"Umarzuki Mochlis" <
umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/1/20 Umarzuki Mochlis <
umarzuki@gmail.com>
>
> >
> >
> > 2009/1/20 Micha Feigin <
michf@post.tau.ac.il>
> >
> >> On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:11:56 +0800
> >> "Umarzuki Mochlis" <
umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > 2009/1/20 Micha Feigin <
michf@post.tau.ac.il>
> >> >
> >> > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:15:55 +0800
> >> > > "Umarzuki Mochlis" <
umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > [...]
> >> > >
> >> > > > > Looks like it's pointing in the right direction. Does it see you
> >> > > wireless
> >> > > > > when
> >> > > > > you open the window (under available wireless connections)
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > If so, you need to choose your ap click that little triangle by
> >> the
> >> > > name,
> >> > > > > check
> >> > > > > automatically connect to this network if you wish and click
> >> advanced
> >> > > > > settings
> >> > > > > to setup things like wep password and such.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Unfortunately nothing appears when I did that which leads me to make
> >> this
> >> > > > post in the first place.
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > > what does iwlist eth1 scan show? (that is what wicd is supposed to use
> >> > > behind
> >> > > the scenes)
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > eden:~# iwlist eth1 scan
> >> > eth1 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument
> >> >
> >>
> >> That is why wicd doesn't find any wireless networks, if iwlist doesn't
> >> work
> >> manually it won't work for wicd, so your problem (apart for what's
> >> mentioned
> >> bellow) is enabling scanning on the wireless interface.
> >>
> >> Looks from this thread
> >>
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=790778
> >> that the driver may be problematic, he recommends using ndiswrapper. see
> >> if
> >> that makes iwlist work for you
> >>
> >
> > when i got to the last step to load the .inf file, it says i didn't install
> > the module.
> >
> >>
http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ndiswrappertp5.png
>
> >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > did you check that /etc/network/interfaces doesn't mention the
> >> wireless
> >> > > interface?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >> When using wicd and network manager your /etc/network/interfaces should
> >> contain
> >> only the loopback device
> >>
> >> > # The loopback network interface
> >> > auto lo
> >> > iface lo inet loopback
> >> >
> >>
> >> You should comment out everything below this for wicd and network manager
> >> ...
> >>
> >
> did that, still iwlist eth1 scan produced the same output as before
>