From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HBdUu-000568-KF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:53:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0TKpScL020460; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:51:28 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0TKiT0K011164 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:44:29 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so3958426nfb for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:44:29 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version:message-id:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qvE/l/6+dfVgSQzpRCDYei5KMig6Wa/+DX0K/RmwT0o2ZqGnHZeDDbMSMD+6sFW96snY8X8MFSwfD18QwWigcIC02T3TOn9tcMQJKhftFJ1+XqEt9WfzP6hN/kjYI/ySVjMFPlQxVa1T2oy5qHpJnTb8yAfzfu533nVeUVGZzzE= Received: by 10.49.57.1 with SMTP id j1mr3414477nfk.1170103468162; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:44:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from lappy.study ( [213.162.120.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id a23sm23867091nfc.2007.01.29.12.44.26; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:44:27 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] WiFi adaptor playing up Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:43:52 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200701292044.02582.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1749895.by2k89dRmL"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: db5137f8-fd36-463d-93c8-a092cbaf84f0 X-Archives-Hash: c34bb6a6e6ec958e2f892f6eff222396 --nextPart1749895.by2k89dRmL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline My only consolation is that this fault is not intermittent. :-( Here's what happened. I emerged a different (to my tried & tested rt2x00-9= 999=20 wireless driver). Then I uninstalled rt2x00-9999, but I couldn't get the n= ew=20 driver to work. So, I unmerged it, remerged rt2x00-9999 (this is a CVS=20 package) and I have not been able to make it work ever since. I even=20 recompiled the kernel in hope of getting it to work, but I can't get it to= =20 detect any Access Points: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart * Starting wlan0 * Loading networking modules for wlan0 * modules: apipa arping ccwgroup macchanger macnet rename ifplugd=20 iwconfig essidnet iptunnel iproute2 pppd system dhcpcd ip6to4 * ifplugd provides plug * iwconfig provides wireless * iproute2 provides interface * pppd provides ppp * dhcpcd provides dhcp * Configuring wlan0 for MAC address 00:11:50:18:55:3F ... [ ok ] * ifplugd does not work on wireless interfaces * Configuring wireless network for wlan0 * Scanning for access points * no access points found * Couldn't find any access points on wlan0 * Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 [ !! ] =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D Here's some additional relevant info: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D # iwlist wlan0 scanning wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down # iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" =20 Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated = =20 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=3D2346 B =20 Encryption key: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 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D The device and its modules are loaded: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D # lsusb Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 =20 Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:7050 Belkin Components F5D7050 ver 1000 WiFi # lsmod | grep -i 2500 rt2500usb 31168 0=20 80211 157644 2 rt2500usb,rc80211_simple # lsmod | grep -i 80211 ieee80211softmac 26880 0=20 ieee80211_crypt_ccmp 6720 0=20 ieee80211_crypt_wep 4032 0=20 rc80211_simple 4416 0=20 80211 157644 2 rt2500usb,rc80211_simple =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D tcpdump doesn't show much when run immediately after I insert the adaptor: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D # tcpdump -vv -i wlan0 tcpdump: WARNING: wlan0: no IPv4 address assigned tcpdump: listening on wlan0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 68=20 bytes tcpdump: pcap_loop: recvfrom: Network is down 0 packets captured 0 packets received by filter 0 packets dropped by kernel =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D Would you perhaps know how I may be able to troubleshoot this thing before = I=20 lose my temper and throw it out of the window? PS. I might have un/plugged it during probing/scanning - could that have=20 caused some physical damage? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1749895.by2k89dRmL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFvlyS5Fp0QerLYPcRAmBiAJ0elodRzpO6j36HOtrNR9W2aGeJQACfb+F2 FbhJ5tja9/nW+ApGjH4rang= =4c9l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1749895.by2k89dRmL-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list