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 <zg@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxx> 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 "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: > > # nmcli con list > > Connect: > > # nmcli dev wifi connect <name> password <password> > > > > If it is working enable the daemon on boot: > > # systemctl enable NetworkManager.service > > > > Best wishes, > > Max >
