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K3nn3th

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Registered: 2014-09-13

Posts: 194

WiFi trouble worsened

Hey Folks,

ive been using slitaz 5 for over a year now.

with a normal hdd install, my wifi worked out of the box.

using the same iso for a frugal install, i would always have to manually un- and reload the rtl8192se module (su modprobe -r rtl8192se && modprobe rtl8192se) in order to get my card recognised.

that is/was strange, but still work-aroundable.

recently i thought of building a new custom frugal install. so i installed the current weekly rolling version.

after booting, of course my wifi card was not recognised (as usual with my frugals..).

but after

modprobe -r rtl8192se && modprobe rtl8192se

my card is still not recognised!

tried the same with rc3. same results.

ill try with rc2 next

i have no clue why the frugal install has problems with my wifi-card whereas my hdd install is fine.

and even less of a clue why its not working at all anymore.

looks like some updated package trouble ...

any ideas?

thanks!

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,173

Re: WiFi trouble worsened

Always use this method to troubleshoot problem with hardware that uses kernel module:

Open 2 terminal windows

Term#1 enter the following command:

[c]tail -f /var/log/messages[/c]

This terminal is used to monitor kernel messages/errors

Term#2 su Password: root

Shutdown network:

[c]/etc/init.d/network.sh stop[/c]

Unload driver:

[c]modprobe -r rtl8192se[/c]

Reload driver:

[c]modprobe rtl8192se[/c]

Report any significant error in Term#1 while rtl8192se is loaded in Term#2.

K3nn3th

Member

Registered: 2014-09-13

Posts: 194

Re: WiFi trouble worsened

thanks mojo!

this is quite embarassing.

tailing /var/log/messages i noticed.. i forgot the firmware for my wifi card.

but im facing another problem now. eth0 is only sending packets (not recieving) and i cannot fire up tazpanel.

i get the message "cannot resolve localhost" displayed in the tazweb browser.

ive experienced this before, but it would work again after half an hour or so.

this time ive either not waited long enough or theres something not behaving like it normally does, usually my ethernet works fine..

K3nn3th

Member

Registered: 2014-09-13

Posts: 194

Re: WiFi trouble worsened

somehow this problem has dissapeared.

itd be interesting to know how/why this localhost problem is produced/solved