No WICD or Network

smilliken · posted: 2008-09-10 01:54

Just installed Antix 7.5 and am trying to set up the network. I clicked on the"enable WICD tray icon" and nothing happens. I click on" Set up WICD" and just get a blank white box.

Tried the Mepis Network Assistant and when I set the interface to wlan0, it will only allow to use the static IP, not the use DCHP.

Any suggestions.

Jerry · posted: 2008-09-10 10:42

We need to know what you have in order to be able to help. Can you give us the output of these commands as root:

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lspci | grep net
ndiswrapper -l
iwconfig

If the first returns nothing, then just type lspci and look for the entry about your ethernet or network card.

BTW: The MEPIS Wiki is full of stuff on networking, wired as well as wireless.

anticapitalista · posted: 2008-09-10 12:38

If you want to use wicd, make sure you do not use the fast boot option as it disables it.
To check that wicd is 'on' you'll see it mentioned in the boot just before slim starts.

smilliken · posted: 2008-09-10 19:32

Jerry wrote:We need to know what you have in order to be able to help. Can you give us the output of these commands as root:
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lspci | grep net
ndiswrapper -l
iwconfig
If the first returns nothing, then just type lspci and look for the entry about your ethernet or network card.

BTW: The MEPIS Wiki is full of stuff on networking, wired as well as wireless.

Having trouble getting the info onto a jump driver to transfer to a computer with internet. Ndiswrapper -l recognizes the driver and the hardware. lsusb recognizes the adapter. Like I stated in the first post, Mepis Network Assistant will not allow me to select"use DCHP" on the interface tab. Always reverts back to the"use selected IP".

As for the wiki, I've installed Mepis 6, 6.5, 7 and now 8 with the same wireless adapter(Linksys USB54G) with no problems.

Jerry · posted: 2008-09-10 20:09

OK, I guess I am not completely understanding what you did at the beginning: did you click (in Fluxbox) Menu --> Settings --> Control Centre --> Network --> Connect Wirelessly - Wicd? If that is what left you with a blank box, then I would suggest you try Ceni on that same tab (lurking behind the button with the wrong label"Set Wired Connection") to connect. It is pretty straightforward and pretty good.

After that, I turn to the CLI and run the commands where I can see the output.

eriefisher · posted: 2008-09-10 20:13

Try"ndiswrapper -m" to load the driver and check /etc/modules to see that ndiswrapper is listed.

Jerry · posted: 2008-09-10 20:49

Ndiswrapper -l recognizes the driver and the hardware.

Isn't that enuf?

eriefisher · posted: 2008-09-10 21:54

Jerry wrote:Isn't that enuf?

Ndiswrapper can have several drivers install but not all of them may be loaded especially if the driver was just installed.

smilliken · posted: 2008-09-11 00:09

These are the commands that I follow in order to get my adapter to work in Mepis 6.5,7 and 8. I've used these commands on numerous other distros and had it work every time.

1. sudo ndiswrapper -i wusb54g.inf
2. ndiswrapper -l (show the driver is loaded and hardware detected)
3. sudo depmod -a
4. sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
5. sudo ndiswrapper -m
6. echo"ndiswrapper" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
7. sudo shutdown -r now

In Mepis, I would set up the Mepis Network Assistant prior to the above and also use knemo to let me know the network was up and running once it connected.

Again, why does the interface tab not let me select"use DCHP"? Also way did in the other Mepis versions.

smilliken · posted: 2008-09-11 00:25

Jerry wrote:OK, I guess I am not completely understanding what you did at the beginning: did you click (in Fluxbox) Menu --> Settings --> Control Centre --> Network --> Connect Wirelessly - Wicd? If that is what left you with a blank box, then I would suggest you try Ceni on that same tab (lurking behind the button with the wrong label"Set Wired Connection") to connect. It is pretty straightforward and pretty good.

After that, I turn to the CLI and run the commands where I can see the output.

Yes, the white blank screen was as per your quote above. Ceni recognizes the adapter and I set it up for the network. Pardon my ignorance, but what is CLI?

Jerry · posted: 2008-09-11 00:26

why does the interface tab not let me select"use DCHP"?

Not sure, but I have seen people complaining about that on MepisLovers too.

What if you try to get a lease manually after you have done the rest:

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iwconfig NameOfInterface ESSID"NameOfNetwork"
dhclient NameOfInterface

CLI=command line interface, sorry

smilliken · posted: 2008-09-11 01:41

Jerry wrote:What if you try to get a lease manually after you have done the rest:
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iwconfig NameOfInterface ESSID"NameOfNetwork"
dhclient NameOfInterface
CLI=command line interface, sorry

Performed the above with no success. I switched to Icewm and I see there are two wicd tray icons and the CPU goes to 100% and stays there. I can't close either of the tray icons and the computer locks right up. Not sure if this has anything to do with the problem.

smilliken · posted: 2008-09-20 17:14

Nothing worked. I then installed Mepis"8" and within 30 minutes(including installation) I had internet and all working perfectly. Not sure why Antix won't work with the Linksys WUSB54G? Will probably be keeping Mepis on the computer.

OU812 · posted: 2008-09-20 18:21

Maybe mepis 8 is using a different kernel? If this is the problem, then maybe try installing the latest mepis kernel by enabling the mepis repos. I'm not an expert in this, but I think that sometimes the problem is that certain drivers are compiled with the kernel. And if not, you have to install them yourself.

john

smilliken · posted: 2008-09-21 19:58

I don't think it is Mepis 8's kernel. I've no trouble getting Mepis 6.5 and 7, Sidux, Fedora 8 & 9, Ubuntu and the list goes on to work. Just not sold on Antix.