Here is what I get when I run 'ip addr': [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 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
I'm not sure if the driver needs ndiswrapper or not... how do I tell? I did find the following website, but looks like it's for Ubuntu. http://askubuntu.com/questions/257600/marvells-wireless-driver-not-recognized On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Don deJuan <donjuans...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> 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 >> >> 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 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. >>> For more options, visit 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. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit 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. > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > 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. > For more options, visit 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.