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vahnx

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Registered: 2010-08-29

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linux broke wireless in other operating systems

I don't know how, I had it working fine for a week in all my OS's. I was trying to get my wifi to auto connect at boot in arch and now all of a sudden my wifi will only work in Arch, and will not work in 7 or OSX.

Last edited by vahnx (2010-08-29 13:40:30)

archman-cro

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Registered: 2010-04-04

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Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

Tell what you did to make it work in Arch, and someone might help you.

vahnx

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Registered: 2010-08-29

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Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

I was in a hurry earlier. It's a Dell Mini 10v set in a tri-boot with 7, SL, and latest arch. To get the wifi working, I followed the tutorial here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#b43
My wifi card is "BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)"

BaconPie

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Registered: 2010-08-11

Posts: 209

Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

What will it do on Windows? Does it appear in Device Manager or are you just failing to connect? Could it be your router or is it flawless in Arch?

vahnx

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Registered: 2010-08-29

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Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

It was a flaw I made in Arch. I managed to solve it although I'm unsure how. All I remember was in Arch I ran my scripts like normal to start my wireless, only I ended up with two WICD instances. I killed one and left terminal running the other, then I ctrl+c'd the final WICD instance before rebooting. Went into Windows and all was well. I assume wifi will also work in OS X now too.

Last edited by vahnx (2010-08-29 16:21:07)

BaconPie

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Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

Mark as solved?

vahnx

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Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

I'd rather not mark as solved unless a proper solution is given.

ngoonee

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Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

Comments such as "it works now, I'm not sure how" and "I was in a rush" don't bode well for any 'proper solution'.

You don't provide enough information for anybody to help you figure out what went wrong. I'd personally think something along the lines of rfkill misbehaving, but that's a pure stab in the dark.

Unless you have any new and relevant information, then this thread is going nowhere.

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silenc3r

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Registered: 2009-08-29

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Re: linux broke wireless in other operating systems

I got similar issue. It happens every time I restart my router with my laptop turned on. Even if router wifi led is on I still can't connect (my sister's laptop with Windows 7 connects right away the wifi is active). Rebooting to Windows doesn't help either. The only way to connect to wifi is to completly shutdown laptop and turn it on again.

PS. Im using netcfg with net-auto-wireless