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Doomsed
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Joined: 16 Feb 2010
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:55 pm Post subject: I can see but I cannot hear

My laptop can see available networks, but it cannot connect to them; encrypted or otherwise. Both networkmanager and wicd are showing the same problem. I am pretty sure it is a wpa_supplicant problem, but I cannot find the wpa_supplicant logs (the wpa giu is not even recognizing my hardware).

ath9k driver is in kernel for:

Code:

03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

I can't find the nm logs, but I do have wicd logs.

Code:

2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: Connecting to wireless network House of Wall
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: iwconfig wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: /sbin/ip route flush dev wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig wlan0 down
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig wlan0 up
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: wpa_cli -i wlan0 terminate
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k eth0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: /sbin/ip route flush dev eth0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig eth0 down
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig eth0 up
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig eth0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: Putting interface down
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig wlan0 down
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: Setting false IP...
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: wpa_cli -i wlan0 terminate
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: Flushing the routing table...
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: /sbin/ip route flush dev wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: Putting interface up...
2011/06/07 18:16:02 :: ifconfig wlan0 up
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: enctype is wpa
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: Generating psk...
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: ['/usr/bin/wpa_passphrase', 'House of Wall', '[$CLASSIFIED]']
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: ['wpa_supplicant', '-B', '-i', 'wlan0', '-c', '/var/lib/wicd/configurations/e091f512eb5e', '-D', 'wext']
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: ['iwconfig', 'wlan0', 'essid', '--', 'House of Wall']
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: iwconfig wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: iwconfig wlan0 channel 1
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: iwconfig wlan0 ap E0:91:F5:12:EB:5E
2011/06/07 18:16:04 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS DISCONNECTED
2011/06/07 18:16:05 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS 4WAY_HANDSHAKE
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS COMPLETED
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: Running DHCP with hostname LFn2
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: /sbin/dhcpcd wlan0 -h LFn2
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: dhcpcd[3747]: sending commands to master dhcpcd process
2011/06/07 18:16:06 ::
2011/06/07 18:16:06 ::
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: DHCP connection successful
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: not verifying
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: ifconfig wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:06 :: IP Address is: None
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: Sending connection attempt result Success
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: ifconfig eth0
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: Forced disconnect on
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: iwconfig wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: /sbin/ip route flush dev wlan0
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: ifconfig wlan0 down
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: ifconfig wlan0 up
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: wpa_cli -i wlan0 terminate
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: /sbin/dhcpcd -k eth0
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
2011/06/07 18:16:07 :: /sbin/ip route flush dev eth0

DONAHUE
Watchman

Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Posts: 7651
Location: Goose Creek SC

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:39 am Post subject:

is wifi on? on button? on key? on key combination? indicator light/led? is wifi enabled in BIOS?

Code:

ifconfig -a

is wlan0 present?

Code:

ifconfig

is wlan0 present?

Code:

emerge wireless-tools pciutils ifplugd

Code:

lspci -k

post output's "Driver in use:" for the wireless
if ifconfig did not show wlan0:

Code:

ifconfig wlan0 up

then

Code:

iwlist wlan0 scan

post output
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n00b
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Posts: 8

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:41 pm Post subject:

The switch is flipped, the light is on, and it works to scan for networks.

The hardware exists

Code:

$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:15:90:1b:1d
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:560 (560.0 B) TX bytes:560 (560.0 B)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:af:dd:b1:33
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

It is hooked up

Code:

$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:15:90:1b:1d
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:560 (560.0 B) TX bytes:560 (560.0 B)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:af:dd:b1:33
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

It has the athk9 driver

Code:

$ lspci -k
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1067
Kernel driver in use: ath9k

and it picks up signals

Code:

$ iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:39:10:7F:A9
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=54/70 Signal level=-56 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"zeus"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000cec78ce6b9
Extra: Last beacon: 1116ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00047A657573
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD06001018020004
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:39:10:02:1C
Channel:5
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality=45/70 Signal level=-65 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"zeus"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000225508e55e
Extra: Last beacon: 839ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00047A657573
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030105
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD06001018020304
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 03 - Address: 00:1C:10:0E:2D:A5
Channel:5
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality=29/70 Signal level=-81 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:"Cotterman Guest Gate"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000cf08ebf187
Extra: Last beacon: 875ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0014436F747465726D616E2047756573742047617465
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030105
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD09001018020014000000

but it won't connect

I tried the built in wpa client and all I got was this:

Code:

$ wpa_cli status
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: Success

I am going to try and manually configure wpa_supplicant and see what comes out.

DONAHUE
Watchman

Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Posts: 7651
Location: Goose Creek SC

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject:

Quote:

Mode:Master

in the scan output is bad news in my experience.

Code:

iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwlist wlan0 scan

Did mode change?

if /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf contains

Code:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
update_config=1

and /etc/conf.d/net contains

Quote:

modules="dhcpcd"
dns_servers="8.8.8.8 "

modules_wlan0="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
iwconfig_wlan0_mode="Managed"
config_wlan0="dhcp nodns"
dhcpcd_wlan0="-t 10"

modules_eth0="ifconfig"
config_eth0="dhcp nodns"
dhcpcd_eth0="-t 10"

net.wlan0 symlink is present in /etc/init.d

wicd and network manager are umerged and not in runlevels

Code:

/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart

start wpa_gui. If Adapter: wlan0 is present -- scan for, set up, and save your network 0r try wps.
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n00b
n00b

Joined: 16 Feb 2010
Posts: 8

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:59 pm Post subject:

The mode did not change but I think

Quote:

Mode:Master

is referring to the access point not my wireless adapter.

I edited /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and symlinked /etc/init.d/netif.wlan0 to /etc/init.d/netif.tmpl.

wpa_gui now works, but only when /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant is up.
Both /etc/init.d/wicd/ and /etc/init.d/NetworkManager cause /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant to crash, but II still cant find the wpa_supplicant logs to figure out why

The suggested changes to /etc/conf.d/net had no noticable effect on the operation of wpa_supplicant, wicd or networkmanager.

Lastly, I found this in my wicd logs:

Code:

2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: wicd initializing...
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: ---------------------------
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: wicd is version 1.7.1b2 565
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: setting backend to external
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: trying to load backend external
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for dhclient
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for dhcpcd-bin
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for pump
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for udhcpc
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for ethtool
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for gksudo
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for ktsuss
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: trying to load backend external
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for dhclient
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for dhcpcd-bin
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for pump
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for udhcpc
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for ethtool
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for gksudo
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: WARNING: No path found for ktsuss
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: Automatically detected wireless interface wlan0
2011/06/09 12:10:03 :: setting wireless interface wlan0
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: setting wired interface eth0
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: setting wpa driver wext
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: setting use global dns to False
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: setting global dns
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: global dns servers are None None None
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: domain is None
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: search domain is None
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: found wired_connect_mode in configuration 1
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: found should_verify_ap in configuration 1
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: Setting dhcp client to 0
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: Wireless configuration file found...
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: Wired configuration file found...
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: chmoding configuration files 0600...
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: chowning configuration files root:root...
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: Using wireless interface...wlan0
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: Using wired interface...eth0
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: scanning start
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: ifconfig wlan0 up
2011/06/09 12:10:04 :: iwlist wlan0 scan
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: scanning done
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found 3 networks:
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found afterscript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found postdisconnectscript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found predisconnectscript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found use_global_dns in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found use_settings_globally in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found use_static_dns in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found beforescript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found afterscript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found dhcphostname in configuration localhost
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found postdisconnectscript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found use_dhcphostname in configuration 0
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found dns_domain in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found netmask in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found usedhcphostname in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found predisconnectscript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found gateway in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found use_global_dns in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found dns3 in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found dns2 in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found search_domain in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found use_settings_globally in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found use_static_dns in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found ip in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found beforescript in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found enctype in configuration None
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found automatic in configuration False
2011/06/09 12:10:05 :: found dns1 in configuration None

DHCPCD is installed and in the default runlevel.

I can get by with wpa_gui but I still would prefer a client that does more auto scanning and auto connecting.

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