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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wifi connection problem
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 16:31:54
Message-Id: 201309211731.31446.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] wifi connection problem by Bruce Hill
1 I can't see anything out of place, but here's some suggestions.
2
3 On Saturday 21 Sep 2013 16:08:36 Bruce Hill wrote:
4
5 > peter ~ # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
6 > ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
7 > #ap_scan=0
8 > #update_config=1
9 >
10 > network={
11 > ssid="0024A5F5271E"
12 > #psk="<munged>"
13 > psk=<munged>
14 > scan_ssid=1
15 > proto=WPA2
16
17 Change this to:
18
19 proto=RSN
20
21
22 > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
23 > group=CCMP TKIP
24
25 If your access point can do CCMP, your don't need TKIP
26
27
28 > pairwise=CCMP TKIP
29
30 Ditto.
31
32
33 > 3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state
34 > UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 94:44:52:de:38:44 brd
35 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
36
37 I know that this says wlan0 is up, but could the error below be because it is
38 disabled at the hardware?
39
40
41 > NB: To ssh into peter from baruch and get this info, I had to del net.wlan0
42 > from the default runlevel. Otherwise, I couldn't get sshd to start:
43 >
44 > Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: 4.598076] systemd-udevd[1214]: starting
45 > version 204 Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 5.211658] r8712u: module is
46 > from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
47 > Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 5.211965] r8712u: Staging version Sep
48 > 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 5.211976] r8712u: register
49 > rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [
50 > 5.211980] usb 1-2: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints Sep 21 10:01:05
51 > peter kernel: [ 5.212463] usb 1-2: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
52 > Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 5.933140] usb 1-2: r8712u: CustomerID =
53 > 0x0000 Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 5.933145] usb 1-2: r8712u: MAC
54 > Address from efuse = 94:44:52:de:38:44 Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [
55 > 5.933147] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
56 > Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 5.933232] usbcore: registered new
57 > interface driver r8712u Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 7.116650]
58 > Adding 1951860k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1951860k
59 > Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 7.153107] XFS (sda2): Mounting
60 > Filesystem Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 7.295342] XFS (sda2): Ending
61 > clean mount Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 7.330984] XFS (sda3):
62 > Mounting Filesystem Sep 21 10:01:05 peter kernel: [ 7.469806] XFS
63 > (sda3): Ending clean mount Sep 21 10:01:05 peter crond[1681]:
64 > /usr/sbin/crond 4.5 dillon's cron daemon, started with loglevel notice Sep
65 > 21 10:01:05 peter /usr/sbin/gpm[1694]: *** info [daemon/startup.c(136)]:
66 > Sep 21 10:01:05 peter /usr/sbin/gpm[1694]: Started gpm successfully.
67 > Entered daemon mode. Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [ 10.118645] r8712u
68 > 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 1 RCR=0x153f00e Sep 21 10:01:06 peter kernel: [
69 > 10.119365] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlan0: 2 RCR=0x553f00e Sep 21 10:01:06 peter
70 > kernel: [ 10.469578] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down Sep 21 10:01:06
71 > peter kernel: [ 10.469589] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down Sep 21
72 > 10:01:06 peter /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[1925]: start-stop-daemon: failed to
73 > start `/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant' Sep 21 10:01:06 peter
74 > /etc/init.d/net.wlan0[1850]: ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start Sep 21
75
76 Does 'rfkill list' confirm that the wlan0 hardware is switched on?
77
78 --
79 Regards,
80 Mick

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