So, this is my first linux distro, and im running slackware 14
wireless card: tp-link "tl-wn951n"
Having trouble executing
#slackpkg update gpg
results:
#ifconfig
results:
#iwconfig
results:

There should no problem with your device as it is supported by the ath9k kernel module. You can check that the kernel module is loaded with 'lsmod | grep ath9k'.
It appears that you do not have a connection to you access point, so the wireless connection is down and does not appear in the output of 'ifconfig'. You should see the device with 'ifconfig -a'.
Try using NetworkManager to configure your wireless access.

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I tried using "network connections" in kde but the only tab i can interact with is vpn, the rest are grayed out.

# lsmod | grep ath9k

# ifconfig -a

The "network connections" in KDE is not compatible with Slackware.

To use NetworkManager in Slackware you need to have the NetworkManager daemon running.
From http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:..._configuration (under the "Graphical Network Configuration Services" heading
As an alternative you can do this
From the mail to root from Patrick Volkerding with the header "Welcome to Linux (Slackware 14.0)!"
You may want to reboot to after completing this.

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After executing

# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager

I was unsure how to go about installing gnome so i proceeded to reset my network using

#netconfig

(a)loopback
(b)networkmanager

and rebooting my system which fixed my issue.

result
And now i'm happily browsing on slackware 14.
Thank you!
Now on to slay my GeForce GTX 560

while going through the process of

slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all

i have seamed to disable the network manager. after retrying

# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager

and netconfig in possibly every imaginable config i am back where i started. perhaps i did something wrong while running

slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all



root@slacker:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff

eth0 no wireless extensions.

root@slacker:~# ifconfig
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 48 bytes 2568 (2.5 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 48 bytes 2568 (2.5 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

root@slacker:~# ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 10:bf:48:74:00:84 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 48 base 0xc000

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 48 bytes 2568 (2.5 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 48 bytes 2568 (2.5 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 90:f6:52:87:09:29 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Welcome to the perils of running -current

I think you have been caught by this. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...3/#post4918278

Perhaps you could download the required package on another computer and then install it on to your affected Slackware-current.

If you are running Slackware 14 that should not have happened.

If on the other hand, you configured slackpkg to use a slackware-current repository, then yes, this is a known issue with slackpkg and the NetworkManager update of last week...

See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...3/#post4918278 and the posts that follow. I think the best way forward for you is to download the Slackware updates to another computer, copy them to a USB stick or external USB drive, connect that to the Slackware computer, configure slackpkg to look at the USB stick and update the rest of the packages without having to download them from the Internet.

Eric

I got out of this situation by going to terminal and

"dhclient"
iwconfig wlan0 essid yourname
dhcpcd -d wlan0

then when it connects go ahead an do the upgrades, and it worked!

root@slacker:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
root@slacker:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 eth0_restart
root@slacker:~# dhclient
root@slacker:~# iwconfig wlan0 essid root
root@slacker:~# dhcpck -d wlan0
bash: dhcpck: command not found
root@slacker:~# dhcpcd -d wlan0
dhcpcd[3129]: version 5.5.6 starting
dhcpcd[3129]: wlan0: using hwaddr 90:f6:52:87:09:29
dhcpcd[3129]: wlan0: executing `/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason PREINIT
dhcpcd[3129]: wlan0: executing `/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason NOCARRIER
dhcpcd[3129]: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd[3129]: timed out
dhcpcd[3129]: allowing 8 seconds for IPv4LL timeout
dhcpcd[3129]: timed out
root@slacker:~# /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf
bash: /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf: permission denied

If you want to configure your wireless connection without using NetworkManager, then the process will depend on how your computer connects to your access point.

If you use WPA2 only, then the process is outlined here. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...3/#post4918382

If you use WPA then using the technique outlined by zrdc28 should work. Perhaps check the state of your wireless with 'rfkill list'. You may need to unblock with 'rfkill unblock 1' or something similar.

The 'sneakernet' option is still the easiest if you have not worked out how to connect without using NetworkManager.

Having trouble updating via 'sneakernet'
I go to http://packages.slackware.com/ but really don't know where to do from there to even download the packages.


root@slacker:~# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

root@slacker:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager stop
Stopping NetworkManager: stopped
root@slacker:~# pkill wpa_supplicant
root@slacker:~# rfkill unblock 1
root@slacker:~# wpa_supplicant -B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -Dwext
root@slacker:~# dhcpcd
dhcpcd[3036]: version 5.5.6 starting
dhcpcd[3036]: no interfaces have a carrier
dhcpcd[3036]: forked to background, child pid 3073
root@slacker:~# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
sh: /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall: No such file or directory
root@slacker:~# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
sh: /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall: No such file or directory
root@slacker:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager start
Starting NetworkManager daemon: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libnm-util.so.2: undefined symbol: g_type_ensure

oot@slacker:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.cong
bash: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.cong: No such file or directory
root@slacker:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
root@slacker:~# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 etho restart
root@slacker:~# slackpkg upgrade all

You need the GPG key of Slackware Linux Project <security@slackware.com>.
To download and install that key, run:

# slackpkg update gpg

You can disable GPG checking too, but it is not a good idea.
To disable GPG, edit slackpkg.conf and change the value of the CHECKGPG
variable to off - you can see an example in the original slackpkg.conf.new
file distributed with slackpkg.

Assumimng you are running Slackware64-current as suggested by the PHP code block in post#1, then the package glib2-2.34.3-x86_64-1.txz can be found at http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa...slackware64/l/

ok, so I gave up on networkmanager and installed wicd and now im about to retry slackpkg update