Re: [vox-tech] wpa_supplicant on debian jessie
Solved: Debian installs network-manager by default and I installed wicd. The two interfere with each other. But its a mystery why it worked until the last upgrade as before that both programs were installed and worked OK. Richard On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Nick Schmalenberger wrote: > On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 06:53:20PM -0700, Richard Harke wrote: > > This is happening on two different laptops. One is using a usb wifi fob > > with realtek chip set. My new laptop > > uses intel wifi. I use wicd to select and bring up a connection. The > first > > try always takes a very long time > > and fails with bad password. If I then immediately click connect again, > it > > connects in 1 or 2 seconds and remains > > connected for a variable length of time. At starbucks (open AP) it > connects > > right away but disconnects > > 4 to 6 seconds later. I haven't tried all permutations of machine and AP > > but a recent debian seems to be the > > main common point. Problem started on the old machine after upgrading to > > sid. And now the new machine is > > installed with jessie. (which was sid when the old machine was upgraded) > > Its on my new machine I noticed the log files > > growing and saw entries for wpa_supplicant every few seconds (syslog and > > daemon.log) > > Richard > > > Despite all the seeming bloatedness of NetworkManager, I've had > quite good luck with it on my current Debian laptop. It > especially helped once I found nmtui, because I don't have any > window manager that works decently with the NetworkManager gui > and I think that was my main source of frustration with it > before. > > The only other possible problem I can see with it, is if I want > to manually change my ip on a interface I just added with vlan > tagging or something, NetworkManager may interfere, but I usually > only have to do that at work, where I have a Mac whose GUI > works decently enough even for vlan tagging. > -Nick > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] wpa_supplicant on debian jessie
On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 06:53:20PM -0700, Richard Harke wrote: > This is happening on two different laptops. One is using a usb wifi fob > with realtek chip set. My new laptop > uses intel wifi. I use wicd to select and bring up a connection. The first > try always takes a very long time > and fails with bad password. If I then immediately click connect again, it > connects in 1 or 2 seconds and remains > connected for a variable length of time. At starbucks (open AP) it connects > right away but disconnects > 4 to 6 seconds later. I haven't tried all permutations of machine and AP > but a recent debian seems to be the > main common point. Problem started on the old machine after upgrading to > sid. And now the new machine is > installed with jessie. (which was sid when the old machine was upgraded) > Its on my new machine I noticed the log files > growing and saw entries for wpa_supplicant every few seconds (syslog and > daemon.log) > Richard > Despite all the seeming bloatedness of NetworkManager, I've had quite good luck with it on my current Debian laptop. It especially helped once I found nmtui, because I don't have any window manager that works decently with the NetworkManager gui and I think that was my main source of frustration with it before. The only other possible problem I can see with it, is if I want to manually change my ip on a interface I just added with vlan tagging or something, NetworkManager may interfere, but I usually only have to do that at work, where I have a Mac whose GUI works decently enough even for vlan tagging. -Nick ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] wpa_supplicant on debian jessie
This is happening on two different laptops. One is using a usb wifi fob with realtek chip set. My new laptop uses intel wifi. I use wicd to select and bring up a connection. The first try always takes a very long time and fails with bad password. If I then immediately click connect again, it connects in 1 or 2 seconds and remains connected for a variable length of time. At starbucks (open AP) it connects right away but disconnects 4 to 6 seconds later. I haven't tried all permutations of machine and AP but a recent debian seems to be the main common point. Problem started on the old machine after upgrading to sid. And now the new machine is installed with jessie. (which was sid when the old machine was upgraded) Its on my new machine I noticed the log files growing and saw entries for wpa_supplicant every few seconds (syslog and daemon.log) Richard On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Rōnin Dusette wrote: > That sounds like a driver problem. What Wi-Fi card and which drivers have > you tried? If it's Broadcom, have you tried b4x-cutter (I think it's called > that. Been a while since I had to use it.)? Or possibly ndiswrapper? > On 4 Jul 2015 14:34, "Richard Harke" wrote: > >> I have been having trouble with wifi for several weeks now. Multiple >> tries to connect, >> then the connection drops at random times. I have just bought a new Acer >> laptop >> and installed jessie but the problems persist. I was at starbucks and >> after connection, >> the connection would drop in 4 to 6 seconds. Then I noticed in syslog that >> the wpa_supplicant is cycling on and off at about that rate. One of the >> messages >> in syslog suggested deleting /run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 which I did. But it >> reappeared a few seconds later. There is also a >> /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 >> which seems rather odd. >> >> Any clues, anybody?? >> >> Richard >> >> >> ___ >> vox-tech mailing list >> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >> > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] wpa_supplicant on debian jessie
That sounds like a driver problem. What Wi-Fi card and which drivers have you tried? If it's Broadcom, have you tried b4x-cutter (I think it's called that. Been a while since I had to use it.)? Or possibly ndiswrapper? On 4 Jul 2015 14:34, "Richard Harke" wrote: > I have been having trouble with wifi for several weeks now. Multiple tries > to connect, > then the connection drops at random times. I have just bought a new Acer > laptop > and installed jessie but the problems persist. I was at starbucks and > after connection, > the connection would drop in 4 to 6 seconds. Then I noticed in syslog that > the wpa_supplicant is cycling on and off at about that rate. One of the > messages > in syslog suggested deleting /run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 which I did. But it > reappeared a few seconds later. There is also a > /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 > which seems rather odd. > > Any clues, anybody?? > > Richard > > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] wpa_supplicant on debian jessie
I have been having trouble with wifi for several weeks now. Multiple tries to connect, then the connection drops at random times. I have just bought a new Acer laptop and installed jessie but the problems persist. I was at starbucks and after connection, the connection would drop in 4 to 6 seconds. Then I noticed in syslog that the wpa_supplicant is cycling on and off at about that rate. One of the messages in syslog suggested deleting /run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 which I did. But it reappeared a few seconds later. There is also a /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 which seems rather odd. Any clues, anybody?? Richard ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
