Is the device firmware getting loaded? On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Stephen Morris <samor...@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> On 17/1/17 7:49 am, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 01/16/2017 12:22 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> >>> On 01/16/2017 12:17 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: >>> >>>> I am using kde at the moment and I have cut and pasted the wifi password >>>> back into the Networkmanager definition, and had the new password stored >>>> in Kwallet, but Networkmanager still refuses to recognize that the >>>> device is a device it can connect to. >>>> >>> Therefor the password isn't the issue. And, as it works under Windows, >>> it's not hardware. >>> >> First try "ethtool -i <name-of-device>" to see what driver is loaded >> (if any). If you get data back then try "iwlist wlan0 scan" (replace >> "wlan0" with your device) to see what access points are in the area. >> >> If all that works, then the wireless itself is working under Linux and >> there's something odd about the way NetworkManager (NM) and your device >> talk to each other. At that point you could try to disable NM and use >> the wpa_supplicant programs directly to try to get it up (such as >> running wpa_supplicant in the background and using something like >> wpa_supplicant_gui to manipulate it). If you're successful there, then >> try to get NM to talk nice or bugzilla it to the NM list. >> > Sorry Rick, how do I determine what the device name is? The only > information I have been able to determine is that lsusb shows me that the > usb device is there, and iwconfig says that there are no devices with > wireless extensions, but I don't see a device in that list that I am > expecting (I don't remember exactly what the device name was when it was > being used but I think is started with 'wp'). > The only difference between the last time I used the wifi device (which > was probably 6 months ago, I've been using an ethernet 'Home Plug' device) > and now is that I have put on multiple system upgrades for F24, plus at the > moment I don't know whether the issue is NetworkManager, Kernels or > something else. > > regards, > Steve > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ri...@alldigital.com - >> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - >> - - >> - The moving cursor writes, and having written, blinks on. - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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