Slackware 12 vs Laptops?

Karu · 03-26-2008, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLH1919

When I run iwconfig I get:

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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Samsara"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr

ff Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key

ff
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

Good, you card is available!
I believe you have to configure WPA/WEP
Take look at Alien Bobs site.
It is about madwifi but seting up WPA and configuring rc.inet1.conf and rc.wireless.conf are the same !

febriansasi · 03-26-2008, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLH1919

Did you just upgrade everything or just a certain package like iwl3945?
I tried this the other day, upgraded everything. It gave me the option to keep or overwrite the libraries. I chose overwrite and wound up having to reinstall Slack, I felt like an idiot lol.

could you explain why u have too reinstall ?
Because in the slackware-current the kernel is version 2.6.24.3
so dont forget to run lilo before you rebooting.
now my wifi works, dont use kwifimanager, instead u can download kwlan from kde applications its a good apps for managing your wifi especially if you travelling.

febriansasi · 03-26-2008, 05:13 AM

And yes I upgraded all, so I can have lilo with slackware logo on it.

Hangdog42 · 03-26-2008, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLH1919

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Samsara"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption keyff
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

That "Not-Associated" is telling you that your card and your AP aren't talking to each other yet. Do you have WEP/WPA enabled? Do you have SSID broadcast on your router enabled?

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLH1919

I have tried manually assigning it an IP address and played with the rc.wireless.conf and rc.inet1.conf but haven't been able to get anywhere with it. Any ideas on where I should look next?

Have a look in your log files (/var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog, and the dmesg output and see if the driver is complaining about anything. Also, messing with IP addresses isn't going to get you anywhere until that "Not-Associated" in the iwconfig output goes away and you actually associate with your AP.

RLH1919 · 03-26-2008, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hangdog42

That "Not-Associated" is telling you that your card and your AP aren't talking to each other yet. Do you have WEP/WPA enabled? Do you have SSID broadcast on your router enabled?

Have a look in your log files (/var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog, and the dmesg output and see if the driver is complaining about anything. Also, messing with IP addresses isn't going to get you anywhere until that "Not-Associated" in the iwconfig output goes away and you actually associate with your AP.

Yes I have WEP enabled, using 128 bit encryption and I'm broadcasting my SSID. I'll take a look at those message logs you suggested and see what I can find, thanks.

RLH1919 · 03-26-2008, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by febriansasi

could you explain why u have too reinstall ?
Because in the slackware-current the kernel is version 2.6.24.3
so dont forget to run lilo before you rebooting.
now my wifi works, dont use kwifimanager, instead u can download kwlan from kde applications its a good apps for managing your wifi especially if you travelling.

I had to reinstall because I hosed it up, my fault.
I like slackpkg though, powerfull tool
slackware-current kernel is version 2.6.24.4 now. I guess it won't be long before they come out with Slackware 12.1.
Thanks for the tip on wifi managers, I'll have to check them out.

Hangdog42 · 03-26-2008, 11:28 AM

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Yes I have WEP enabled, using 128 bit encryption

There is your problem. Your iwconfig output doesn't show a WEP key. Enter it with:

iwconfig wlan0 key YourKeyInHex

or

iwconfig wlan0 key s:YourKeyInAsci

RLH1919 · 03-26-2008, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hangdog42

There is your problem. Your iwconfig output doesn't show a WEP key. Enter it with:

iwconfig wlan0 key YourKeyInHex

or

iwconfig wlan0 key s:YourKeyInAsci

You were right! I don't think I can do WEP 128 bit encryption with this card, it wouldn't let me. So I took off the WEP and I can access it. I'm going to see if it will let me do WPA or whatever it is. I really appreciate all your help. I'm going to go have a drink, cheers.

iiv · 03-29-2008, 03:59 AM

Update: Lenovo Ideapad Y510 wifi iwl3945 got it running, do not ask what exactly I did.
I was using 2.6.24.3 when got the message about HW kill turned on, after that went on recompiling(downsizing the kernel, removing unnecessary support for hardware that sure will not appear on my system), so removed a bunch of things from kernel, installed it and got WiFi working!.. That's it.

For those who are interested, another info. How to get snd-hda-intel working with headphones properly. Please exec this

Code:

echo "options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo-ms7195-dig" >> /etc/modprobe.d/sound

that sure works, but does driver still does not explore it itself(with model=auto), so insert it explicitly.

DonnieP · 04-19-2008, 10:49 PM

FWIW in case anyone else checks this thread for problems upgrading from ipw3945 to iwl3945 - like when you upgrade from 12.0 to -current: in addition to making sure you have iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode in your /lib/firmware, you also have to make sure you don't have the old ipw3945 version of the ucode file in the same /lib/firmware directory. After upgrade to -current my 3945 wireless associated fine with wpa_supplicant but absolutely refused to get an IP address . . . until I removed the deprecated firmware file.