From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QzTyX-0006Lh-6E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:40:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 091C021C054; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 13:39:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm8-vm0.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (nm8-vm0.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [98.139.52.230]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F034C21C03B for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 13:38:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.52.189] by nm8.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Sep 2011 13:38:57 -0000 Received: from [98.139.52.154] by tm2.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Sep 2011 13:38:57 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1037.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Sep 2011 13:38:57 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 256786.23396.bm@omp1037.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 10783 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Sep 2011 13:38:56 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1314970736; bh=0YutGTbWPrFkX4XyPObUBPqFJ1Ryuy619cCNn6UaCx0=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=ECBjUibHZ/ZX/a23u/jWDlsG2FuGZjWicg+iBrxAoz0vULqO93NtXVLE0lvwRzL8m22lhi1cPgH51vLPQr1poFUh6QkZNOx8L9lO6oMOCvCoPqxra6polVAEDy+7v36pp3BtY+KLD6S5dgs0miDhEyP57ARcit6Enu0RI9ZHbWg= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=zZSC17sA4RfKfUgCsLIXTv8xJyEsXJIet3Qa6WTGQA/6klBD277Xi6MuddkXCpLbllSxqoHTWrilIz1l6RaWip4TCjBpwk0lK3Y5xBhEl8JF1hL0RgaA0X+d16RMqcJEJEPKLPhY4mLTTD8ICLtzPja8DFm4eyCnKdCjbDMnV2M=; X-YMail-OSG: 2vqpBFoVM1nbcwDRWnrfQ8eL7U.bEvIJinjrDiaES0dHgh9 l9BGdc0bpTTAki3Ep9HHFZH4wGpK.B4n5fEJf2TGeaerSkqaHCjXS3x7qRhE vXlQXuVJytb065fJFFQY1D77GRtjWp.7eX_DCSJSnvivpjiqn_JSkzv5yXCD AzfNyM7UOVEZG3eeGTcm8HP5PXq0fNJE13k4dtDM2LmDKA.SRfvrbByy8.o5 oN2WbigP49_bp4fpiiGTXLUoPSD011pZP.rgNo2kAhOyX5KL9jsAI9cMHl8c 6Rtf8tu3pHsrHo4VBq.1D14caejhPM4gX3Fppld2qo73HUKFq77.AuC3LHBn GJc8rgfsbYrDg5XQZwNExyE4gVKBsg0wJG7Op8VurslDLbOumr5CY7yKbjQX bniK5IY7QD5FOqQjYzT28Xkr8iUOojde.RovDzD4rlk1KaDKi.CzmdvfysA_ lIuAGoDptEeDAYAZhNG5gpPNFqQTOxefo8ijQiSf8pHzaqIcSQgL9FJOOldS SwNRlaMYGQ1cJVcnn54AopJpG3DqlrCSPhmKS Received: from [12.52.185.66] by web39322.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:38:56 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625 References: <1314935534.69025.YahooMailNeo@web39324.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1314970736.5188.YahooMailNeo@web39322.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 06:38:56 -0700 (PDT) From: BRM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Configuration... To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 942e91d05c623bcb923052e49a84c919 ----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s =0A> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM, BRM w= rote:=0A>> I still haven't decided what to get for my system to replace th= e NIC =0A> with, but the card I have should be working with my existing 802= .11g network =0A> already; however, it doesn't - I have had to connect my l= aptop via Ethernet =0A> cable to my wireless bridge to get network access.= =0A>> =0A>> /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 starts, but goes immediately inactive. F= rom what I =0A> can find on-line, this seems to have been something common = after moving to Base =0A> Layout 2/OpenRC; however, I couldn't find anythin= g that specified what the =0A> actual solution was - I think most ended up = doing a complete reinstall of their =0A> wicd/wpa-supplicant software - eit= her way details were lacking.=A0 I've =0A> successfully had wpa-supplicant = working in the past, and as a result of all of =0A> this I've tried to get = it up through the other method too (iwconfig?), but =0A> no success. (I thi= nk I have managed to get it to scan some, but not sufficiently =0A> and cer= tainly no connections.)=0A> =0A> Did you followed the instructions at=0A> = =0A> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml=0A> =0A> specificall= y the network section?=0A=0AYes, I believe so. It's been a while since I ma= de the migration, but the wireless configuration seems to have broken about= the same time.=0A=0AThe wired configuration works just fine, and the guide= mentions nothing about Wireless changes - e.g. WPA Supplicant - and that's= where the problem is.=0A=A0=0A>> Anyone see this issue and know what the = solution is? I'd like to at =0A> least get my 802.11g access back - the cur= rent setup is a bit of a pain and very =0A> limiting.=0A> =0A> Since you us= e a laptop, I will assume you have either KDE, GNOME or=0A> Xfce. If that's= the case, why don't you try NetworkManager or connman,=0A> and use the GUI= thingy to do the work for you? I haven't manually=0A> configured a wireles= s network in years, and I have been the last three=0A> months traveling wit= h my laptop literally all over the world,=0A> connecting to all kinds of ac= cess points.=0A> NetworkMnager just works, but I also hear great comments a= bout connman.=0A=0AI'm using KDE, yes. I've tried the tools but it doesn't = seem to ever scan for a wireless network on its own, and the scans I have b= een able to force don't result in a connection - they don't even find the n= etwork I'm trying to attach it to.=A0 Prior to the change, I could get WPA = Supplicant to connect to my wireless, though I did have to have it specific= ally configured to do so. It wouldn't typically work using the tools for th= e one wireless network, while I could get it to for others (hotels, other p= laces, etc.).=0A=0AI have added another network that is configured a little= differently that I would prefer to connect to (over the old one), but at t= he moment I'll take either. (The new 802.11g network uses WPA2; the old one= uses WEP+Shared.)=0A=0ABen=0A