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From: Arnau Bria <arnau@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:36:59
Message-Id: 20090201004124.4740f930@amparo
1 Hi,
2
3 I've installed wicd and configured as
4 http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin/Wicd on Fedora says.
5
6 *Just starting its daemon
7
8 But when I open it I only see my wired conection.
9 My wireless interface is avaliable via ifconfig:
10 # iwconfig
11 lo no wireless extensions.
12
13 eth0 no wireless extensions.
14
15 wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
16
17 wlan1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
18 Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
19 Tx-Power=0 dBm
20 Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
21 Encryption key:off
22 Power Management:off
23 Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
24 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
25 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
26
27 # ifconfig wlan1
28 wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:3B:2A:6D:0F
29 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
30 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
31 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
32 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
33 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
34
35
36 But it does not appear in wicd client.
37 I'd like to use WEP keys, and I see no refernce to that option in
38 prefernces tab... only WPA.
39
40
41 Anyone with experience on wicd could give me some help, plesae?
42
43 TIA,
44 Arnau

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