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 1Qzr0V-000152-Ep for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:15:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C2F021C072; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 14:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.198]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB89021C07A for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 14:14:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.63] by nm10.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Sep 2011 14:14:27 -0000 Received: from [98.139.91.57] by tm3.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Sep 2011 14:14:27 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1057.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Sep 2011 14:14:27 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 903145.92617.bm@omp1057.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 36674 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Sep 2011 14:14:27 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1315059267; bh=/SW47v9DQCehdlkmYZa/pmB9Pp8YOhvhhwiGtWoTE2M=; 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=ALcD57RePleOiUuXsT4X2y8/lBrX79c7AgdirPfjWGjy6QKSgVNwzddT8bQqGO/6twAlfSSr/xC+gMd+MqPB2NG/+i8n3OX1gJm6opJWPY9OAa2pmCi2NUQhLR0avgIbJ7voSS1OTFx9V2svrPRQdbGIkmCZhuWvh76YbFUu0F4= 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=o9YLVE1RULwJouS73HsgCPC50jM2In3MzvpmnZ+eASQrrqqJYZj0Ga/plNwq9Tm9UqVFOMpkz5A/eg5ahIK4ji7t8XhNpodF0SxiMY28NQ5OQ+5owP+KQXswE3ufw6U7oX6DyhmYwSfVm6BqHcrliVGCJNNnjC//7fM6z1LmNvQ=; X-YMail-OSG: lJd8a88VM1m._ULStOitUEP1Nme0G_kkEn7nSC1HCM1EzY3 dm3X5p325n4Bihe2rW1Li6GWmAwPD9hs.uGfwRyoA4Npn519G7SzGBU2aWoR WJNosQz452LYRKZ10zxBezlMscSFfnKlDffdZ0QnJ1CAutYFqa7YA9IKNgwE lbN6KxVDwWBGn1fahPvn3SMiqhek3i7qKZ_vgEhvkheENj7VHUx4xUyqj5d0 bxt1zYdJELRp4aqbtlDAWF0MN_4Pt0nqwW22ekFPv_nn2DPCBKbH4.YFgoPq c8syi1zD0JVNMbo2E3.pXIIZTV87JtaglqyZ9eGTYr.JptTssI1Gpy9RC2_u iXRKZo9yH6_O9IT.hrmpqwaMPslTSzx4KU0p6VCyNaxRjKHjVkpsxxW5mMHF z0aLn.kHhGGsqOmxiH.lTp3q9olANzFHBgVEqIkT._xbjcEtWRVmmk9CXgQo FW9W94bC9HdN6ENFg4dKrypXFrQcnbbQC3n21W1kHn1QwNd91xmHfk16JceJ tvPWs7rb25UkMzOugRHk_sccx57Y_ Received: from [98.122.58.217] by web39308.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:14:27 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625 References: <1314935534.69025.YahooMailNeo@web39324.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1314970736.5188.YahooMailNeo@web39322.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <201109021630.02213.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1315059267.35956.YahooMailNeo@web39308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 07:14:27 -0700 (PDT) From: BRM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Configuration... To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" In-Reply-To: <201109021630.02213.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 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: 49f8eb8b999c034d07f0202bd8967969 ----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Mick = =0A> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org=0A> Cc: =0A> Sent: Friday, September = 2, 2011 11:29 AM=0A> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Configuration...= =0A> =0A> On Friday 02 Sep 2011 14:38:56 BRM wrote:=0A>> ----- Original Me= ssage -----=0A>> =0A>> > From: Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s = =0A>> > =0A>> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM, BRM =0A> wrote:=0A>> >>=A0 I still haven't decided what to get for my syste= m to replace =0A> the NIC=0A>> > =0A>> > with, but the card I have should= be working with my existing 802.11g=0A>> > network already; however, it d= oesn't - I have had to connect my =0A> laptop=0A>> > via Ethernet cable to= my wireless bridge to get network access.=0A>> > =0A>> >>=A0 /etc/init.d= /net.wlan0 starts, but goes immediately inactive. From =0A> what=0A>> >>= =A0 I=0A>> > =0A>> > can find on-line, this seems to have been something = common after =0A> moving=0A>> > to Base Layout 2/OpenRC; however, I couldn= 't find anything that=0A>> > specified what the actual solution was - I th= ink most ended up doing a=0A>> > complete reinstall of their wicd/wpa-supp= licant software - either way=0A>> > details were lacking.=A0 I've successf= ully had wpa-supplicant =0A> working in=0A>> > the past, and as a result o= f all of this I've tried to get it up =0A> through=0A>> > the other method= too (iwconfig?), but no success. (I think I have=0A>> > managed to get it= to scan some, but not sufficiently and certainly no=0A>> > connections.)= =0A>> > =0A>> > Did you followed the instructions at=0A>> > =0A>> > htt= p://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml=0A>> > =0A>> > specificall= y the network section?=0A>> =0A>> Yes, I believe so. It's been a while sin= ce I made the migration, but =0A> the=0A>> wireless configuration seems to= have broken about the same time.=0A>> =0A>> The wired configuration works= just fine, and the guide mentions nothing=0A>> about Wireless changes - e= .g. WPA Supplicant - and that's where the=0A>> problem is. =0A>> =0A>> >>= =A0 Anyone see this issue and know what the solution is? I'd like =0A> to a= t=0A>> > =0A>> > least get my 802.11g access back - the current setup is = a bit of a =0A> pain=0A>> > and very limiting.=0A>> > =0A>> > Since you = use 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 =0A> connman,=0A>> > = and use the GUI thingy to do the work for you? I haven't manually=0A>> > c= onfigured a wireless network in years, and I have been the last three=0A>> = > months traveling with my laptop literally all over the world,=0A>> > co= nnecting to all kinds of access points.=0A>> > NetworkMnager just works, b= ut I also hear great comments about =0A> connman.=0A>> =0A>> I'm using KDE= , yes. I've tried the tools but it doesn't seem to =0A> ever scan=0A>> for= a wireless network on its own, and the scans I have been able to force=0A>= > don't result in a connection - they don't even find the network =0A> I'm= trying=0A>> to attach it to.=A0 Prior to the change, I could get WPA Supp= licant to=0A>> connect to my wireless, though I did have to have it specif= ically=0A>> configured to do so. It wouldn't typically work using the tool= s for the=0A>> one wireless network, while I could get it to for others (h= otels, other=0A>> places, etc.).=0A>> =0A>> I have added another network = that is configured a little differently that I=0A>> would prefer to connec= t to (over the old one), but at the moment I'll =0A> take=0A>> either. (Th= e new 802.11g network uses WPA2; the old one uses WEP+Shared.)=0A> =0A> Ass= uming that you have built in your kernel or loaded the driver module for = =0A> your NIC and any firmware blobs have also been loaded, please show:=0A= =0AYes. As I noted, it's worked before. The driver loads it find the firmwa= re, etc.=0AConfiguration information is below.=0A=A0=0A> /etc/conf.d/net = =0A=0A# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point= .=0A# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.=0Actrl= _interface=3DDIR=3D/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=3Dwheel=0A#ctrl_interface_= group=3Dwheel=0Aap_scan=3D1=0Afast_reauth=3D1=0A# This blank configuration = will automatically use DHCP for any net.*=0A# scripts in /etc/init.d.=A0 To= create a more complete configuration,=0A# please review /etc/conf.d/net.ex= ample and save your configuration=0A# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).= =0A=0A# Standard Network:=0Aconfig_eth0=3D( "dhcp" )=0A=0Adns_domain_lo=3D"= coal"=0A# Wireless Network:=0A# TBD=0A#config_wlan0 ( "wpa_supplicant" )=0A= #=0A=0A# Enable this to use WPA supplicant; however, need to change the con= figuration of the Wireless first.=0Amodules=3D( "!plug" "!iwconfig" "wpa_su= pplicant" )=0A#modules=3D( "!plug" "wpa_supplicant" )=0A#modules=3D("iwconf= ig")=0A#wpa_supplicant_wlan0=3D"-Dwext"=0A#wpa_timeout_wlan0=3D15=0A=0A#mod= ules=3D("iwconfig")=0A#iwconfig_wlan0=3D"mode managed"=0A#wpa_timeout_wlan0= =3D15=0A=A0=0A> and=A0 =0A> =0A> grep ^[^#] /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplic= ant.conf=0A=0Actrl_interface=3DDIR=3D/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=3Dwheel= =0Aap_scan=3D1=0Afast_reauth=3D1=0Acountry=3DUS=0A=0A# Home Network=0A#netw= ork=3D{=0A#=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 ssid=3D"MY-NETWORK"=0A#=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 key= _mgmt=3DIEEE8021X=0A#=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 eap=3DTLS=0A#=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 wep= _key0=3DDEADBEAF0123456789ABCDEF000=0A#=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 priority=3D1=0A#= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 auth_alg=3DSHARED=0A#}=0A#=0A#network=3D{=0A#=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 key_mgmt=3DNONE=0A#=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 priority=3D-9999999=0A#}=0A= =0AThe network information is commented out as I was trying to get it to wo= rk with the normal user-space tools (e.g. Network Manager); however, it is = no longer working in that configuration either. It doesn't seem to ever get= to doing the SCAN portion of trying to find networks.=0A=0AI can see wlan0= in wpa_gui, but I can't get it to scan at all. And I'd much rather use Net= work Manager if I could over wpa_gui; but it doesn't even see wlan0 (it hap= pily finds eth0, my wired NIC.)=0A=0ABen=0A