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Parev00 n00b
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:52 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Install - Atheros 5212 WiFI - cannot get it running |
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I have an old Dell Inspiron 8200 I'm setting up as a Gentoo desktop with XFCE4.
The installation went great. I have the desktop working and the wired Ethernet is working fine. However, I cannot get the wireless running.
I have a Linksys WPC55AG PCMCIA card set up using an Atheros 5212 chip. I believe I have all the drivers installed and the correct kernel config, but I could be wrong.
I emerged wicd, but whatever I seem to try, it just says "No wireless networks detected"
I did read the wireless info pages, but one thing that seemed unclear is if I'm using wicd, do I also have to set up wpa_supplicant? Or is that handled through wicd automatically?
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Various outputs follow...
lspci
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV17M [GeForce4 440 Go] (rev a3)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
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ifconfig
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enp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.218 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::208:74ff:fe02:964e prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 00:08:74:02:96:4e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 7339 bytes 6369650 (6.0 MiB)
RX errors 1 dropped 3 overruns 1 frame 1
TX packets 4683 bytes 485793 (474.4 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 1
device interrupt 11 base 0x4c00
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlp7s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:0c:41:0a:27:84 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
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udevadm test-builtin net_id /sys/class/net/wlp7s0/ 2>/dev/null
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ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlx000c410a2784
ID_OUI_FROM_DATABASE=Cisco-Linksys
ID_NET_NAME_PATH=wlp7s0
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iwconfig wlp7s0
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wlp7s0 no wireless extensions.
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lsmod | grep ath5k
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ath5k 107406 0
ath 10981 1 ath5k
led_class 1903 1 ath5k
mac80211 272431 1 ath5k
cfg80211 245624 3 ath,ath5k,mac80211
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cat /proc/net/wireless
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Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE
face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon | 22
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dmesg | grep -C 3 ath5k
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[ 23.311167] snd_intel8x0m 0000:00:1f.6: setting latency timer to 64
[ 23.420150] MC'97 1 converters and GPIO not ready (0xff00)
[ 23.466689] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 23.782236] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 23.782432] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 24.208933] dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
[ 24.312448] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x10
[ 24.312453] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 24.312458] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CO
[ 24.312460] ath: Regpair used: 0x10
[ 24.312723] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 24.313158] ath5k: phy0: Atheros AR5212 chip found (MAC: 0x56, PHY: 0x41)
[ 24.313162] ath5k: phy0: RF5111 5GHz radio found (0x17)
[ 24.313166] ath5k: phy0: RF2111 2GHz radio found (0x23)
[ 24.327921] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[ 24.337854] systemd-udevd[10587]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlp7s0
[ 24.409959] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
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DONAHUE Watchman
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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wicd should configure/use wpa_supplicant and dhcp and will wipe any configs you have written in favor of its own strored under /etc/wicd.
you may need Quote: | [*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration AP
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) | in the kernel config. nl80211 is supposed to cover this but ... wicd should work with wext as the wpa_supplicant driver but nl80211 is better. Is one of the gui choices.
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wicd _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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Logicien Veteran
Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 1555 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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You should check this page to be sure your device is supported. According to the help for ath5k in the kernel configuration, the chipset AR5212/AR5213 is not explicitly supported. No Dell vendor too in the link I give you. With the output of the command
you can make a search with vendor/product and bus ID. The Debian GNU/Linux device driver check page can be an help too. The Madwifi drivers can be a replacement for ath5k. They are in the Portage tree.
Is your wireless card lock? Check with rfkill. _________________ Paul |
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
ive been using this specific chipset daily for years, pcmcia support is probably missing is my guess...... mine is on a PCI card, no firmware, in kernel ath5k.
http://bpaste.net/show/128114/
netgear wg311t is my model.
i am very pleased with this card. and i do use wext as you can see from the paste.
this is the most solid wifi card ive ever seen in linux. |
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Logicien Veteran
Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 1555 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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The Parev00 AR5212/AR5213 card appear in lspci command. So the card is on PCI bus. There's no specific option for ath5k PCMCIA support in kernel configuration 3.10.7-gentoo. If the card is really supported, than the problem come from the kernel configuration and/or module parameters. The command
will give the information about the parameters if the ath5k support is in module. _________________ Paul |
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Parev00 n00b
Joined: 11 Mar 2012 Posts: 17
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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I did not have Code: | [*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility | in the kernel config. Recompiling now to see what that does.
Also have these outputs...
modinfo -p ath5k
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nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
fastchanswitch:Enable fast channel switching for AR2413/AR5413 radios. (bool)
no_hw_rfkill_switch:Ignore the GPIO RFKill switch state (bool)
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lspci -nn
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge [8086:1a30] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:1a31] (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2482] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 [8086:2487] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:248c] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller [8086:248a] (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:2485] (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:2486] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation NV17M [GeForce4 440 Go] [10de:0174] (rev a3)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 78)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac42]
02:01.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac42]
02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller [104c:8027]
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01)
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Parev00 n00b
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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So I have some success to report.
Now that I compiled Code: | [*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility | in the kernel, wicd came right up.
It does a scan and can see all of the networks. However, I cannot seem to attach to any access points.
Connecting to mine... (WPA2-PSK, note that I deleted my PSK passphrase from this post)
Code: | 2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: Connecting to wireless network HomeParevAP
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: iwconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: /bin/route del dev wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 down
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 up
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: wpa_cli -i wlp7s0 terminate
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: ifconfig enp2s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: /bin/route del dev enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:45 :: ifconfig enp2s0 down
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig enp2s0 up
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: wpa_cli -i enp2s0 terminate
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: Putting interface down
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 down
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: Setting false IP...
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: Forced disconnect on
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: wpa_cli -i wlp7s0 terminate
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: Flushing the routing table...
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: /bin/route del dev wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: /bin/route del dev wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: iwconfig wlp7s0 mode managed
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 down
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: Putting interface up...
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 up
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 up
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: wpa_cli -i wlp7s0 terminate
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig enp2s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: /bin/route del dev enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig enp2s0 down
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: ifconfig enp2s0 up
2013/09/01 06:56:46 :: wpa_cli -i enp2s0 terminate
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: enctype is wpa-psk
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: Generating psk...
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: ['/usr/bin/wpa_passphrase', 'HomeParevAP', 'passphrasehere']
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: ['wpa_supplicant', '-B', '-i', 'wlp7s0', '-c', '/var/lib/wicd/configurations/78ca3944d2db', '-Dwext']
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: ['iwconfig', 'wlp7s0', 'essid', '--', 'HomeParevAP']
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: iwconfig wlp7s0 channel 11
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: iwconfig wlp7s0 ap 78:CA:39:44:D2:DB
2013/09/01 06:56:48 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS ASSOCIATED
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS COMPLETED
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: Running DHCP with hostname Sinclair
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -h Sinclair --noipv4ll wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: dhcpcd[16375]: sending commands to master dhcpcd process
2013/09/01 06:56:49 ::
2013/09/01 06:56:49 ::
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: DHCP connection successful
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: not verifying
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: ifconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:49 :: IP Address is: None
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: Sending connection attempt result success
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: ifconfig enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: iwconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: Forced disconnect on
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: /bin/route del dev wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 down
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 up
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: wpa_cli -i wlp7s0 terminate
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: ifconfig enp2s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: /bin/route del dev enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: ifconfig enp2s0 down
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: ifconfig enp2s0 up
2013/09/01 06:56:50 :: wpa_cli -i enp2s0 terminate
2013/09/01 06:56:53 :: ifconfig enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:53 :: ifconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 06:56:55 :: ifconfig enp2s0
2013/09/01 06:56:55 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 |
There is also an unsecured linksys network. I tried to connect to that...
Code: | 2013/09/01 07:00:21 :: ifconfig enp2s0
2013/09/01 07:00:25 :: ifconfig enp2s0
2013/09/01 07:00:25 :: Connecting to wireless network linksys
2013/09/01 07:00:25 :: iwconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: /bin/route del dev wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 down
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 up
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: wpa_cli -i wlp7s0 terminate
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k enp2s0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig enp2s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: /bin/route del dev enp2s0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig enp2s0 down
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig enp2s0 up
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: wpa_cli -i enp2s0 terminate
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: Putting interface down
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 down
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: Setting false IP...
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: wpa_cli -i wlp7s0 terminate
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: Flushing the routing table...
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: /bin/route del dev wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: iwconfig wlp7s0 mode managed
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: Putting interface up...
2013/09/01 07:00:26 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 up
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: enctype is None
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: ['iwconfig', 'wlp7s0', 'essid', '--', 'linksys']
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: iwconfig wlp7s0 channel 6
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: iwconfig wlp7s0 ap 00:22:6B:59:7B:82
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: Running DHCP with hostname Sinclair
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -h Sinclair --noipv4ll wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: dhcpcd[16713]: sending commands to master dhcpcd process
2013/09/01 07:00:28 ::
2013/09/01 07:00:28 ::
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: DHCP connection successful
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: not verifying
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: ifconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:28 :: IP Address is: None
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: Sending connection attempt result success
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: ifconfig enp2s0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: Forced disconnect on
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: iwconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: /bin/route del dev wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 down
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: ifconfig wlp7s0 up
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: wpa_cli -i wlp7s0 terminate
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k enp2s0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: ifconfig enp2s0 0.0.0.0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: /bin/route del dev enp2s0
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: ifconfig enp2s0 down
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: ifconfig enp2s0 up
2013/09/01 07:00:29 :: wpa_cli -i enp2s0 terminate
2013/09/01 07:00:31 :: ifconfig wlp7s0
2013/09/01 07:00:31 :: ifconfig enp2s0 |
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DONAHUE Watchman
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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I have the impression that somewhere in udev/openrc/wicd/who knows a structure has been developed that tries to impose wired connection in spite of the user's desires. play with wicd-client-kde or wicd-gtk to try to change from wired to wifi. unplug wired. crazy experiments: disable wired in bios. remove wired driver from kernel. _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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Parev00 n00b
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Tremendous Success.. almost!
By doing some silly experiments, I was able to get it to work, a little.
When doing the initial install of the system, I followed the instructions very closely using my wired connection.
dhcpcd starts on boot, but it's not in the rc-update list.
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rc-update show
acpid | default
bootmisc | boot
consolekit | default
cupsd | default
dbus | default
devfs | sysinit
dmesg | sysinit
fsck | boot
hostname | boot
hwclock | boot
keymaps | boot
killprocs | shutdown
laptop_mode | default
local | default
localmount | boot
metalog | default
modules | boot
mount-ro | shutdown
mtab | boot
net.lo | boot
netmount | default
ntpd | default
procfs | boot
root | boot
savecache | shutdown
sshd | default
swap | boot
swapfiles | boot
sysctl | boot
sysfs | sysinit
termencoding | boot
tmpfiles.setup | boot
udev | sysinit
udev-mount | sysinit
urandom | boot
vixie-cron | default
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So if I...
- start the machine normally
- leave the ethernet cable unplugged
- startx, go into xfce
- go into the termanal & su root
- kill the DHCP daemon
then wicd handles everything and connects. I am typing this on the laptop on my wi-fi connection.
So my next question is, what the heck is starting the DHCP daemon if it isn't in my runlevels? |
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DONAHUE Watchman
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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the author of openrc and dhcpcd made an attempt to automate network connection. My conspiracy theory: stray code apparently still remains and resurfaces as his successorrs make changes.
I mostly use gentoo style networking scripts so am able to get by with removing net.eth0 symlink and not putting eth0 in a run level or unplugging ethernet cable.
kernel may be involved also, as I remember, before 3.8 I could have both NIC's active. _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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Parev00 n00b
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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OK then. Well that sounds like a problem with OpenRC or dhcpcd.
I will mark this as SOLVED! Thanks for all the help and now we can confirm that an Atheros 5212 via PCMCIA does work with wicd and the wext driver. |
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