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kingcoras n00b
Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 47
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:28 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Wicd won't authenticate |
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I'm on a laptop and I'm trying to get Wicd to connect to a WPA2 encrypted router. When I try, it merely hangs at Validating authentication... I have checked the passphrase that was entered, it is correct.
It will connect to an unsecured router.
Also, my wired connection works just fine.
My wireless card is an intel Centrino, Relevant lspci below
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01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 BGN
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
Memory at d0600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number ac-72-89-ff-ff-c8-9f-8d
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
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rc-update also...
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NetworkManager | default
bootmisc | boot
dbus | default
devfs | sysinit
dmesg | sysinit
fsck | boot
hostname | boot
hwclock | boot
keymaps | boot
killprocs | shutdown
local | default
localmount | boot
modules | boot
mount-ro | shutdown
mtab | boot
net.lo | boot
netmount | default
procfs | boot
root | boot
savecache | shutdown
swap | boot
swapfiles | boot
sysctl | boot
sysfs | sysinit
syslog-ng | default
termencoding | boot
tmpfiles.setup | boot
udev | sysinit
udev-mount | sysinit
urandom | boot
vixie-cron | default
xdm | default
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Am I missing anything in the default runlevel? Or is it something with my card? _________________ <bocz> i think ill be stuck to getting 2 sticks of 128
<bocz> thats 310 mb for a server
<Guilty> Kudos on finding the elusive 54MB DIMM
gentoo boot time: 25 seconds, Windows boot time: 1:30. Why, Bill, why?
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DONAHUE Watchman
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: Goose Creek SC
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:46 am Post subject: |
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please share the content of /var/log/wicd/wicd.log
wgetpaste can be your friend for this
has the laptop ever connected to this particular wpa2 encrypted router at this ssid with this password with wicd? if so, what events occurred between working and not working?
the unsecured connection was to the same router using a different setup?
you own and control the router? if so change the passphrase using only alphanumerics, no spaces or other interesting variations and try again
have you tried connecting using wps? _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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kingcoras n00b
Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 47
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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wicd log: http://bpaste.net/show/109334
The wireless network is WPA, not WPA2 like I thought.
and CreativeGenius is the one I was trying to connect to.
I was using my phone as a testing router to determine if connecting to wireless was even possible using wireless, and as it turns out, it is, but when I connect using WPA, same problems. _________________ <bocz> i think ill be stuck to getting 2 sticks of 128
<bocz> thats 310 mb for a server
<Guilty> Kudos on finding the elusive 54MB DIMM
gentoo boot time: 25 seconds, Windows boot time: 1:30. Why, Bill, why? |
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DONAHUE Watchman
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: Goose Creek SC
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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if Code: | ls /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode | does not return Quote: | /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode | install the firmware using Code: | emerge linux-firmware | .
menuconfig has Quote: | [*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
--- Wireless
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[*] nl80211 testmode command
[ ] enable developer warnings
[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
[ ] enable powersave by default
[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
[ ] Trace all mac80211 debug messages
[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features --->
<M> RF switch subsystem support --->
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)
-M- Intel Wireless WiFi DVM Firmware support
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support | check the help for <M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) . The depends and selects should all be [y] or [m]
When you are in the wicd gui configuring the network set the wpa_supplicant driver to nl80211 vice wext. _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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kingcoras n00b
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I think my kernel is missing that selection... I will try it on my lunch hour!
I had firmware issues before. the firmware file you listed is the one I have. _________________ <bocz> i think ill be stuck to getting 2 sticks of 128
<bocz> thats 310 mb for a server
<Guilty> Kudos on finding the elusive 54MB DIMM
gentoo boot time: 25 seconds, Windows boot time: 1:30. Why, Bill, why? |
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DONAHUE Watchman
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: Goose Creek SC
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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when you get the chance check dmesg for firmware loading
dmesg | grep -i firmware
dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi
dmesg | grep -i wlp1s0 _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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kingcoras n00b
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:18 am Post subject: |
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EDIT: I was missing the nl80211 test mode, but that was it. The rest of it I had.
Well, the firmware loads, and as you can see, it will connect to a network.
http://bpaste.net/show/109583/
But that was using manual commands, and no encryption.
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hightech ~ # iwconfig wlp1s0 essid drewsdroid
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well, one command anyway... dhcpcd took care of giving it an IP on its own,
I tried wpa_supplicant...
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hightech ~ # wpa_supplicant -iwlp1s0 -Dnl80211 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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That just hung for a long time, so I'm getting the feeling that when called, wpa_supplicant isn't doing something right.
contents of the above conf file... http://bpaste.net/show/109585/
on reflection, that file might be too simple.
is it possible I might have the wrong encryption libraries compiled? I really am grasping at straws here _________________ <bocz> i think ill be stuck to getting 2 sticks of 128
<bocz> thats 310 mb for a server
<Guilty> Kudos on finding the elusive 54MB DIMM
gentoo boot time: 25 seconds, Windows boot time: 1:30. Why, Bill, why? |
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kingcoras n00b
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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.... WHAT?! WHAT?!
you won't connect to my home network, but you'll connect to a random coffee shop that uses WPA???
ok, that solves the major problem anyway. I'm going to mark this solved...
If you are reading this hoping for a clever solution, it really wasn't all that clever, I must have just had the wrong information in conf file.
Check your conf files, folks. if you can connect to unsecured, it is likely just a mistyped setting. _________________ <bocz> i think ill be stuck to getting 2 sticks of 128
<bocz> thats 310 mb for a server
<Guilty> Kudos on finding the elusive 54MB DIMM
gentoo boot time: 25 seconds, Windows boot time: 1:30. Why, Bill, why? |
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DONAHUE Watchman
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: Goose Creek SC
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations. I would add, if using wicd do not write a wpa_supplicant.conf file, nor a /etc/conf.d/net. Configure and connect in the wicd GUI. _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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