No wireless networks detected in -current after upgrade of wpa_supplicant
Hi all,
I am running -current on an ASUS eeePC 1000HE. Wireless was working fine up until the time I applied the latest changes from the Slack -current tree, which upgraded wpa_supplicant. Now, no networks are detected. I looked at some related threads here and did some basic checking: neither the eth1 nor wlan0 interfaces show up in iwconfig or ifconfig output. Am afraid I am still a wireless dunderhead and don't know where to start troubleshooting this issue. Any nudge in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks, /glenn |
Hi,
What do you see with 'ifconfig -a'? |
wpa_supplicant shouldn't be a problem - it helps associate with networks, and has nothing to do with presenting actual networking interfaces.
As mentioned, does 'ifconfig -a' show your card? If not, what type of card / chipset is it ? |
'ifconfig -a' produces the following:
Code:
root@darkstar:~# ifconfig -a 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0) ... but maybe not? I do recall the make of the wireless card as Atheros. |
Hi,
Your showing that it is a atheros 1G Ethernet for eth0. If you do a 'lspic -vv' then a wireless chipset should show. Post that information. Then we can proceed from there. |
Hi Gary -
When I issue 'lspci -w' I get Code:
root@darkstar:~# lspci -w |
Hi, chexmix, onebuck means double 'v' but not a 'w' :P
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D'oh! My old eyes.
Okay. Issued the 'lspci -vv' command & got a load of output. Didn't see anything obvious when I scrolled through it, so grepped for 'Wireless' and 'Network' and found nothing (I checked another system to see what terms would be likely candidates for searching). Possible I am missing it. Am going to try booting the Windows XP installation on the Netbook, bleah, to see if I have wireless there. If not, perhaps the hardware itself has gone south. /g |
OK. Posting this from the Netbook w/ Win XP booted (wired network). It does appear there is a hardware problem: a) typically I am presented with a slew of annoying Windows messages about connecting wirelessly, and I don't do this at home, b) I cannot find the hardware via Control Panel.
Foo. Not what I had hoped for. Perhaps I am learning why Netbooks are as cheap as they are ... |
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