On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:09:02 +0100 Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/12/15 09:50, German wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:28:38 +0100 > > Arend van Spriel<arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 03/11/15 23:21, German wrote: > >>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:17:38 +0100 > >>> Arend van Spriel<arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 03/11/15 22:00, German wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:44:44 +0100 > >>>>> Arend van Spriel<arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On 03/11/15 21:33, German wrote: > >>>>>>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:25:26 +0100 > >>>>>>> Arend van Spriel<arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On 03/11/15 21:17, German wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Hi. When I try to run aformentioned command it hangs for about 20 secs and no output is returned. What's the problem might be? Thanks > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> any more details you can share? What kernel version, what specific > >>>>>>>> device is wlp1s0, do you have any kernel logging. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> When I wrote down the questions I was wondering how specifc I should be. > >>>>>>> Kernel 3.18.7-gentoo. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ok > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> wlp1s0 is my network card. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sure. I meant what brand and model. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Can you run following commands: > >>>>>> $ lspci > >>>>>> $ lsusb > >>>>>> > >>>>> realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter > >>>>> > >>>>>>> As for kernel logging, I simply don't know if I have it. Thanks > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Ok. Can you run following command after aborting the hanging iw scan > >>>>>> command: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> $ dmesg > >>>>> > >>>>> Polling FW ready fail! Firmware is not ready to run. > >>>>> > >>>>> Ok, so I need some sort of firmware? That's what I thought. What is this and where can I find it in kernel when I compile it? Thanks > >>>> > >>>> Not familiar with Realtek equipment but it might be provided by the > >>>> linux-firmware package so: > >>>> > >>>> $ sudo emerge --ask linux-firmware > >>>> > >>> > >>> Thanks Arend. This did the trick. I can now scan networks and I found mine. But how I actually connect to my network? I guess it is encrypted, but I have wpa_supplicant installed. > >> > >> Gentoo does not seem to provide NetworkManager as a solution. I found > >> this page [1]. Maybe it helps. > > > > Thanks Arend for pointing me to this link. NetworkManager was proposed to me on gentoo mailing list as a way to control both wireless and wired interfaces. It pulled a bunch of dependencies, though I used -X flag in USE variable not to use X server. the compile took about an hour and after all this, my system became unstable. It doesn't at all feels right, it is clunky. For now I am building gentoo laptop in pure console mode, so from all my research, iw is the only CLI tool for wireless and I like the fact it doesn't need bunch of dependences. I already installed it and I like it, so would you be so kind to get me through a set up? Documentation seems confusing. Thanks > > Well. iw is really for testing/debugging. Especially with WPA/RSN > networks that do periodic rekeying you need wpa_supplicant. It will do > the scanning on its own and establish connection and such. > > You could also opt for using nmcli, but that might be what you tried > already. > > I am no gentoo expert, but let's try to get this working. I am following > the wpa_supplicant section of the link I send earlier. Are you advising not to use iw and go the wireless-tools package? > > 1. modify /etc/conf.d/net > > Not sure if you only use wireless on the machine. Otherwise, you can > copy the attach conf.net file: > > $ sudo cp conf.net /etc/conf.d/net > > 2. install wpa_supplicant configuration > > Edit attached wpa_supplicant.conf with your ssid and psk and copy it: > > $ sudo cp wpa_supplicant.conf /etc/wpa_supplicant > > 3. restart networking > > $ sudo /etc/init.d/net restart > > Not sure if step 3. is entirely correct regarding the script name. I > don't use Gentoo. > > Regards, > Arend > >> Regards, > >> Arend > >> > >> [1] > >> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Parts/Networking/Wireless#Wireless_tools > >> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Arend > >>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Arend > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>>> Arend > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > -- German <gentgerman@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
