| 00:06.02 | ahura | Well there is no change in the network manager. The radio was off a the time of loading the driver. Maybe I should try again. |
| 00:06.31 | KatolaZ | ahura: it might be switched off |
| 00:06.56 | KatolaZ | you should have a button to switchit on/off |
| 00:07.09 | KatolaZ | try that one |
| 00:07.27 | KatolaZ | and see what dmesg says |
| 00:07.39 | KatolaZ | if it doesn't work, the next step might be rf_kill |
| 00:07.41 | KatolaZ | gotta go |
| 00:07.44 | KatolaZ | good night |
| 00:07.45 | ahura | Yes it was swithed off, but turning it on after the load did nothing |
| 00:07.46 | KatolaZ | o/ |
| 00:07.56 | KatolaZ | after the load of what? |
| 00:08.18 | KatolaZ | what does dmsg say? |
| 00:09.43 | ahura | the firmware- -driver |
| 00:15.50 | ahura | I have just reinstalled iwlwifi, with the radio on. Synaptic said that the reinstall was applied successfully. |
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| 00:24.56 | ahura | The box labeled Wireless Interface was blank, I typed in wlan0. and [ok] |
| 00:25.03 | fsmithred | cool |
| 00:25.14 | fsmithred | then hit the refresh button |
| 00:25.50 | fsmithred | brb |
| 00:26.22 | ahura | The message 'No wireless networks found' blinked. |
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| 00:30.14 | fsmithred | well, don't tell anyone I told you this, but... |
| 00:30.17 | fsmithred | reboot |
| 00:31.10 | fsmithred | if you're a noob, you don't need to learn about reloading modules on the first day |
| 00:33.02 | ahura | Yes, i should probably unload it first ... |
| 00:33.18 | fsmithred | no |
| 00:33.31 | fsmithred | well, if you know modprobe |
| 00:33.50 | fsmithred | modprobe -rv iwlwifi |
| 00:33.55 | fsmithred | modprobe -v iwlwifi |
| 00:34.01 | fsmithred | in that order |
| 00:40.17 | ahura | the -rv returned rmmod iwlwifi and rmmod cfg80211 |
| 00:40.35 | fsmithred | yeah it should know what to do |
| 00:40.48 | fsmithred | the -v is so it tells you what it does |
| 00:41.02 | fsmithred | the -r is remove |
| 00:49.55 | ahura | The -v cmd returns a couple of insmod from lib/modules/kernel/ ... |
| 00:53.24 | ahura | Refresh Wisd makes no change. Under Wicd [properties] there is no reference to a wireless network. |
| 00:56.44 | fsmithred | Preferences, not Properties |
| 00:57.20 | ahura | Except for an inactive 802.1x with an inactive drop down button. |
| 00:57.51 | fsmithred | I don't understand what you mean |
| 00:58.26 | fsmithred | it should show the wired connection, and if it sees any wireless networks, they would show below the wired |
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| 01:01.27 | ahura | I don't quite understand either as the entry is clearly in 'Wired Network Properties' there is no 'Wireless' whatever. |
| 01:03.41 | fsmithred | try a reboot. It should just work. |
| 01:04.39 | ahura | Ok brb |
| 01:14.00 | ahura | Thank you fsmithred. I'm probably down for now. The reboot fails at 'Boot Manager Missing'. |
| 01:14.50 | ahura | It was a good learning experience even so. I appreciated your help. |
| 01:19.24 | fsmithred | which iso did you download? |
| 01:23.00 | ahura | Loaded Jessie 1.0.0 beta2-amd64-DVD.iso but enabled the first mirror listed during the install. |
| 01:26.03 | fsmithred | bios or uefi? |
| 01:28.07 | ahura | The system normally will boot to either. I have just booted it using an ubuntu live flash drive to access the file system. |
| 01:28.47 | ahura | The ubuntu flash is configured for uefi. |
| 01:29.47 | fsmithred | normally, the installer installs the bootloader and if you have other installations, it takes over the boot. |
| 01:30.47 | ahura | I had deleted the drive partitions prior to the install |
| 01:30.57 | fsmithred | I recommend sticking with either uefi or legacy |
| 01:31.02 | Xenguy | Here there be dragons |
| 01:31.11 | fsmithred | lol |
| 01:31.16 | Xenguy | :-) |
| 01:31.19 | fsmithred | and don't use uefi if you don't need it |
| 01:31.32 | fsmithred | and if your board will let you get away with that |
| 01:31.39 | fsmithred | anyway, I need a break |
| 01:32.02 | fsmithred | you can use the install medium to reinstall the bootloader |
| 01:32.21 | fsmithred | go into advanced menu at boot screen and poke around. |
| 01:33.35 | ahura | Thanks again. I'll do that. :) |
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| 01:58.37 | ahura | Used the System Restore from the DVD loaded the GRUB rebooted and walla I have a wireless network! :-) |
| 02:01.37 | golinux | ahura: Nice! |
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| 02:23.00 | ahura | Well guys, I was a little hasty. I still can't connect. I need WPA2-PSK which is not an option under [Properties]. |
| 02:23.50 | fsmithred | install wireless-tools and wpasupplicant |
| 02:25.07 | fsmithred | ahura, did you install the default xfce desktop? |
| 02:26.18 | fsmithred | brb |
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| 02:27.58 | ahura | Yes. I tried to install all the desktops as I have 1TB drive and the option was to check as many as you want. |
| 02:30.21 | ahura | But that didn't work out, so I just went with xfce but at the end of the install I only had the Standard TTY. |
| 02:32.24 | ahura | So I reinstalled with just xfce and with the mirror enabled I watched as themes and other pieces seem to installed for the other GUIs also. |
| 02:33.38 | fsmithred | ok, run this command, please (as user) |
| 02:33.44 | fsmithred | dpkg -l |wc -l |
| 02:35.19 | fsmithred | I want to know how many packages were installed |
| 02:40.11 | ahura | 1370 packages. Synaptic says wireless-tools and wpasupplicant are installed w/latest version. |
| 02:40.32 | fsmithred | yeah, doesn't sound like anything is missing |
| 02:41.58 | fsmithred | and wpa2 is not a choice when you go to Properties for that wireless network? |
| 02:46.25 | ahura | The WPA2 choices are PEAP and LEAP. LEAP requires a username. PEAP requires both a user and domain name. None of which are required. |
| 02:48.35 | fsmithred | I don't remember what it says, but the right choice should be there in the drop-down list |
| 02:50.22 | fsmithred | wpa 1/2 (passphrase) |
| 02:50.48 | fsmithred | I've got at least a dozen choices |
| 02:56.31 | ahura | Yes. WPA 1/2 [passphrase] works. But the network appears to be on two different channnels. I'm checking ... |
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| 03:06.02 | ahura | Yes, I can connect on either channel. :-) Is 'sudo shutdown -h now' correct? |
| 03:06.21 | fsmithred | if you have sudo enabled for your user |
| 03:06.37 | fsmithred | otherwise do it as root |
| 03:06.47 | fsmithred | or shut down from the menu |
| 03:09.45 | ahura | I believe I skipped putting in a root password, but I may have the last time I ran the install by mistake as it was getting late. |
| 03:10.53 | fsmithred | <PROTECTED> |
| 03:11.55 | ahura | No, I was trying to avoid pitfalls. |
| 03:12.13 | fsmithred | well, try su or sudo - one of them should work |
| 03:20.16 | ahura | Thanks, all is well now. I think I'm going to chill. This is my first time on irc also, so its been a grand adventure. |
| 03:20.38 | fsmithred | <PROTECTED> |
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