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Wireless HP Mini (b43) not working at boot

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• Started 6 years ago by jaja
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   jaja
   

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   Hello all!

   I don't get the wireless of my HP mini laptop working automatically at boot. I installed the package "b43-firmware" and added "LOAD_MODULES="b43" " to /etc/rcS.conf. Also I adapted /etc/network.conf as to have wlan0 at boot, but every time I have to do:
   root@slitaz:/home/tux# ifconfig wlan0 up
   After this command the red LED on the keyboard turns to white, and then I can start wireless in Tazpanel.

   What is the workaround to get this done automatically at boot?

   Thanks a lot in advance :)

   PS More info about my wireless adapter:
   01:00.0 [0280] Network controller [10ec/8176] Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Aleksej
   

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   Hi,

   I have b43 based Wi-Fi card too and it work well and network is raised on boot automatically. Please check the RUN_SCRIPTS variable in your /etc/rcS.conf. Here's mine:

   RUN_SCRIPTS="bootopts.sh system.sh network.sh local.sh"

   I guess network.sh is raised the network at boot if you have correct settings in your /etc/network.conf file.

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   jaja
   

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   Aleksej,

   Thanks a lot for your reply :) The RUN_SCRIPTS were equal to yours. But I found the network.conf is overwritten after boot:

   Processing /etc/init.d/network.sh
   Loading network settings from /etc/network.conf
   Moving old settings to /etc/network.conf.old
   Migrate existing settings to a new format /etc/network.conf
   Setting hostname to: slitaz                                                                                           [ Done ]
   Configuring loopback...                                                                                               [ Done ]
   ifconfig: down: error fetching interface information: Device not found
   wlan0 is not a Wi-Fi interface, changing it.
   Configuring Wi-Fi interface ...                                                                                       lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   tunl0     no wireless extensions.
   
   dummy0    no wireless extensions.
   
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
   
                                                                         [ Done ]
   Change network settings in /etc/wpa/wpa.conf

   I always end up with
   root@slitaz:/home/tux# ifconfig wlan0 up
   After this command the red LED on the keyboard turns to white, and then I can start wireless in Tazpanel

   Posted 6 years ago #
4. 

   Aleksej
   

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   Sorry, I can't help then.

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Ceel
   

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   @jaja

   I adapted /etc/network.conf as to have wlan0 at boot

   How did you proceed?
   Can you post your network.conf?

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   jaja
   

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   Dear Ceel,

   Sorry for the late reply, I was quite busy with the new year :)

   Here is my network.conf:

   # /etc/network.conf: SliTaz system wide networking configuration.
   # Config file used by: /etc/init.d/network.sh
   #
   
   NETWORK_CONF_VERSION="2"
   
   # Set default interface.
   INTERFACE="eth0"
   
   # Dynamic IP address.
   # Enable/disable DHCP client at boot time.
   DHCP="yes"
   
   #
   # Settings only for static IP address.
   #
   
   # Enable/disable static IP at boot time.
   STATIC="no"
   
   # Set IP address and netmask for a static IP.
   IP=""
   NETMASK=""
   
   # Set broadcast address
   BROADCAST=""
   
   # Set route gateway for a static IP.
   GATEWAY=""
   
   # Set domain name
   DOMAIN=""
   
   # Set DNS server for a static IP.
   DNS_SERVER=""
   
   #
   # Wi-Fi settings.
   #
   
   # Enable/disable wireless connection at boot time.
   WIFI="yes"
   
   # Set "yes" if you don't want to store networks you're already connected.
   WIFI_BLANK_NETWORKS=""
   
   #
   # Wi-Fi settings for iwconfig.
   #
   
   # Wi-Fi interface. It can auto-search interface if value below is fail.
   WIFI_INTERFACE="wlan0"
   
   # WPA driver; default is "wext" (Wireless Extension).
   WIFI_WPA_DRIVER=""
   
   # Set the operating mode of the device. The mode can be "Ad-Hoc", "Managed",
   #  "Master", "Repeater", "Secondary", "Monitor" or "Auto".
   WIFI_MODE="managed"
   
   # Set the operating channel in the device. Empty by default.
   WIFI_CHANNEL=""
   
   # Force the card to register to the Access Point given by the address, if it's
   # possible. Empty by default to automatic mode.
   WIFI_AP=""
   
   #
   # Wi-Fi settings for wpa_supplicant (for given network).
   #
   
   # SSID (network name)
   WIFI_ESSID="xxxxxxx" #here I entered my personal info
   
   # BSSID (optional), u0471467247se this block to associate with the AP
   WIFI_BSSID=""
   
   # Wi-Fi security. Empty ("") for open network; "ANY" for trying many methods;
   # "WEP" for WEP; "WPA" for WPA/WPA2-PSK; "EAP" for 802.1x EAP.
   WIFI_KEY_TYPE="WPA"
   
   # Password for WEP, WPA, EAP, WAPI, and ANY; both in ASCII or HEX form.
   WIFI_KEY='xxxxxxxxx' #here I entered my personal info
   
   # Method for EAP: "PEAP", "TLS", "TTLS", "PWD".
   WIFI_EAP_METHOD="PEAP"
   
   # File path to CA certificate file (PEM/DER).
   WIFI_CA_CERT=""
   
   # File path to client certificate file (PEM/DER).
   WIFI_CLIENT_CERT=""
   
   # Identity string for EAP.
   WIFI_IDENTITY=""
   
   # Anonymous identity string for EAP.
   WIFI_ANONYMOUS_IDENTITY=""
   
   # Inner authentication parameters: "", "PAP", "MSCHAP", "MSCHAPV2", "GTC".
   WIFI_PHASE2="none"

   Posted 6 years ago #
7. 

   kultex
   

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   # Set default interface.
   INTERFACE="eth0"

   maybe change this to wlan0

   ???

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   Aleksej
   

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   Hi there,

   lexeii@slitaz:~$ grep ^WIFI /etc/network.conf
   WIFI="yes"
   WIFI_BLANK_NETWORKS=""
   WIFI_INTERFACE="wlan0"
   WIFI_WPA_DRIVER="wext"
   WIFI_MODE="managed"
   WIFI_CHANNEL=""
   WIFI_AP=""
   WIFI_ESSID="***"
   WIFI_BSSID=""
   WIFI_KEY_TYPE="WPA"
   WIFI_KEY='***'
   WIFI_EAP_METHOD="PEAP"
   WIFI_CA_CERT=""
   WIFI_CLIENT_CERT=""
   WIFI_IDENTITY=""
   WIFI_ANONYMOUS_IDENTITY=""
   WIFI_PHASE2="none"

   Maybe it matters, you have empty definition in WIFI_WPA_DRIVER. Please change it to
   

   WIFI_WPA_DRIVER="wext"

   I'm looking for /etc/init.d/network.sh script. Line 148 displays: "*** is not a Wi-Fi interface, changing it."
   Before line 155 the value of $WIFI_INTERFACE should point to existing Wi-Fi interface, regardless you set it correct or not in the /etc/network.conf file.

   It turns out your $WIFI_INTERFACE becomes empty, and line 156 displays
   `Configuring Wi-Fi interface ..."
   instead of
   Configuring Wi-Fi interface SOMETHING...

   So, I think the iwconfig utility can't find your wireless card. And maybe it leads to the problems with the device or its driver.

   Alternatively, you can remove or comment (to add symbol "#" at the beginning) lines 146-153 in which the value of $WIFI_INTERFACE is changed and try again if it will work for you. Removing/commenting these lines you only loss ability to auto-recognize the wireless interface. Then, block the package slitaz-boot-scripts from being updated to save your changed file from being reverted, execute next command as root super-user:

   tazpkg -b slitaz-boot-scripts

   Posted 6 years ago #
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   jaja
   

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   Thanks kultex and Aleksej for your replies: I tried all of your suggestions but they did not work... :)

   But I found the solution! I myself was mistaken: the driver of for my wifi was not the b43, but rtl8192ce ... (see also: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/driver-for-realteck-rtl-8188ce-wifi-adapter) I removed b43 from the LOAD_MODULES of /etc/rcS.conf, and added rtl8192ce there: now my wifi works after startup :)

   However I still get the error messages of
   Connecting to <WIFI_ESSID> .... [FAILED] but I am connected to this WIFI_ESSID: I will comment out this lines in network.sh :)

   Posted 6 years ago #

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