Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent
On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 04 July 2016 14:20:23 deloptes wrote:
> >> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> >>
> >> on my one it looks like this
> >>
> >> # PCI device 0x8086:0x08b1 (iwlwifi)
> >> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
> >> ATTR{address}=="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", \
> >> ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"
> >>
> >> why shouldn't it find the driver?
> >
> > So I am misinterpreting it. That is good news. But there is something
> > badly wrong, it isn't working!!!!
> >
> >> lsmod
> >> iwconfig
> >> dmesg
> >
> > sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ dmesg | grep 2200
> > [ 11.175897] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver,
> > 1.2.2kmprq
> > [ 11.175902] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> > [ 11.176356] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
> > [ Connection 11.328328] ipw2200 0000:03:03.0: firmware: direct-loading
> > [ firmware
> > ipw2200-bss.fw
> > [ 11.461720] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13 802.11bg channels, 0
> > 802.11a channels)
> > sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ iwconfig
> > bash: iwconfig: command not found
> > sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ su
> > Password:
> > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# iwconfig
> > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
> > Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
> > Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
> > Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> > Encryption key:off
> > Power Management:off
> > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >
> > lo no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0 no wireless extensions.
> >
> > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# lsmod | grep wifi
> > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# lsmod | grep wlan
> > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# lsmod | grep 2200
> > ipw2200 130216 0
> > libipw 29891 1 ipw2200
> > cfg80211 350041 2 libipw,ipw2200
> > lib80211 12829 2 libipw,ipw2200
> > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#
>
> This all looks good.
> I forgot however to ask you to check rfkill again.
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#
> I still think the problem might be in the wicd and wpa_supplicant
>
> http://linux.die.net/man/8/wicd
> http://linux.die.net/man/8/wpa_supplicant
>
> According docs there is/are log file(s) in /var/log/wicd
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# cd /var/log/wicd
bash: cd: /var/log/wicd: No such file or directory
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#
Jessie uses systemd.
> Some cards (via bios setting) would disable the card when you have the
> cable plugged to your network card, but I think in your case it is not
> true.
>
> I would backup all wicd and purge - check config etc files are not present,
> install again.
I have got rid of wicd
>
> Also you shouldn't have any /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file or entry
> in /etc/network/interfaces.
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# cd /var/log/wicd
bash: cd: /var/log/wicd: No such file or directory
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
cat: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: No such file or directory
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# Bring up wireless
# auto wlan0
# iface eth1 inet dhcp
# wpa-ssid NETGEAR08
# wpa-psk dao45eeWcartwheel
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# aptitude purge wicd
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#
>
> Some Gentoo people had similar issues after upgrade but the wicd is 1.7.1
> there https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-914678-start-0.html
>
> Lets doublecheck if all requried is install
>
> # dpkg -l | grep wireless | grep -v trinit
> ii crda 3.13-1
> amd64 wireless Central Regulatory Domain Agent
> ii iw 3.17-1
> amd64 tool for configuring Linux wireless devices
> ii rfkill 0.5-1
> amd64 tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
> ii wireless-regdb 2014.11.18-1
> all wireless regulatory database
> ii wireless-tools 30~pre9-8
> amd64 Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
>
> I've been using the ipw2200 for few years on one siemens-fujitsu notebook
> with out issues. There was first debian and then ubuntu on it. Strange that
> you can not suddenly connect.
If the card has died it would explain it!! n It has been running fine for
years, but things do, sadly, die.
> Perhaps you can try with a live ubuntu just to see if it works
Trying now - will send this now and report back again in a while after I have
loaded something as heavy as Ubuntu-anything onto such an old laptop!!!
Thanks, Lisi
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