On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 17:29:13 +0100, Lisi wrote:
[Some selective snipping done]
> I have a newly installed Debian 6.0.6 on my netbook. I cannot get wi-fi
> going. I have checked the wi-fi card itself by booting a Live DVD. It
> connects fine on Ubuntu 12.04.
Using a Debian Live CD would have been more instructive, I think.
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Confirms the lack of connectivity.
> lisi@Cronos:~$ lsmod | grep ath5k
> ath5k 104138 0
> mac80211 123586 1 ath5k
> ath 6018 1 ath5k
> cfg80211 87645 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
> led_class 1757 1 ath5k
Looks like all the required kernel modules are there.
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless
> Network Adapter (rev 01)
No firmware needed according to the Debian wiki. The installer would
have asked for it.
> wicd has been a bit problematic since I installed it. It took various
> adjustments before it got to this stage.
>
> I have never had a problem of any kind with wicd before, and I have installed
> it frequently.
I'm not familiar with wicd. However, wicd uses wpa_supplicant so we
could see what it can do by itself.
1. Stop the wicd daemon from being run:
update-rc.d wicd disable
Do the same with network-manager if it too is in /etc/init.d.
'enable' to revert back.
2. Comment out everything in /etc/network/interfaces (apart from lo) and
add:
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid MyAccessPoint
wpa-psk "passphrase in ASCII"
> Where do I go next??
Cross your fingers and reboot.
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