<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Federico Castagnini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:federico.castagnini@gmail.com">federico.castagnini@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Ben Armstrong<br>
<<a href="mailto:synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca">synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:57:37 +0100<br>
> "Sergio Blanco" <<a href="mailto:crimsomshadow@gmail.com">crimsomshadow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I'm using wicd so using the interfaces file is useless for me. Even if I<br>
>> tried, the first problem to solve would be it's inability to scan for APs.<br>
>> If I have the interface up and running it doesn't matter if it knows where<br>
>> to connect, I should be able to search for networks, no?<br>
<br>
I have made almost the same tests and still have the same problem, can<br>
not scan or connect.<br>
<br>
With a usb dongle (mod rt73) i was able to scan and use that interface<br>
as expected, so the trouble is with the atheros wifi device...<br>
<br>
This problem came up with an upgrade i made last week, that upgrade<br>
the kernel (plus other things) from 2.6.26-4? to 2.6.26-8.<br>
<br>
I think this is something relevant.</blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
<br></div></div>I give a couple of suggestions:<br><ol><li>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;</li>
<li>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.</li></ol>I hope this helps,<br>
<br>Pedro<br><br>