[Debian-eeepc-devel] eee 900 wifi problems

[Pedro Bulach Gapski]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Federico Castagnini <
federico.castagnini at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Ben Armstrong
> <synrg at sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca> wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:57:37 +0100
> > "Sergio Blanco" <crimsomshadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm using wicd so using the interfaces file is useless for me. Even if I
> >> tried, the first problem to solve would be it's inability to scan for
> APs.
> >> If I have the interface up and running it doesn't matter if it knows
> where
> >> to connect, I should be able to search for networks, no?
>
> I have made almost the same tests and still have the same problem, can
> not scan or connect.
>
> With a usb dongle (mod rt73) i was able to scan and use that interface
> as expected, so the trouble is with the atheros wifi device...
>
> This problem came up with an upgrade i made last week, that upgrade
> the kernel (plus other things) from 2.6.26-4? to 2.6.26-8.
>
> I think this is something relevant.


Sure it is. I have the same box, and upgraded from 2.6.25 to 2.6.26-8, when
that was advertised on this list. I used wifi with wpasupplicant and now I
am giving network manager a try. Both are working fine.

I give a couple of suggestions:

   1. get the newest installation image on an usb device and boot with it to
   check if you can get a working wifi connection, to rule out hardware
   problems. I believe the latest image is expected to work fine with wifi;
   2. if all goes fine, leave wicd out for a while and try to debug your
   setup on the command line. iwconfig and iwlist can make the job and maybe
   give you error messages to point the way to go.

I hope this helps,

Pedro
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