[Solved] Netcfg says "Profile does not exist"

kelnoky · 2009-10-20 11:19:12

Ok, weird. The error message netcfg (2.2.1) gives me:

[shao@tuskalap ~]$ netcfg /etc/network.d/wireless-wpa 
 > Profile "/etc/network.d/wireless-wpa" does not exist

(sudo doesn't make a difference)

Now I suppose this means the profile isn't there. But it is! Happens with every other profile I have as well.

[shao@tuskalap network.d]$ ls
examples  rose  rosed  wireless-wpa

I can edit it, etc. It also worked a while ago with an identical wireless card. Here is that profile:

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection"
INTERFACE="wlan0"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="lpk_warton"
KEY=":p"
IP="dhcp"

In case it's needed, lsmod and iwconfig:

[shao@tuskalap network.d]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
arc4                    1756  2 
ecb                     2812  2 
rt61pci                20896  0 
crc_itu_t               1724  1 rt61pci
rt2x00pci               7452  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              30748  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
input_polldev           3652  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              155532  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               90428  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            1820  1 rt61pci
nls_cp437               5468  0 
vfat                   11132  0 
fat                    53052  1 vfat
isofs                  33764  5 
savage                 30876  2 
drm                   156160  3 savage
loop                   15336  10 
ipv6                  279764  12 
ndiswrapper           211612  0 
usb_storage            51904  0 
ext2                   68964  1 
pcmcia                 36168  0 
snd_seq_dummy           2720  0 
snd_seq_oss            31232  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      7036  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                53808  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6792  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
usbhid                 40768  0 
hid                    42528  1 usbhid
snd_pcm_oss            40320  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17564  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           30616  1 
ppdev                   7008  0 
yenta_socket           25224  3 
rsrc_nonstatic         12316  1 yenta_socket
e100                   34308  0 
mii                     4892  1 e100
pcmcia_core            35184  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_ac97_codec        106112  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                1564  1 snd_ac97_codec
thinkpad_acpi          67988  0 
snd_pcm                74464  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
iTCO_wdt               11072  0 
rfkill                 19728  2 cfg80211,thinkpad_acpi
snd_timer              21156  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
uhci_hcd               23596  0 
irtty_sir               5564  0 
led_class               4000  2 rt2x00lib,thinkpad_acpi
iTCO_vendor_support     3136  1 iTCO_wdt
fan                     4448  0 
nsc_ircc               17040  0 
psmouse                59764  0 
ehci_hcd               36652  0 
nvram                   6984  1 thinkpad_acpi
sir_dev                11712  1 irtty_sir
video                  20116  0 
snd                    58820  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
parport_pc             37060  1 
output                  2908  1 video
i2c_i801                9616  0 
lp                      9732  0 
processor              36076  1 
soundcore               6944  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8900  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
thermal                13912  0 
irda                  126712  2 nsc_ircc,sir_dev
crc_ccitt               1724  1 irda
intel_agp              28348  1 
parport                34412  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
evdev                  10240  14 
serio_raw               5792  0 
sg                     27728  0 
i2c_core               21808  2 drm,i2c_i801
shpchp                 34384  0 
usbcore               154032  6 ndiswrapper,usb_storage,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
pci_hotplug            28732  1 shpchp
button                  5612  0 
agpgart                32660  2 drm,intel_agp
battery                10816  0 
ac                      4224  0 
rtc_cmos               11344  0 
rtc_core               17976  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2524  1 rtc_core
ext3                  133988  2 
jbd                    49136  1 ext3
mbcache                 7104  2 ext2,ext3
sr_mod                 16644  0 
cdrom                  36032  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 28344  5 
pata_acpi               4252  0 
ata_piix               23268  4 
ata_generic             4704  0 
libata                168812  3 pata_acpi,ata_piix,ata_generic
floppy                 56356  0 
scsi_mod              112404  5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata

[shao@tuskalap network.d]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

irda0     no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"lpk_warton"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:24:B2:B4:08:46   
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=19 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=62/70  Signal level=-48 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

No idea why it would already say the right ESSID for the interface. It isn't connected, when I pull out my ethernet cable I don't have internet.
I appreciate any help.

Last edited by kelnoky (2009-10-20 15:37:41)

Daenyth · 2009-10-20 12:51:27

"netcfg wireless-wpa". With what you've given it, necfg is looking for /etc/network.d/etc/network.d/wireless-wpa

kelnoky · 2009-10-20 15:37:24

Arg. Thank you. I'm gonna go into that corner there and be embarrassed...

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#1 2009-10-20 11:19:12

[Solved] Netcfg says "Profile does not exist"

#2 2009-10-20 12:51:27

Re: [Solved] Netcfg says "Profile does not exist"

#3 2009-10-20 15:37:24

Re: [Solved] Netcfg says "Profile does not exist"

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