Re: Debian stable Mate wifi work but don't connect
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018, michael caron couturier wrote:
> I just tested after an issue was reported to confirm it, the mate live
> iso has an issue with wireless, the first user is fairly unexperienced
> and I'm fairly skilled as a linux community manager but uncertified
> for Linux [sysadmin] (tried twice on my case).
>
> On my system, Lxde live iso work perfectly so it could be a
> misconfiguration of Mate, the drivers don't seem the issue.
>
> The first system was also checked by a programmer that don't found
> anything suspicious, the drivers is there but it don't work.
>
> root@debian:~# iwconfig
> wlx10bef5fd230c IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
>
> eno1 no wireless extensions.
>
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> Just ask if needed for more informations.
>
If you have already identified the hardware, and confirmed it is not a
driver/firmware issue, then the next step might be check for known
issues or bugs against the method you are using to connect.
I'm not familiar with either mate or lxde, they probably use one of either
networkmanager or wicd. There is some information here:
https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse
I usually check bug reports by using http://bugs.debian.org/
and add the pkgname on the end.
Good Luck.
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