware ?
core/rt2x00-rt61-fw 1.2-3 [0.01 MB]
Firmware for the rt2x00 wireless drivers
core/rt2x00-rt71w-fw 1.8-3 [0.00 MB]
Firmware for the rt2x00 wireless drivers
English is not my native language .
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I'm sure I didn't install those on a previous attempt, but it looks like a sensible thing to do. I'll try it shortly.
Thank you.
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Installed
rt2x00-rt61-fw 1.2-3
Success!!!
Many, many thanks.
Chris.
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Glad you finally got it working chris!
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