[arch-general] Intel AG 4965

Flavio Costa flavio.cdc at gmail.com
Thu Oct 15 23:24:29 EDT 2009


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 <alangtk at gmail.com> 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


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