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* [gentoo-user] wifi connection problem
@ 2013-09-21 15:08 Bruce Hill
  2013-09-21 16:31 ` Mick
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Hill @ 2013-09-21 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

After moving from one location to another, changing ISPs from Metrocast to
Comcast, we're having connectivity issues. But let me just state the problem
with the wife's PC, peter. (My laptop, baruch, works with a static IP using
wicd...nothing has worked using DHCP in Gentoo since moving to Comcast.)

It can connect with a wire, but not wireless, using /etc/conf.d/net and
wpa_supplicant.conf

dmesg output:

<snip>
[    4.598076] systemd-udevd[1214]: starting version 204
[    5.211658] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    5.211965] r8712u: Staging version
[    5.211976] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
[    5.211980] usb 1-2: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
[    5.212463] usb 1-2: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
[    5.933140] usb 1-2: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
[    5.933145] usb 1-2: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:de:38:44
[    5.933147] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[    5.933232] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
[    7.116650] Adding 1951860k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1951860k 
[    7.153107] XFS (sda2): Mounting Filesystem
[    7.295342] XFS (sda2): Ending clean mount
[    7.330984] XFS (sda3): Mounting Filesystem
[    7.469806] XFS (sda3): Ending clean mount
[   10.118645] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 1 RCR=0x153f00e
[   10.119365] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 2 RCR=0x553f00e
[   10.469578] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
[   10.469589] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
[   12.615465] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link up

peter ~ # egrep -v "(^#|^ *$)" /etc/conf.d/net
config_wlan0="192.168.11.75 netmask 255.255.255.0"
modules_wlan0="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
dns_servers_wlan0="4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 8.8.8.8 192.168.11.1"
routes_wlan0="default via 192.168.11.1"
config_eth0="192.168.11.55 netmask 255.255.255.0"
dns_servers_eth0="4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 8.8.8.8 192.168.11.1"
routes_eth0="default via 192.168.11.1"

peter ~ # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
#ap_scan=0
#update_config=1

network={
	ssid="0024A5F5271E"
	#psk="<munged>"
	psk=<munged>
        scan_ssid=1
        proto=WPA2
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        group=CCMP TKIP
        pairwise=CCMP TKIP
#        priority=5
}

peter ~ # ls -l /etc/init.d/net.*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     6 Sep 16 09:35 /etc/init.d/net.eth0 -> net.lo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16919 Dec  9  2012 /etc/init.d/net.lo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     6 Sep 21 07:05 /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 -> net.lo

peter ~ # rc-update show 
             bootmisc | boot                         
                dcron |      default                 
                devfs |                       sysinit
                dmesg |                       sysinit
                 fsck | boot                         
                  gpm |      default                 
             hostname | boot                         
              hwclock | boot                         
              keymaps | boot                         
            killprocs |              shutdown        
                local |      default                 
           localmount | boot                         
              modules | boot                         
             mount-ro |              shutdown        
                 mtab | boot                         
             net.eth0 |      default                 
               net.lo | boot                         
            net.wlan0 |      default                 
             netmount |      default                 
               procfs | boot                         
                 root | boot                         
            savecache |              shutdown        
                 sshd |      default                 
                 swap | boot                         
            swapfiles | boot                         
               sysctl | boot                         
                sysfs |                       sysinit
            syslog-ng |      default                 
         teamviewerd8 |      default                 
         termencoding | boot                         
       tmpfiles.setup | boot                         
                 udev |                       sysinit
           udev-mount |                       sysinit
              urandom | boot                         
       wpa_supplicant |      default

peter ~ # ip addr 
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether bc:ae:c5:48:27:ef brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.11.55/24 brd 192.168.11.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 94:44:52:de:38:44 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

NB: To ssh into peter from baruch and get this info, I had to del net.wlan0
from the default runlevel. Otherwise, I couldn't get sshd to start:

Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel:    4.598076] systemd-udevd[1214]: starting version 204
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.211658] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.211965] r8712u: Staging version
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.211976] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.211980] usb 1-2: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.212463] usb 1-2: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.933140] usb 1-2: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.933145] usb 1-2: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:de:38:44
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.933147] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.933232] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.116650] Adding 1951860k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1951860k 
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.153107] XFS (sda2): Mounting Filesystem
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.295342] XFS (sda2): Ending clean mount
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.330984] XFS (sda3): Mounting Filesystem
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.469806] XFS (sda3): Ending clean mount
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter crond[1681]: /usr/sbin/crond 4.5 dillon's cron daemon, started with loglevel notice
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter /usr/sbin/gpm[1694]: *** info [daemon/startup.c(136)]: 
Sep 21 10:01:05 peter /usr/sbin/gpm[1694]: Started gpm successfully. Entered daemon mode.
Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [   10.118645] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 1 RCR=0x153f00e
Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [   10.119365] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 2 RCR=0x553f00e
Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [   10.469578] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [   10.469589] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
Sep 21 10:01:06 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[1925]: start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant'
Sep 21 10:01:06 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[1850]: ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start
Sep 21 10:01:06 peter /etc/init.d/netmount[1932]: ERROR: cannot start netmount as net.wlan0 would not start
Sep 21 10:01:07 peter /etc/init.d/sshd[1933]: ERROR: cannot start sshd as net.wlan0 would not start
Sep 21 10:01:08 peter kernel: [   12.615465] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link up
Sep 21 10:02:33 peter sudo:     anna : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/anna ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash
Sep 21 10:02:44 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[2232]: start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant'
Sep 21 10:02:44 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[2157]: ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start
Sep 21 10:02:44 peter /etc/init.d/sshd[2156]: ERROR: cannot start sshd as net.wlan0 would not start
Sep 21 10:03:33 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[2333]: start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant'
Sep 21 10:03:33 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[2258]: ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start
Sep 21 10:03:33 peter /etc/init.d/sshd[2257]: ERROR: cannot start sshd as net.wlan0 would not start
Sep 21 10:03:49 peter sshd[2362]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Sep 21 10:04:13 peter sshd[2377]: SSH: Server;Ltype: Version;Remote: 192.168.11.77-50656;Protocol: 2.0;Client: OpenSSH_5.9p1-hpn13v11
Sep 21 10:04:13 peter sshd[2377]: SSH: Server;Ltype: Kex;Remote: 192.168.11.77-50656;Enc: aes128-ctr;MAC: hmac-md5;Comp: none [preauth]
Sep 21 10:04:13 peter sshd[2377]: SSH: Server;Ltype: Authname;Remote: 192.168.11.77-50656;Name: mingdao [preauth]
Sep 21 10:04:16 peter sshd[2377]: Accepted password for mingdao from 192.168.11.77 port 50656 ssh2
Sep 21 10:04:16 peter sshd[2377]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn't stat /var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory
Sep 21 10:04:16 peter sshd[2377]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn't stat /var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory

And the present status of services:

peter ~ # rc-status 
Runlevel: default
 syslog-ng                                                                                                                                                                 [  started  ]
 wpa_supplicant                                                                                                                                                            [  started  ]
 net.eth0                                                                                                                                                                  [  started  ]
 netmount                                                                                                                                                                  [  stopped  ]
 dcron                                                                                                                                                                     [  started  ]
 gpm                                                                                                                                                                       [  started  ]
 sshd                                                                                                                                                                      [  started  ]
 teamviewerd8                                                                                                                                                              [  started  ]
 local                                                                                                                                                                     [  started  ]
Dynamic Runlevel: hotplugged
Dynamic Runlevel: needed
Dynamic Runlevel: manual

What can I do to get wifi working on peter w/out using wicd?

Cheers,

Bruce
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* Re: [gentoo-user] wifi connection problem
  2013-09-21 15:08 [gentoo-user] wifi connection problem Bruce Hill
@ 2013-09-21 16:31 ` Mick
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Mick @ 2013-09-21 16:31 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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I can't see anything out of place, but here's some suggestions.

On Saturday 21 Sep 2013 16:08:36 Bruce Hill wrote:

> peter ~ # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
> ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
> #ap_scan=0
> #update_config=1
> 
> network={
> 	ssid="0024A5F5271E"
> 	#psk="<munged>"
> 	psk=<munged>
>         scan_ssid=1
>         proto=WPA2

Change this to:

		proto=RSN


>         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>         group=CCMP TKIP

If your access point can do CCMP, your don't need TKIP


>         pairwise=CCMP TKIP

Ditto.


> 3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state
> UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 94:44:52:de:38:44 brd
> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I know that this says wlan0 is up, but could the error below be because it is 
disabled at the hardware?


> NB: To ssh into peter from baruch and get this info, I had to del net.wlan0
> from the default runlevel. Otherwise, I couldn't get sshd to start:
> 
> Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel:    4.598076] systemd-udevd[1214]: starting
> version 204 Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.211658] r8712u: module is
> from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
> Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.211965] r8712u: Staging version Sep
> 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.211976] r8712u: register
> rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [   
> 5.211980] usb 1-2: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints Sep 21 10:01:05
> peter kernel: [    5.212463] usb 1-2: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
> Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.933140] usb 1-2: r8712u: CustomerID =
> 0x0000 Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.933145] usb 1-2: r8712u: MAC
> Address from efuse = 94:44:52:de:38:44 Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [   
> 5.933147] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
> Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    5.933232] usbcore: registered new
> interface driver r8712u Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.116650]
> Adding 1951860k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1951860k
> Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.153107] XFS (sda2): Mounting
> Filesystem Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.295342] XFS (sda2): Ending
> clean mount Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.330984] XFS (sda3):
> Mounting Filesystem Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [    7.469806] XFS
> (sda3): Ending clean mount Sep 21 10:01:05 peter crond[1681]:
> /usr/sbin/crond 4.5 dillon's cron daemon, started with loglevel notice Sep
> 21 10:01:05 peter /usr/sbin/gpm[1694]: *** info [daemon/startup.c(136)]:
> Sep 21 10:01:05 peter /usr/sbin/gpm[1694]: Started gpm successfully.
> Entered daemon mode. Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [   10.118645] r8712u
> 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 1 RCR=0x153f00e Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [  
> 10.119365] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 2 RCR=0x553f00e Sep 21 10:01:06 peter
> kernel: [   10.469578] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down Sep 21 10:01:06
> peter kernel: [   10.469589] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down Sep 21
> 10:01:06 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[1925]: start-stop-daemon: failed to
> start `/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant' Sep 21 10:01:06 peter
> /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[1850]: ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start Sep 21

Does 'rfkill list' confirm that the wlan0 hardware is switched on?

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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