On 09/22/2014 06:15 PM, Brent wrote: > Also, other USB to WiFi adapters work just fine. For example, I have > one that uses the rtl8192cu driver, and this one creates a wlan0 > interface automatically. Any ideas what would be causing this? > > On Monday, September 22, 2014 7:49:37 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > I have not done anything with udev yet... I read through the > Wireless netwrok configuration wiki, but didn't see anywhere on > how to create the interface. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#Interface_activation > > <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#Interface_activation> > > > I'm starting to read the wiki on udev, but is that too general, or > do you know of something else I should be looking at? > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev > <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev> > > ip addr only lists eth0 and lo. > > [root@alarm ~]# ip addr > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state > UNKNOWN group default > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 > inet 127.0.0.1/8 <http://127.0.0.1/8> scope host lo > inet6 ::1/128 scope host > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc > pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000 > link/ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > Thanks, > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Don deJuan <> wrote: > > On 09/22/2014 02:25 PM, Brent wrote: >> I'm having trouble getting the wlan0 interface to show up for >> a Marvell 8797 USB to WiFi chip, and it seems like everything >> should be working. I'm running Arch Linux Arm, 3.8.13 >> kernel, and have verified that the modules are loaded >> correctly, and that it recognizes the device, but still no >> wlan0 interface. I also verified that the firmware is indeed >> in the /lib/firmware/mrvl/ directory. Am I missing something >> obvious? >> >> Here is my output from dmesg, lsmod, and modinfo. >> >> [ 15.321430] usb usb1: usb wakeup-resume >> [ 15.321482] usb usb1: usb auto-resume >> [ 15.321503] hub 1-0:1.0: hub_resume >> [ 15.321551] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1: status 0101 change 0001 >> [ 15.424482] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 1 chg 0002 evt 0000 >> [ 15.424547] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1, status 0101, change 0000, >> 12 Mb/s >> [ 15.529900] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 >> using musb-hdrc >> [ 15.650300] usb 1-1: default language 0x0409 >> [ 15.651367] usb 1-1: udev 2, busnum 1, minor = 1 >> [ 15.651387] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1286, >> idProduct=2043 >> [ 15.651399] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, >> Product=2, SerialNumber=3 >> [ 15.651410] usb 1-1: Product: Marvell Wireless Device >> [ 15.651420] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Marvell >> [ 15.651430] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000 >> [ 15.651958] usb 1-1: usb_probe_device >> [ 15.651978] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice >> [ 15.655328] usb 1-1: adding 1-1:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) >> [ 15.656222] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 1 chg 0000 evt 0002 >> [ 15.656269] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 enable change, status 00000503 >> [ 15.787448] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world >> regulatory domain >> [ 15.811632] usb8797 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface >> [ 15.811661] usb8797 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id >> [ 15.820715] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb8797 >> >> [root@alarm ~]# ifconfig -a >> eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> inet 10.54.183.74 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast >> 10.54.183.255 >> inet6 fe80::caa0:30ff:feac:e319 prefixlen 64 >> scopeid 0x20<link> >> ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) >> RX packets 11697 bytes 1387285 (1.3 MiB) >> RX errors 0 dropped 12 overruns 0 frame 0 >> TX packets 1117 bytes 148026 (144.5 KiB) >> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 >> collisions 0 >> device interrupt 40 >> >> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> >> loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) >> RX packets 186 bytes 14214 (13.8 KiB) >> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 >> TX packets 186 bytes 14214 (13.8 KiB) >> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 >> collisions 0 >> >> [root@alarm ~]# lsmod >> Module Size Used by >> mwifiex_usb 8870 0 >> mwifiex 123902 1 mwifiex_usb >> cfg80211 421700 1 mwifiex >> rfkill 18407 1 cfg80211 >> omap_rng 4599 0 >> autofs4 21976 2 >> >> [root@alarm ~]# modinfo mwifiex_usb >> filename: >> >> /lib/modules/3.8.13-34-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_usb.ko.gz >> firmware: mrvl/usb8797_uapsta.bin >> license: GPL v2 >> version: 1.0 >> description: Marvell WiFi-Ex USB Driver version1.0 >> author: Marvell International Ltd. >> srcversion: 430F2EB6A43396FC9E1AE01 >> alias: usb:v1286p2044d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin* >> alias: usb:v1286p2043d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* >> depends: mwifiex >> intree: Y >> vermagic: 3.8.13-34-ARCH SMP mod_unload modversions >> ARMv7 p2v8 >> [root@alarm ~]# >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >> it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > Forgot to state use ip to find out your interface name. > > man ip > > ip addr > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a > topic in the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/duUM8Ezv7Kc/unsubscribe > > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/duUM8Ezv7Kc/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > > -- > -brent > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. OK then that means they setup the udev rule on BBBs still I couldnt remember have not done a fresh install in awhile.
what do you get with `ip addr` ifconfig is depreciated you should get use to ip with Arch. Is this a driver that needs ndiswrapper? If so you may need to blacklist it so the wrapper can grab it -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
