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 wikihttps://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 wikihttps://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

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 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

...

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

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: 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