Slackware :: Wireless After Updating To 2.6.32.2
Jan 7, 2010
I'm running Slackware-Current, and after updating to the new kernel I'm having a small problem with my wireless. When I first turn on my computer, it connects to my router no problem. But when I reboot, "Polling for DHCP server on interface eth1" times out. I have to actually shutdown my computer and turn it back on in order for it to connect again. Same thing happens if I boot into Slackware, reboot, and boot into Windows. (But I can reboot in Windows and reconnect just fine) My wireless card uses the broadcom wl driver, and I had to use this patch to get it to compile with kernel 2.6.32.2. I didn't have this problem with kernel 2.6.29.6.
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Jul 7, 2011
I was updating slackware-current via slackpkg and while it was downloading/installing latest kernel (and other apps) my battery went off and now the system can't boot. I was thinking to boot through a live cd and through chroot command to re-install all the new packages. Would it work?
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Mar 29, 2011
While prepping for 13.37, I was going through Slackbuilds.org and noticed a lot of the packages I use are horribly out of date.
What is the etiquette for submitting an updated script? Just change the relevant details on the existing one and send it to them ordo I need to write a whole new script?
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Jul 17, 2011
After installing Slackware 13.37 I've noticed that while when in the Xwindows environment inside the mozilla firefox I can surf freely I cannot use wget with the same freedom.
I get the following error with wget:
Code:
wget [URL]
--2011-07-17 10:54:58--[URL]
Resolving dropbox.com (dropbox.com)... 199.47.216.179, 199.47.217.179
Connecting to dropbox.com (dropbox.com)|199.47.216.179|:443... connected.
ERROR: cannot verify dropbox.com's certificate, issued by "/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com, Inc./OU=[URL]": Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority. To connect to dropbox.com insecurely, use '--no-check-certificate'.
How do I update the machine to use the latest root ca's I have downloaded and manually installed ca-certificates_20110502.tar.gz but it still refuse to work with wget. How can I install the root ca so it will accept ssl when using wget?
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Aug 21, 2010
I updated my Ubuntu version to 10.04 a couple of days back, and everything seemed to be working fine. Then, I switched off my wireless using the wireless switch. Since then, it does not respond to the wireless switch, i.e. nothing I do turns the wireless on again. I checked "Hardware drivers", and it shows a green circle saying that the Broadcom device is recognised and working. Oddly enough, the I can switch the bluetooth on and off my clicking on the panel and choosing the appropriate option. However, the wireless icon is not visible on the panel. I have also tried switching the wireless off and on from the BIOS, but that too has no effect at all.
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Aug 22, 2010
I recently installed Slackware Linux 13.1 , and my Wireless is down. I've only installed 3 Linux disto's on my main laptop (Ubuntu 9.10 , 10.04 , and Crunchbang Linux 9.04 , just had Crunchbang), and they all had the same problem. In all three , I was able to enable Windows Wireless drivers and every thing worked. Now , I'm assuming I have to the same ting in Slackware? Sorry , but I have no idea what my wireless card is. But I know that my laptop is a Dell Insprion E1705. One last thing , I did ifconfig and that wlan0 is my Wi-Fi interface. I typed ifconfig wlan0 up to see if that was the problem. After I did that , I got and error message. Then I typed ifconfig wlan0 down to see if it was down and it made wlan0 down. I tried bringing it up again , but I got an error saying it couldn't find the device specified. Also , how do I install XFCE? I really don't like KDE for some reason and would like to install XFCE. I chose XFCE over GNOME (my favorite) because I want to try something new.
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Oct 24, 2010
Lost my wireless keyboard and mouse upgrading slackware current.Boot seems to be normal.I just can't login, cause have no keyboard.
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Apr 21, 2011
I have a 3dsp pci wifi card, and the last kernel it supports is Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-(21-24) I want to update but dont want to accidentally update the kernal.
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Jun 5, 2010
I do have trouble in configuring my wireless network,though i configured it as what Alien BOB say(http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...ckware:network) and google some similar Threads.My latop is Asus F83vf, wireless card is Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter.
The code when I run lspci command is code...
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Nov 30, 2009
I yesterday installed Slackware and I am quite impressed. I have been using Ubuntu for a year and decided to move on. My wireless worked fine in Ubuntu but it seems that it needs some configuration for Slackware.Note that my home network WiFi has no password or whatever. I still can't find any networks with my wireless even after the configuration. I fire up wpa_gui and it can't spot anything..
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Feb 26, 2010
I'm able to configure my Wireless network to connect with an AP with WEP key but...
Now I'm at home, I've a WPA2 key (my router now is supporting both, WPA and WPA2). I used WICD to connect but no success at all! It just stops with "Connection failed: Could not contact the wireless access point"
if I type IWLIST key:
Code:
ra0 2 key sizes: 40, 104bits
4 keys available
[1]: off
[2]: off
[3]: off
[4]: off
code....
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May 21, 2011
I am trying to set a wireless connection up. I have uncommented the ath9k module for my card. I have configured rc.inet1.conf :
IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
[Code]....
AS you can see, everything seem fine when I start wlan0, but I can't connect to the internet through firefox.
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Jul 31, 2010
I have an usb modem and I want to share the internet access with other laptop.When I used Ubuntu (I suppose it was a gnome's tool) I was able to create a wireless lan, so I could share the internet, using just my wireless card.Is there any way to do this in Slackware 13.1? If that must be done with commands, there is no problem.
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Jul 12, 2011
My computer is ThinkPad SL400 and the wireless card is AR5001 wireless network adapter (Atheros Communications Inc.). I now use slackware13.37. I can't make the wireless card work and the indicator light is always out. In Windows7, the wireless card can work. Doesn't the kernel 2.6.37 support ath5k? I find the webpage [URL], but I don't know whether I should download the relevant driver or the kernel has already possessed the driver and the only thing to do is activate it.
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Jul 24, 2011
There's no NetworkManager, where should i detect the possible connection and connect it.
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Feb 3, 2010
I have an HP DV6 1030us and I am dual booting Windows 7 64bit and Slackware 13.0 64bit. I know there is a Broadcom wireless card and when I go to HP.com it says there are 2 drivers:
Intel PRO/Wireless Drivers for Microsoft Windows 7 10-2009 13.0
>>>> Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5300 Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100
Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 10-2009 5.60.18.8
>>>> Broadcom 43224AG 802.11 a/b/g/draft-n WiFi Adapter
My question is, how do I get wireless access in Slackware? I already have it set up to work with an wired connection but I really need the wireless access to make the OS functional for me to use.
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Apr 3, 2010
I am a fresh in linux world, I don't know how to set up my wireless in slackware 13
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Sep 3, 2010
I just bought a new computer and installed slackware 13 on it. Unfortunately my new desktop doesnt have a wireless adaptor to connect to the wireless in our place, but I have a laptop that can connect to the wireless internet. So I was wondering if theres a way that my laptop can provide internet connection to my dekstop using ethernet?
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Mar 9, 2011
I have an ACER Travelmate 32600-4542. The original OS was windows XP. I installed Linux Mint 10.0. I ran that a little while and for some reason it wasslow and would occasionally freeze for a few seconds at a time. I got sick of that andid a clean install of Slackware 13.1. The problem I am having now is the wireless won't come onI try to switch the power switch and it will not turn on. I am fairly new to Linux and don't even know where to start to find out why it isn't turning on. I didn't have any problems with it turning on with Mint.
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Sep 16, 2010
I have tried to get my wireless network setup for 5 nights now, with the same results. Everything in my system automatically installs during the initial installation, except wireless, which I have run into in the past with older pc's. This install however (from 13.1 install dvd) seems to not cooperate properly with the rest of my computer. After installing wicd, I attempt to connect to the wireless network. Immediately after, wicd shows in the activity bar 'flushing dns' and syslog spews out two notifications at the lower right. That's it. From there it hangs and will not terminate cleanly. If I log out from there, I cannot get back into my x window system. Startx merely creates an Auth file and fails to load, saying that it's already active on 0. Then, if I run shutdown -r now, the system only goes as far as disconnecting remote drives and then hangs as well. I have to perform a hard boot at that point. The only thing that circumvents this, is to installpkg remove wicd. After wicd's removal, then I can shutdown -r now and reboot, reenter X and everything acts normal - until a wicd install. Any thoughts, suggestions, anything?
Please be aware, that I am not familiar with outputting data into a file like in the other posts I've seen here, so if you need the output, please include the commands necessary.
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Jul 3, 2011
I am attempting to setup wireless in Slackware 13.37 for the first time and while I found a lot of guides I am still unable to connect to my router without starting X and using wicd. I'll post my rc.inet1.conf and rc.wireless.conf along with wireless-settings.conf from wicd. wireless-settings.conf
Code:
[00:26:F3:22:33:7A]
automatic = False
[00:26:F3:22:33:79]
afterscript = None
dhcphostname = Doctor
bssid = 00:26:F3:22:33:79
[Code]...
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Apr 28, 2011
so I know this is probably one of the most asked questions from Slackware noobs, but i can't seem to find an acceptable answer to this question. How to get wireless networking, working under Slackware linux.I know the tools i should be using(ifconfig, iwconfig) but I have no idea how to use them. I know the init script that I need to edit but I'm not to sure where to get the information it requires, such as the ESSID.I am running 13.1 64bit. I know that the wireless network I want to connect to uses WPA encryption.As well I have never used Slackware before, I've had the most experience with CrunchBang, the problem being wireless worked out of the box for that.
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May 13, 2010
I can't use my wireless card in slack 13.1 (slack64-current). Looking at the dmesg output I saw that the firmware was missing, so I download it from ralink website.After this I was able to up it with ifconfig. I also was able to see my network with wicd, but after connection I can only transfer very few packets and network becomes unresponsive, no traffic.In slack64 13.0 this same card works fine. I don't even need to install a firmware. how I can make this work in slackware64-current?
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Dec 13, 2010
I am running Slackware 13.1. I have a Samsung SCX-4720FN connected to a Linksys wireless access point. How can I install this printer. Well first off, how can I even detect it to start installing it. What tool should I use?
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May 11, 2011
I am having trouble getting my wireless card to connect to my network. I believe I have done everything correctly. Here is my wpa_supplicant.conf file:
Code:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
[Code]....
I have never connected to a wpa network using slackware before, so I am not entirely sure how to use wpa_supplicant. I have altered the conf file, then tried dhcpcd and it times out.
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Oct 11, 2010
So I recently installed Slackware 13.1 and now want to get my D-Link DWA-140 to work with it. However I'm quite an amateur at Linux and can't seem to figure out how to. After following many different how-tos and tutorials this is where I am: I got 2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1 (supposedly USB driver)package and rt2870.bin (supposedly firmware) in my root catalog. What I have already done with them:
make & make install in 2010_0709~
blacklisting modules 2x00usb, 2x00lib, 2800usb
modprobe rt2870sta
copying rt2870.bin to /lib/firmware
Regardless of everything, my adapter still is not active.. and how can I make the OS load the module at startup?
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Feb 22, 2011
I just installed Slackware 13.1 on my Asus 1215T, and I've been trying to get it to connect to my wireless network in my home. When I type iwconfig I get no wireless extensions, and ifconfig returns only lo, no wlan0. I read the Slackbook wiki and tried to configure the inet1.conf and wireless.conf but still no luck...
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Oct 19, 2010
I just installed slackware 13.1 on my notebook...all instalation step was success. But then everything is just like "a jungle" for me. So there will be a lot of next question post from me for this time, i wonder about the LED wireless that always ON. The Hotkeys is work i thought, because when i on/off it and i check it by "iwconfig" tx transmits going to off/0dB.
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Dec 9, 2010
I was having a similar issue with my wireless connection with S13.1-64 as this thread. My lappie uses the Intel Wifi Link 5100 AGN and had a problem pulling an IP from public wireless, however, I resolved that by setting the channel within the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to the strongest antenna. However, now my problem is just maintaining the connection once it is established, either by time or heavy use the connection will drop, and I will typically have to restart the rc.inet1 script to get my access back again. According to the init script at start-up dhcpcd is forked, but apparently it doesn't do anything. If anyone has any ideas, I am all ears.
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Mar 10, 2010
My area does not have broadband, but I am able to get 3G on my cell phone. So, I've been tethering it to my laptop when needed, but what I'd like to do is set up my Slackware 13.0 box (which is configured to run as firewall/router/dhcp server so that I can just turn on my phone's wireless router program, and then share it out over the whole network in my house. I'm using a Gigabyte b/g wireless card, which has the RT61 chipset in it. I have NO problems at all getting the wireless card to work with just setting up rc.inet1.conf. The only problem here is when I need to take my cell phone with me, I will not be able to simply turn it back into a WAP, and have my Slackware box auto reconnect to it.
This is why I started looking into using WICD. I do NOT run X, so that's why WICD fits the bill, since it has a cli version. First I tried installing the version that came on the CD. No dice there. I removed that package, and tried the 1.7 package that's on the mirrors under current. I used slackpkg to install it. WICD will run, see wlan0, sees my WAP and a few others, but it fails to connect. It attempts to up the interface, and use dhcp to get an ip, but it fails everytime. My phone's WAP program only does WEP, but I can't get WICD to get an IP with our without WEP enabled. I made sure that my rc.inet1.conf file does not reference any interfaces.
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