Maybe the output of NetworkManager's log would be helpful too. Try "# tail -f /var/log/messages" while connecting to a wireless connection. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Alan Hoffmeister wrote:

Hello guyz!

First of all, let me introduce. My name is Alan Hoffmeister, I'm from Brazil and I'm a new user to Archlinux.

I sucefully installed Arch and XFCE4 on my notebook (by the way, awesome performance compared to Win7), my wired network is connecting Ok, I'm using networkmanager to manage my connections...

The nm-applet can see all SSIDs around my notebook, it ask me some password, but when it try to get an IP it fails...

I had this problem whit wicd too.. Always failing to get an IP..

Here is my rc.conf:

############################# Start ####################################### # # /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux #

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # LOCALIZATION # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command # HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime" # USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock # TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo # KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps # CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US) # CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans # USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages # LOCALE="pt_BR.utf8" HARDWARECLOCK="" USEDIRECTISA="no" TIMEZONE="America/Sao_Paulo" KEYMAP="us-acentos" CONSOLEFONT="lat0-16" CONSOLEMAP= USECOLOR="yes"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # HARDWARE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed # MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules # MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist. # # NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array. # MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes" #MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated MODULES=(iwl4965)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM USELVM="no"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NETWORKING # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts # HOSTNAME="archie"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces. # # Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES # - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it # - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it # # DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp") # Wireless: See network profiles below #

#Static IP example #eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" eth0="dhcp" wlan0="dhcp" INTERFACES=(!eth0) WLAN_INTERFACES=(!wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each route then list in ROUTES # - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it # gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1" ROUTES=(!gateway)

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful # if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users) # - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required) # - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it # # Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d # # This now requires the netcfg package # #NETWORKS=(main)

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # DAEMONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order) # - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it # - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background # DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network netfs crond @alsa hal fam networkmanager) ############################# End #######################################

And this is my iwconfig wlan0: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=14 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Some clue?

Att, Alan

-- Flávio Coutinho da Costa

Flavio Costa wrote:

Maybe the output of NetworkManager's log would be helpful too. Try "# tail -f /var/log/messages" while connecting to a wireless connection.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Alan Hoffmeister wrote:

...

Hello guyz!

First of all, let me introduce. My name is Alan Hoffmeister, I'm from Brazil and I'm a new user to Archlinux.

I sucefully installed Arch and XFCE4 on my notebook (by the way, awesome performance compared to Win7), my wired network is connecting Ok, I'm using networkmanager to manage my connections...

The nm-applet can see all SSIDs around my notebook, it ask me some password, but when it try to get an IP it fails...

I had this problem whit wicd too.. Always failing to get an IP..

Here is my rc.conf:

############################# Start ####################################### # # /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux #

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # LOCALIZATION # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command # HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime" # USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock # TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo # KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps # CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US) # CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans # USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages # LOCALE="pt_BR.utf8" HARDWARECLOCK="" USEDIRECTISA="no" TIMEZONE="America/Sao_Paulo" KEYMAP="us-acentos" CONSOLEFONT="lat0-16" CONSOLEMAP= USECOLOR="yes"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # HARDWARE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed # MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules # MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist. # # NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array. # MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes" #MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated MODULES=(iwl4965)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM USELVM="no"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NETWORKING # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts # HOSTNAME="archie"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces. # # Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES # - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it # - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it # # DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp") # Wireless: See network profiles below #

#Static IP example #eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" eth0="dhcp" wlan0="dhcp" INTERFACES=(!eth0) WLAN_INTERFACES=(!wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each route then list in ROUTES # - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it # gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1" ROUTES=(!gateway)

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful # if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users) # - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required) # - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it # # Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d # # This now requires the netcfg package # #NETWORKS=(main)

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # DAEMONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order) # - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it # - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background # DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network netfs crond @alsa hal fam networkmanager) ############################# End #######################################

And this is my iwconfig wlan0: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=14 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Some clue?

Att, Alan

Did you follow the procedures in the Wireless Setup wiki page? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup T.

I would suggest trying some lower level tools, like netcfg or even wpa_supplicant directly, to see if it is the driver or the tool... 2009/10/16 Alan Hoffmeister

Tom K wrote:

...

Flavio Costa wrote:

...

Maybe the output of NetworkManager's log would be helpful too. Try "# tail -f /var/log/messages" while connecting to a wireless connection.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Alan Hoffmeister wrote:

...

Hello guyz!

First of all, let me introduce. My name is Alan Hoffmeister, I'm from Brazil and I'm a new user to Archlinux.

I sucefully installed Arch and XFCE4 on my notebook (by the way, awesome performance compared to Win7), my wired network is connecting Ok, I'm using networkmanager to manage my connections...

The nm-applet can see all SSIDs around my notebook, it ask me some password, but when it try to get an IP it fails...

I had this problem whit wicd too.. Always failing to get an IP..

Here is my rc.conf:

############################# Start ####################################### # # /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux #

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # LOCALIZATION # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command # HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime" # USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock # TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo # KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps # CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US) # CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans # USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages # LOCALE="pt_BR.utf8" HARDWARECLOCK="" USEDIRECTISA="no" TIMEZONE="America/Sao_Paulo" KEYMAP="us-acentos" CONSOLEFONT="lat0-16" CONSOLEMAP= USECOLOR="yes"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # HARDWARE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed # MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules # MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist. # # NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array. # MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes" #MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated MODULES=(iwl4965)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM USELVM="no"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NETWORKING # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts # HOSTNAME="archie"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces. # # Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES # - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it # - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it # # DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp") # Wireless: See network profiles below #

#Static IP example #eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" eth0="dhcp" wlan0="dhcp" INTERFACES=(!eth0) WLAN_INTERFACES=(!wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each route then list in ROUTES # - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it # gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1" ROUTES=(!gateway)

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful # if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users) # - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required) # - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it # # Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d # # This now requires the netcfg package # #NETWORKS=(main)

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # DAEMONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order) # - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it # - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background # DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network netfs crond @alsa hal fam networkmanager) ############################# End #######################################

And this is my iwconfig wlan0: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=14 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Some clue?

Att, Alan

Did you follow the procedures in the Wireless Setup wiki page?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup

T.

Yeah I did, here is my messages.log tailed:

###################### START ################################# Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5 Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto daniel' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed. Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'daniel' Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1' Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK' Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>' Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1 Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> disconnected Oct 16 05:11:58 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Oct 16 05:11:59 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating Oct 16 05:11:59 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated Oct 16 05:12:00 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake Oct 16 05:12:02 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected Oct 16 05:12:02 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Oct 16 05:12:03 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associated Oct 16 05:12:04 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake Oct 16 05:12:06 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected Oct 16 05:12:06 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Oct 16 05:12:07 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associated Oct 16 05:12:08 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake Oct 16 05:12:10 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected Oct 16 05:12:10 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Oct 16 05:12:11 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associated Oct 16 05:12:12 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake Oct 16 05:12:13 archie NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: link timed out. Oct 16 05:12:14 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected Oct 16 05:12:15 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Oct 16 05:12:15 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associated Oct 16 05:12:16 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake Oct 16 05:12:18 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected Oct 16 05:12:19 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Oct 16 05:12:19 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associated Oct 16 05:12:20 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake Oct 16 05:12:23 archie NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long. Oct 16 05:12:23 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6 Oct 16 05:12:23 archie NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): asking for new secrets Oct 16 05:12:23 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected Oct 16 05:12:24 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> associated Oct 16 05:12:24 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> disconnected Oct 16 05:12:28 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <WARN> get_secrets_cb(): Couldn't get connection secrets: applet-device-wifi.c.1539 (get_secrets_dialog_response_cb): canceled. Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 6 -> 9 Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (daniel) Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'Auto daniel' invalid. Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed. Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 9 -> 3 Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 0). Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS. #######################END############################

Dont you guyz think thats this could be a problem whit Policykit AGAIN? Look at this: Oct 16 05:12:29 archie NetworkManager: <WARN> get_secrets_cb(): Couldn't get connection secrets: applet-device-wifi.c.1539 (get_secrets_dialog_response_cb): canceled.

Some solution?

On Friday 16 October 2009 04:33:59 am Alan Hoffmeister wrote:

OK, I'll try when I get home...

On my work i could connect whit a WEP wireless...

Maybe some problem whit the wpa stuff?

Att, Alan

Alan, On my archlinux laptop using wpa wireless with my Atheros card, I basically use a small config file to automate the address negotiation so I get the IP I want every time. I use basically aa 3 step process to get my connection up and running each time: (1) For wpa sites, set up your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file: wpa_passphrase "your_ESSID" "PassPhrase_up-to-64-Characters" \

...

/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

This will append the wpa_passphrase into an essid block for your network at the end of the wpa_supplicant.conf file. Example: network={ ssid="skyline" priority=6 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK proto=RSN # psk="changedpasswdthistime" psk=660d3df4854d3bcce48a5ce0f4f1dd1d22acec9de17bc31f3b698b13b569bf2c } You see you will get both the plain text and hex encoding of your passphrase added to the wpa_supplicant file. (2) create a small config file in /etc/network.d that can be called from rc.conf to bring up your network. This is all I use: 02:34 alchemy:/etc> cat network.d/dcrwpa.conf CONNECTION="wireless" INTERFACE=wlan0 SCAN="yes" SECURITY="wpa" ESSID="skyline" KEY="changedpasswdthistime" IP="dhcp" TIMEOUT=20 (3) now just add your config file to the netowrk section of rc.conf: # This now requires the netcfg package # NETWORKS=(!main dcrwpa.conf) If you noticed above, my small config file is named dcrwpa.conf. Also notice that you need the netcfg package installed to make use of it. Then in my daemons line, I just have the network enabled and it starts my wireless automatically every time: DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles hal @ntpd @sshd @crond @netfs @avahi- daemon @mysqld !postfix !dovecot !httpd !samba @cups) That should get you going, or at least give you some additional information. Good luck! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com