Hello list, I'm having trouble making wicd work on a debian squeeze 6.04 machine. First of all, the hardware specifics:
jason@debian-laptop:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 6.0.4 jason@debian-laptop:~$ uname -r 2.6.32-5-686 Second, lspci recognises both wired and wireless interfaces: jason@debian-laptop:~$ lspci | grep -i network 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) 05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02) iwconfig recognises the SSID "NETGEAR" of the network I'm trying to connect to without any luck for the past hour: jason@debian-laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"NETGEAR" Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off pan0 no wireless extensions. I have included "wlan0" under wicd preferences and installed firmware-ralink as suggested here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=58381 and here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/20313/wicd-cannot-detect-wireless-networks-on-debian-6-testing-xfce-fresh-install. *HOWEVER*, it seems that the wlan0 interface still won't scan for available wireless networks: jason@debian-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down Please keep in mind that there is no issue about hardware malfunctions or the network being unavailable, because my Windows partition logs into the network without any problems. Kindly CC me as I'm not subscribed on the list, Jason -- Jason Filippou Research Associate NCSR Demokritos http://users.iit.demokritos.gr/~jfilip/ http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~std06142/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cabg2evkjp9+9ywuekb5hcbsjsgwkeg8z-gfqwexwmeytrqu...@mail.gmail.com