On 2014-06-06 14:39, Jack Wilborn wrote: > I guess that's funny, I configure my wifi in the interfaces file... Oh > well... I know I had lots of problems with configuring of my wireless > interfaces mostly because they were proprietary chip sets. I guess you > are loading a 'blob', the term used for the extracted firmware of the > manufacturers software. > > The 'wireless-tools' package is the best to interface with as the 'iw' > commands are very useful. I will try and dig my notes up with the > commands that I used and post them for you.. > > It seems like you should be able to at least figure out where the wifi > is connected, i.e. usb or pci buss, I bet on the pci buss as it's faster > I believe... > > Jack > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Stanisław Findeisen > <stf.list.debian.u...@eisenbits.com > <mailto:stf.list.debian.u...@eisenbits.com>> wrote: > > On 2014-06-05 23:08, Jack Wilborn wrote: > > Might be that the wireless is 'wlan0' instead. Might want to look at > > your config files to see it it's being used. The items you are using > > (like 'lsusb', I assume you used 'lspci -vv' or something like > that) are > > tools that read all ports, and usually the wifi stuff is located on a > > psi connection (does not have to be).. > > > > What installation stuff did you do? (like 'wireless-tools') that > should > > give you some indication of if it's working. Plus I think the 'lo' is > > the local loopback. > > > > Jack > > According to the wiki: > https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#NetworkManager , when using > NetworkManager, the wireless interface should not be referenced within > Debian's /etc/network/interfaces file. > > So I didn't take any configuration steps, besides installing (aptitude) > the packages: > > firmware-iwlwifi (non-free) > network-manager > network-manager-gnome > network-manager-kde > wireless-tools > wpasupplicant > > and their dependencies. > > I am using KDE. It says that network-manager-kde: > https://packages.debian.org/stable/network-manager-kde is a dummy > package, and that network-manager-gnome: > https://packages.debian.org/stable/network-manager-gnome works in KDE > too. But I can't see a systray applet anywhere, unless I run nm-applet > from the command line. > > I also disabled openvpn on startup (I think it was installed as one of > the dependencies). > > openvpn 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off > 6:off
I'm sorry, but it was simply disabled in the BIOS config. :) The reason I couldn't find the right configuration switch was that it was in Security -> I/O Port Access, instead of Config -> Network. This + a proper stanza in /etc/network/interfaces solved the issue. No NetworkManager needed. -- http://people.eisenbits.com/~stf/ http://www.eisenbits.com/ OpenPGP: 80FC 1824 2EA4 9223 A986 DB4E 934E FEA0 F492 A63B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/539208f5....@eisenbits.com