I have a newly installed Debian 6.0.6 on my netbook. I cannot get wi-fi
going. I have checked the wi-fi card itself by booting a Live DVD. It
connects fine on Ubuntu 12.04.
I have run various tests with the following results:
root@Cronos:/home/lisi# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
lisi@Cronos:~$ lsmod | grep ath5k
ath5k 104138 0
mac80211 123586 1 ath5k
ath 6018 1 ath5k
cfg80211 87645 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
led_class 1757 1 ath5k
lisi@Cronos:~$
lisi@Cronos:~$ lsmod | grep ath9k
lisi@Cronos:~$
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001
Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e008
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at 55200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities:<access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
wicd has been a bit problematic since I installed it. It took various
adjustments before it got to this stage.
I have never had a problem of any kind with wicd before, and I have installed
it frequently.
I have Googled - which is how I got this far. Each tiny step in sorting out
wicd took much Googling.
I have purged and reinstalled wicd. I have dpkg-reconfigured it.
When I try to connect I get the message that no wireless connection is
available. There are in fact 7 within easy wireless reach, one of them my
own, and my wireless router is currently about 9 inches away from the netbook
on the same desk.
Where do I go next??
Thanks,
Lisi