SOLVED - Loaded AntiX-16 - All Good but no wireless

INOV8TN · posted: 2016-11-02 19:32

HP Pavilion dv 1000

It finds my wireless network and many more but can't logon. Goes thru 'Validating Authentication' and fails with 'Bad Password' & 'Not Connected'.

WiFi network hasn't changed since I successfully logged in with this hardware under Windows XP and same password. XP is gone now.

WiFi network security is WPA2 and dv 1000/Antix-16 Rox Wicd Network Manager -> Properties drop-down menu gives me 2 choices: WPA2-LEP & WPA2-PEAP - neither work.

Obviously I'm a LINUX newbie but I can follow directions.

rokytnji · posted: 2016-11-02 20:17

Open a terminal

Post output of

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inxi -F

and

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dmesg | grep firmware

and

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sudo ifconfig -a

and to make sure no blockage is happening

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rfkill list

INOV8TN · posted: 2016-11-03 00:31

Hi rokytnji - Thanks for getting back to me. I don't have my antix box wired to the internet so I had to photograph the output. There should be 3 pictures here satisfy your requests. - Bill

INOV8TN · posted: 2016-11-03 00:45

Sorry - working too quickly - here's the rfkill list

rokytnji · posted: 2016-11-03 07:39

Ok, By the way. That should be a uppercase F for the inxi -F command.

Guessing this a a Broadcom wireless chip. Because of the firmware message you got with 2nd command I gave you.

so I gotta ask you. Did you md5sum check your AntiX 16 download. Reason is. I thought we had fixed Broadcom issues by now.
If the answer is no or you do not know what I am talking about.

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Also. If you would have connected the wireless during the live session. Before the install. It will carry over into the install.
Working wifi after pulling the live cd and rebooting.

I am hoping some other member with Broadcom wifi. Like masinick or Shay or anyone else with broadcom chips.
Will chime in on the steps they did with getting wifi going with wicd or ceni on their broadcom chips.

Just for info. On my wicd properties connection. But I have a different wifi chip. Mine is set as

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WPA 1/2 (Hex [0-9/A-F])

and connects up just fine authenticating pass phrase on my wpa2 wireless router.

Shay · posted: 2016-11-03 10:12

Post

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 $ lspci

so we can see which broadcom you have.
Also look in / etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf
mine reads

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# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with the following modules:
#blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b44
#blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmsmac
#blacklist ssb
blacklist wl

Normally I have to put a # sign in front of blacklist wl so it is out of the way and not interfering.

INOV8TN · posted: 2016-11-05 04:38

WPA 1/2 (Hex [0-9/A-F]) Got me connected to the internet. Thank you!

The AntiX box is way slower than the PC on the same Wifi at the same distance from the router.

The lspci command produced:

Shay · posted: 2016-11-05 14:46

Next we need the output of

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lspci -vnn -s 06:06.0

INOV8TN · posted: 2016-11-05 15:48

Here's the result of: lspci -vnn -s 06:06.0

/ etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf

Looks like this:

Shay · posted: 2016-11-05 17:02

Those look fine.
Make sure, as some of that model of laptop have a wireless switch, make sure it is on and you may have a wireless light too.

Hope this helps as I found this
The wireless button on this computer is in the upper right hand corner,

The Fn key + f12 key maybe the combo to turn it on. But my switch kills all wireless on this laptop of mine.

INOV8TN · posted: 2016-11-05 19:37

Thanks Shay!

All OK with the Wireless switch.
It was tricky before I knew it was there and before I was able to connect but now that I am able to connect it seems flawless.

Changing the boot sequence took some research. IIRC it needs <Esc> rather than one of the more familiar function keys. LOL

Shay · posted: 2016-11-05 22:24

needs <Esc> rather than one of the more familiar function keys.

That is becoming more prevalent. Fought that myself.

Most folks do NOT expect to find a switch, glad you are up and running now.

INOV8TN · posted: 2016-11-07 06:45

Thanks to Shay and Rokynji I'm running.

Both of you had me printing out info that you understood and that got my problem solved but where can I go to learn what you were doing (book/man pages/?)?
Thanks!

fatmac · posted: 2016-11-07 14:36

It comes with experience. __{{emoticon}}__

Seriously though, make a note of anything that you have to do in a notebook for future reference with that machine, & any others that you may run AntiX on. Also, when you read about something you find of interest, make a note of it. It is usually easier to look something up in your notebook than to try searching for the answer at a later stage.

EDIT: What you were being asked to do was to find out info about your pci devices, & if any kill commands were in force,

P.S. There are thousands of commands available, so just learn those that you need, when you need them. __{{emoticon}}__

Shay · posted: 2016-11-07 15:11

As was stated, experience and taking notes. As I had read a thread about having wireless trouble, I was able to modprobe and blacklist the problem driver.
Posted the problem and how I fixed it , the the good folks walked me through the same steps as I had you go through.
They fixed the basic Broadcom problem in AntiX 16, so you did not run into it.
man lspci
man inxi - a great tool by the way - even has the weather
man modprobe
man dmesg
all are available and more that I did not list.

Reading and studying other folks problems and their fixes, has saved my bacon lots of times. __{{emoticon}}__