On 01/18/2017 01:54 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: > On 18/1/17 7:44 am, Terry Polzin wrote: >> In my experience, you won't get any further than lsusb "seeing" the >> device if you haven't the firmware. It may be blacklisted. > How do I determine if it or wifi has been blacklisted? On reflecting on > this issue there is a possibility that I may have manually disabled the > device or wifi, but I have forgotten how. It'd be done by a file in your /etc/modprobe.d directory. Just "grep -ri blacklist /etc/modprobe.d/*" to see if it's in there somewhere. >From your previous message, the fact that ethtool can't find the device is interesting and it sure looks like it didn't load the firmware. You might try looking at the journals to see what sort of messages have "firmware" or "wireless" in them. That might give you a clue. >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Stephen Morris >> <samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> On 18/1/17 6:50 am, Terry Polzin wrote: >> >> Is the device firmware getting loaded? >> >> Thanks Terry. At the moment I'm not sure. This device used to work >> so I am assuming the firmware is being loaded, but at the moment >> I'm not sure if the firmware extensions package has been >> uninstalled for some reason as part of standard system upgrades. >> >> regards, >> Steve >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Stephen Morris >> <samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> 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 >> ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> - >> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: >> origrps2 - >> - - >> - The moving cursor writes, and having written, >> blinks >> on. - >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Whoever said "Money can't buy happiness" obviously never had any - - money! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
