Re: [arch-general] Problem with Wifi Connections (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG Connection)

2014-04-17 Thread Zack Gold
Hi Sean,

I have been having issues connecting to a WiFi network on my laptop
lately as well, here's what I did to resolve the issue, which might
help in your case too.

I was having problems with netctl because it apparently is trying to
use dhcpcd in the wrong way, or is trying to take on the role that
dhcpcd plays. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm misinterpreting the
issue at hand. The way I resolved this issue was to revert back to
netctl-1.4-2, run `ip link set wlan0 down' (wlan0 is my wireless
interface), and then run `netctl enable wlan0-network' (wlan0-network
is my netctl profile).

Hopefully this helps,
Zack Gold

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Maximilian Bräutigam m...@xbra.de wrote:
 Am 16.04.2014 17:27, schrieb Sean Snell:
 Hi everybody,
 First, this is on a Lenovo X61 laptop. This is a fresh installation on a
 new SSD hard drive I recently purchased. I already have a 500GB hard drive
 with Arch and Windows dual booting on it, and the Wifi still works just
 fine from the old installation when I reinstalled the old hard drive for
 testing, but for the life of me I cannot get wifi-menu to connect to any
 wifi connections on this new installation.

 The card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG. Per the wireless
 wikihttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy,
 I've installed linux-firmware so I can use the iwlegacy (driver?). With the
 help of a friend, we feel the modules are loading correctly, but when we
 try to actually connect using wifi-menu, journalctl -xn says the following:

 \\\
 - Unit netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service has begun starting up.
 Starting network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured'...
 The interface of network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured' is already up
 netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service: main process exited, code=exited,
 status=1/FAILURE
 \


 What I've installed in relation to the Wifi:
 - wpa_supplicant (per the initial insistence of wifi-menu out of the box
 - linux-firmware (per the
 wikihttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy
 )

 Output of lspci | grep Intel:
 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
 Controller Hub (rev 0c)
 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
 Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
 Connection (rev 03)
 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #4 (rev 03)
 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #5 (rev 03)
 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
 Controller #2 (rev 03)
 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
 Controller (rev 03)
 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
 1 (rev 03)
 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
 2 (rev 03)
 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #1 (rev 03)
 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #2 (rev 03)
 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
 Controller #1 (rev 03)
 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
 Controller (rev 03)
 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
 Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
 03)
 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
 [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

 Output of lsmod | grep -h iw:
 iwl4965 90075 0
 iwlegacy 49001 1 iwl4965
 mac80211 490609 2 iwl4965,iwlegacy
 cfg80211 431038 3 iwl4965,iwlegacy,mac80211
 led_class 3547 3 sdhci,iwlegacy,thinkpad_acpi


 Can anybody help clue me into what I might be overlooking? I've run out of
 ideas of what else to look into, and while I'm still getting my feet wet
 with Linux, being a Windows admin by profession, I'm not afraid to dig
 deeper with a little help! :)

 Thanks everybody!
 Sean


 Hi Sean,

 to my mind it look promising since the correct modules appear to be
 loaded. Maybe you could comment an how you try to establish the
 connection. I usually prefer to use the NetworkManager.

 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager

 base package is networkmanager,
 for Gnome: network-manager-applet
 for KDE: kdeplasma-applets-plasma-nm

 I think (but I am unsure) you should stop all netctl services running
 before trying the following commands.

 Start the daemon (cases are correct this way):
 # systemctl start NetworkManager.service

 If you wanna use cli:

 List of devices:
 # 

Re: [arch-general] Problem with Wifi Connections (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG Connection)

2014-04-17 Thread Sean Snell
Thank you for the replies; I'll be back on the project within the next 2-3
hours, and I'll report back on your suggestions.

Sean


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Zack Gold z...@linux.com wrote:

 Hi Sean,

 I have been having issues connecting to a WiFi network on my laptop
 lately as well, here's what I did to resolve the issue, which might
 help in your case too.

 I was having problems with netctl because it apparently is trying to
 use dhcpcd in the wrong way, or is trying to take on the role that
 dhcpcd plays. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm misinterpreting the
 issue at hand. The way I resolved this issue was to revert back to
 netctl-1.4-2, run `ip link set wlan0 down' (wlan0 is my wireless
 interface), and then run `netctl enable wlan0-network' (wlan0-network
 is my netctl profile).

 Hopefully this helps,
 Zack Gold

 On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Maximilian Bräutigam m...@xbra.de wrote:
  Am 16.04.2014 17:27, schrieb Sean Snell:
  Hi everybody,
  First, this is on a Lenovo X61 laptop. This is a fresh installation on a
  new SSD hard drive I recently purchased. I already have a 500GB hard
 drive
  with Arch and Windows dual booting on it, and the Wifi still works just
  fine from the old installation when I reinstalled the old hard drive for
  testing, but for the life of me I cannot get wifi-menu to connect to any
  wifi connections on this new installation.
 
  The card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG. Per the wireless
  wiki
 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy
 ,
  I've installed linux-firmware so I can use the iwlegacy (driver?). With
 the
  help of a friend, we feel the modules are loading correctly, but when we
  try to actually connect using wifi-menu, journalctl -xn says the
 following:
 
  \\\
  - Unit netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service has begun starting up.
  Starting network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured'...
  The interface of network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured' is already up
  netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service: main process exited,
 code=exited,
  status=1/FAILURE
  \
 
 
  What I've installed in relation to the Wifi:
  - wpa_supplicant (per the initial insistence of wifi-menu out of the
 box
  - linux-firmware (per the
  wiki
 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy
 
  )
 
  Output of lspci | grep Intel:
  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
  Controller Hub (rev 0c)
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
  Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
  00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
 Integrated
  Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
  00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
  Connection (rev 03)
  00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
  Controller #4 (rev 03)
  00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
  Controller #5 (rev 03)
  00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
  Controller #2 (rev 03)
  00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
  Controller (rev 03)
  00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
 Port
  1 (rev 03)
  00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
 Port
  2 (rev 03)
  00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
  Controller #1 (rev 03)
  00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
  Controller #2 (rev 03)
  00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
  Controller #1 (rev 03)
  00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
  00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
  Controller (rev 03)
  00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
 SATA
  Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
  00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
 (rev
  03)
  03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or
 AGN
  [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
 
  Output of lsmod | grep -h iw:
  iwl4965 90075 0
  iwlegacy 49001 1 iwl4965
  mac80211 490609 2 iwl4965,iwlegacy
  cfg80211 431038 3 iwl4965,iwlegacy,mac80211
  led_class 3547 3 sdhci,iwlegacy,thinkpad_acpi
 
 
  Can anybody help clue me into what I might be overlooking? I've run out
 of
  ideas of what else to look into, and while I'm still getting my feet
 wet
  with Linux, being a Windows admin by profession, I'm not afraid to dig
  deeper with a little help! :)
 
  Thanks everybody!
  Sean
 
 
  Hi Sean,
 
  to my mind it look promising since the correct modules appear to be
  loaded. Maybe you could comment an how you try to establish the
  connection. I usually prefer to use the NetworkManager.
 
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager
 
  base package is 

[arch-general] Problem with Wifi Connections (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG Connection)

2014-04-16 Thread Sean Snell
Hi everybody,
First, this is on a Lenovo X61 laptop. This is a fresh installation on a
new SSD hard drive I recently purchased. I already have a 500GB hard drive
with Arch and Windows dual booting on it, and the Wifi still works just
fine from the old installation when I reinstalled the old hard drive for
testing, but for the life of me I cannot get wifi-menu to connect to any
wifi connections on this new installation.

The card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG. Per the wireless
wikihttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy,
I've installed linux-firmware so I can use the iwlegacy (driver?). With the
help of a friend, we feel the modules are loading correctly, but when we
try to actually connect using wifi-menu, journalctl -xn says the following:

\\\
- Unit netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service has begun starting up.
Starting network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured'...
The interface of network profile 'wls3-NEOPCS-Secured' is already up
netctl@wls3\x2dNEOPCS\x2dSecured.service: main process exited, code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE
\


What I've installed in relation to the Wifi:
- wpa_supplicant (per the initial insistence of wifi-menu out of the box
- linux-firmware (per the
wikihttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#iwlegacy
)

Output of lspci | grep Intel:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
2 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
Controller [IDE mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
[Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

Output of lsmod | grep -h iw:
iwl4965 90075 0
iwlegacy 49001 1 iwl4965
mac80211 490609 2 iwl4965,iwlegacy
cfg80211 431038 3 iwl4965,iwlegacy,mac80211
led_class 3547 3 sdhci,iwlegacy,thinkpad_acpi


Can anybody help clue me into what I might be overlooking? I've run out of
ideas of what else to look into, and while I'm still getting my feet wet
with Linux, being a Windows admin by profession, I'm not afraid to dig
deeper with a little help! :)

Thanks everybody!
Sean