wlan0 is down (Solved, sort of)

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wlan0 is down (Solved, sort of)

#1 Post by Walt52 »

Puppy 5.2.8 on a dell inspiron 1501. Yesterday it worked. Today wlan0 is down. Tried ifcongi wlan0 up, nothing. Tried iwconfig and I get
IEEE 802.11bg ESSID: off/any
Mode: Managed Acess Point: Not associated . . .Encryption key: off
Power Management: off
How do I get it running and keep it there tomorrow? I'm using Frisbee.
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#2 Post by jafadmin »

post output of ifconfig command
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#3 Post by bigpup »

How is Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 installed?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected :shock:
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#4 Post by Walt52 »

ifconfig wlan0 now gives me SIOCSIFFLAGS: nO SUCH DEVICE. Earlier it said not configured. It was running fine for several weeks, but now it's not. And, BP, I can't remember the installation (other than the physical CD drive)
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#5 Post by Flash »

Walt, do you mean that you boot from live CD and have a Save file on your hard drive?
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#6 Post by rcrsn51 »

Walt52 wrote:ifconfig wlan0 now gives me SIOCSIFFLAGS: nO SUCH DEVICE.
That message suggests that either the wifi device is failing or Puppy has stopped loading the correct driver for it.

I would do a temporary clean install from the CD using the boot argument "puppy pfix=ram". Then run the commands

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ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig
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#7 Post by rcrsn51 »

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#8 Post by Walt52 »

Sorry, RC. . .I got busy.

I did the clean boot and ran ifconfig Wlan0 up and that turned it back on. So now two questions: how do I keep it on next time I do a regular boot, and then if an error goes into the saved files in the hard drive, should I just delete them (if I can find them)? OK, three: what does the iwconfig do? OK, four: when you're given the option of copying the f2s file,what does that do?
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#9 Post by rcrsn51 »

The problem with the regular Puppy WiFi managers is that when they quit working, nobody seems to know how to fix them.

I would recommend PWF. Its operation is transparent.

If you have started using frisbee again, you should do another clean install.
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#10 Post by bigpup »

Walt52 wrote:Sorry, RC. . .I got busy.

I did the clean boot and ran ifconfig Wlan0 up and that turned it back on. So now two questions: how do I keep it on next time I do a regular boot, and then if an error goes into the saved files in the hard drive, should I just delete them (if I can find them)? OK, three: what does the iwconfig do? OK, four: when you're given the option of copying the f2s file,what does that do?
If You are Using Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 the save file name should start with lucisave- The rest of the name is what you decided to name it.

If you are putting the save file on a hard drive partition, that has Windows on it. You need to make sure you defrag the partition, using Windows defrag.
If not, the save file can get fragmented and that can cause your problems.

Copying the f2s file to the hard drive.
I assume you are asking about the Lucid Puppy main sfs file.
This is putting the main Puppy sfs file on the hard drive, so it boots faster. The hard drive is faster than a CD drive. Reads quicker.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
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#11 Post by Walt52 »

If I do the clean install, it comes back on. . .when I boot from the saved f2s, sometimes it works, sometimes not. Clean boot will turn it back on (without even having to do the if config), but then I unclean boot and it's off again. If I do ifconfig I get SIOCSIFFLAGS: no such device.The two main things I import, then save, are Firefox (which matches 528), and my gmail files. Since the wlan problem came up when trying to boot from the hard drive, I moved the save file to an SD cord, and it worked great. . .yesterday and this morning. Then it stopped.

I'm wondering if it has something to do with the programs/files I try to save, and/or with the particular hardware of the 1501. I don't think it's the connection manager. If only it weren't intermittent!
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#12 Post by rokytnji »

Edit, My bad. Wrong thread. Sorry.
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#13 Post by rcrsn51 »

The next time it fails, run the command: rfkill list wlan
but then I unclean boot
What do you mean? With a savefile?
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#14 Post by Walt52 »

"Can't open RFKILL control device: no such file or directory"
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#15 Post by Walt52 »

but then I unclean boot

What do you mean? With a savefile?

Yes. If a clean boot is through ram only, isn't one with a savefile "unclean"?
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#16 Post by rcrsn51 »

When the unit is working, run "lspci -k" and determine the kernel module loaded for the wifi adapter. It may be bcm43xx.

When the unit is NOT working, try to load the module manually with "modprobe bcm433xx".
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#17 Post by Walt52 »

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: b44
08:01.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
08:01.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)
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#18 Post by rcrsn51 »

Broadcom WiFi has always been troublesome. I would go to the Lupu thread and ask for specific help there.
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