RE: Wireless network not found
Hi Camaleon, Thanks for your advice, if your wifi card(s) can only work at g speed your AP has to be set to support only g (or g alongside n → b/g/n). So it turned out that the router had a specific frequency set instead of auto or all frequencies. I changed that to auto and then i could find the SSID from my laptop .. progress!!! I couldn't authenticate so after i changed the p/w of the SSID i still could not get on. The AP was set on b/g/n where once i set it to g/n only i could authenticate and get an IP I kept an eye on /var/log/daemon.log to see what output the kernel had to say. Was very informative. Thanks for your help and point in the right direction! Nathan To: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: noela...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Wireless network not found Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:21:13 + On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:58:46 +1000, Nathan D'elboux wrote: (reply goes to the bottom) On 27/06/2012, at 1:18 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (...) Mmm... but your laptop is seeing the AP, what's the problem then, that you can't pair/associate your wireless card to it? :-? I would run N-M (or whatever applet/tool you are using to configure the network adapter settings) and then try to establish a connection. While doing so, open a terminal and as root type: tail -f /var/log/syslog There should be more information about the process that is taking place in background. Hi Camaleon, Thanks for your response, I should have clarified earlier sorry that the iwconfig output I pasted below is the output if it connected to my portable hotspot at the time I was writing the email. Not my billion home Adsl that I'm having trouble with Ouch! The SSID is currently broadcasted but you are correct also about a/b/g/n is available. I will disable these to make N the only speed available Just note that both, the AP and your wireless card(s) have to support the choosen speed, that is, if your wifi card(s) can only work at g speed your AP has to be set to support only g (or g alongside n → b/g/n). I will attempt these few tweaks when I get a chance tonight Don't forget to review the syslog! :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jsfbtp$n1m$1...@dough.gmane.org
Wireless network not found
Hey everyone, I cannot find my home ADSL Billion router SSID to connect to from my laptop. I have Squeeze running on a Toshiba Satellite P200, it has the wireless chipset Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61). I also use a billion 7800N wireless router. So far every device i have (Ipad, wifes laptop and phones etc) can connect to the billion without a hitch. On my laptop i cannot find the SSID of my router. at first i thought it was a wirelss N issue (ie my laptop didnt support N) but its apparently not the issue as i have portable wireless hotspot with runs on N and i can use that AP fine from the laptop. Some output of iwconfig from the laptop wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:_ Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: CC:96:DD:DD:DD:43 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 I have obviously changed the mac address and ESSID of the AP i am currently using. I have searched around of a hardware support list of the Billion 7800N but cannot find any correlation between the chipset i use and my router. I have also attempted to connect to the AP via manually entering the SSID name and pass-phrase but it just cant find it. Ideally i would have a spectrum analysis device to help find exactly what frequency they are running on and see if there were any other interferences going on, But since this isnt an intermittent issue and the fact i have never seen my home SSID show up when searching for it makes me think its a chipset issue. If anyone could suggest something i havent tried yet or expose me to similar experiences you may have had that would be much appreciated. Thanks for your time everyone! Nathan. -- 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/bay150-w53d536f8c5433ae7730120c6...@phx.gbl
Re: Wireless network not found
Hi Camaleon, Thanks for your response, I should have clarified earlier sorry that the iwconfig output I pasted below is the output if it connected to my portable hotspot at the time I was writing the email. Not my billion home Adsl that I'm having trouble with The SSID is currently broadcasted but you are correct also about a/b/g/n is available. I will disable these to make N the only speed available I will attempt these few tweaks when I get a chance tonight Cheers Nathan On 27/06/2012, at 1:18 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:39:06 +1000, Nathan D'elboux wrote: I cannot find my home ADSL Billion router SSID to connect to from my laptop. I have Squeeze running on a Toshiba Satellite P200, it has the wireless chipset Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61). I also use a billion 7800N wireless router. So far every device i have (Ipad, wifes laptop and phones etc) can connect to the billion without a hitch. On my laptop i cannot find the SSID of my router. at first i thought it was a wirelss N issue (ie my laptop didnt support N) but its apparently not the issue as i have portable wireless hotspot with runs on N and i can use that AP fine from the laptop. Just in case, if the AP allows to define a mixed protocol (a/b/g/n), select that instead only n. I've faced many problems with older Intel wireless cards (Centrino based chipset) to join to modern access points. In addition, you can configure the AP to do not hide the SSID and broadcasts over the network. This can help, sometimes... Some output of iwconfig from the laptop wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:_ Good, that means the AP is capable to handle all those. Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: CC:96:DD:DD:DD:43 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 I have obviously changed the mac address and ESSID of the AP i am currently using. (...) Mmm... but your laptop is seeing the AP, what's the problem then, that you can't pair/associate your wireless card to it? :-? I would run N-M (or whatever applet/tool you are using to configure the network adapter settings) and then try to establish a connection. While doing so, open a terminal and as root type: tail -f /var/log/syslog There should be more information about the process that is taking place in background. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jscjpu$rfk$9...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Laptop wake-up issue
Hi Camaleon, Thanks for your response, I just resolved this issue last night by installing the proprietary drivers from nvidia. It now wakes up from sleeping fine as it should. Many thanks Nathan On 25/06/2012, at 1:20 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:45:06 +1000, Nathan D'elboux wrote: Hi all, Hi Nathan. Please, don't send html formatted posts to this mailing list, it's preferable to use plain text instead, thanks :-) I have recently built Debian 6 squeeze on my Toshiba Satellite P200 laptop, Everything runs great on it except the sleep or hibernate function Sleep and hibernate are two different things calling a different set of routines so, is that both fail, sleep that fails or hibernate? I have setup the power options so that when the lid is shut it goes to sleep, when i open up the lid i can see the screen and HDD's spin up but the screen remains black. Its backlit but off,i cant get a logon screen to enter my password. Are you sure is sleep the called function? I have to hold the power and cycle and start again. A little annoying if i'm trying to work on something and need to come back later. Doesnt really work. Okay, I would start by reading these articles: http://wiki.debian.org/Suspend http://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pm-utils Then, for debugging purposes, manually call the suspend or hibernate scripts, from command line, to see what happens (man pm-action). Also, there uses to be a log file at /var/log/pm-suspend.log which registers most of the problems when sending the computer to sleep/ hibernate and also when you want to restore it. Take a look at it. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/js7b73$6fk$3...@dough.gmane.org
Laptop wake-up issue
Hi all, I have recently built Debian 6 squeeze on my Toshiba Satellite P200 laptop, Everything runs great on it except the sleep or hibernate function I have setup the power options so that when the lid is shut it goes to sleep, when i open up the lid i can see the screen and HDD's spin up but the screen remains black. Its backlit but off,i cant get a logon screen to enter my password. I have to hold the power and cycle and start again. A little annoying if i'm trying to work on something and need to come back later. Doesnt really work. Anyone troubleshooted an issue like this before? Where can i start? Wanting to try anything o fix it. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks ;)
RE: books on debian of a beginner nature?
..you may want http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/ , details http://debian-handbook.info/about-the-book/ +1 for this, i just bought this book from the site in PDF format but will probably get the hardcopy. Coming from RHEL and Fedora land i was looking for a source based on Debian. this was the best i found. Pretty handy for me to hand as a reference. Includes installs through to configuring required services. Cheers, Nathan Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:18:57 +0200 From: a...@c2i.net To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: books on debian of a beginner nature? On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:32:54 -0400 (EDT), Karen wrote in message pine.bsf.4.64.1206131724530.50...@server1.shellworld.net: ahem, I think I said, but it may have been lost in the mayhem of ideas. 1. I seek a single book, one that can either be read in the standard fashion, it has pages, or b, exists as a single file that can be read entirely off line...think of say a word processor like wordperfect, or a plain text reader. ..uh-oh ;o), I thought you would prefer and over or between the options. as I have no debian system at all yet, and want this information both before that install takes place now, and available in a format that need not require an installation, I think the information below does not fit my request. Karen ..worst part of newbiedoc is its age, Etch was 5 years ago. ..you may want http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/ , details http://debian-handbook.info/about-the-book/ -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- 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/20120614071857.77eb4...@celsius.lan
RE: System crashes for no apparent reason
But how would i start it without X? It is very gui intensive --- by the time i get a chance to login, there's already some kind of gui there. You could try something like this to kill X from starting mv S04xdm s04xdm (depending on whether you use gdm or xdm of course :) then init wont boot the gui, I'm pretty sure that works anyway Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:26:15 -0700 Subject: Re: System crashes for no apparent reason From: dan.h...@gmail.com To: karl.jorgen...@nice.com CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Karl E. Jorgensen karl.jorgen...@nice.com wrote: An experiment which may exclude the video drivers from the equation: Try NOT starting X ? If it still crashes without X ever being started, then it points towards the problem being elsewhere... Hi Karl, A real dumb question for you: I also have a sort of crashey/freezey system (although presumably not exactly the same as Marc's). But how would i start it without X? It is very gui intensive --- by the time i get a chance to login, there's already some kind of gui there. I don't suppose there's some kind of boot option i can set because X runs on top of the kernel, but i suppose that somewhere, somehow i can tell the system that the next time it comes up to not bring up X? TIA for any info. dan -- 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/caophizkaotxk_-v1b1ypo6zkum46p1xknxnw_4ydvhq_vyr...@mail.gmail.com
RE: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570
Well i have started from fresh again to attempt to get my resolution problem
fixed with my Geforce 570 but it now seems that i have a misconfiguration in my
xorg.conf
so this is exactly what i have done so far
# apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common
# m-a auto-install nvidia-kernel${VERSION}-source
# apt-get install nvidia-glx${VERSION}
And then to configure X to use the nvidia driver there are 2 ways, manually
creating xorg or modifying existing or to use
nvidia-xconfig. Due to a bug at the moment with nvidia-xconfig i tried it and
failed so this time i decided to try the xorg.conf way
Since this is a fresh install i didnt have an existing xorg.conf i made one
with the cut and paste config from wiki.debian.org
then i pasted in this
Section Module
Loadglx
EndSection
Section Device
Identifier Video Card
Driver nvidia
EndSection
So by me saving this xorg.conf then running
invoke-rc.d gdm3 restart
I get a screen with a white little flashing - up in top left
i can ctrl-alt F2 to another screen so i can fix it. It seems apparent to me
that my xorg.conf is misconfigured but because
i dont have another .conf to compare it to i dont know what its missing.
when running glxinfo |grep rendering i get the following output
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0.
and then in the xorg.0.log i found
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
(--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1600x1200 (pitch 1600)
They werent one line after another i just found them from the log and pasted
them here like this.
The monitor i am using i want to run at 2560x1440 but is only currently using
1600x1200
Does anyone have a working xorg.conf with an nvidia card that i could test with
please?
And also does anyone know if the xorg.conf is configured correctly to use the
GLX driver then does Vesa get disabled
by default or do i have to explicitly define X not to use the drivers elsewhere?
Sorry that its quite a long post but appreciate any help in advance
Thanks,
Nathan
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 07:22:44 -0700
Subject: Re: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570
From: jerjoz.for...@gmail.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:20 PM, jeremy jozwik jerjoz.for...@gmail.com wrote:
sorry for not being so clear. i dont have the machine in front of me
at the moment to type out the exact error but i installed the driver
ones. the install was building the man triggers and i tossed up an
error for the nvidia driver. since then EVERYTHING i install ones
complete APT tries to fix the nvidia install and that same error shows
up.
i have just been ignoring it. everything works fine so im not very
concerned.
here you go, i just updated my system last night. after the openoffice
install process apt tried to fix the nvidia install again:
Setting up openoffice.org-emailmerge (1:3.2.1-11+squeeze6) ...
Copying: mailmerge.py
Enabling: mailmerge.py
unopkg done.
Processing triggers for libgl1-nvidia-alternatives ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path
/usr/lib/nvidia/diversions/libGL.so.1 doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing libgl1-nvidia-alternatives (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
configured to not write apport reports
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570
Hello everyone! I wanted to know has anyone had any issues getting nvidia drivers working for a Geforce 5xx series card under Debian 6 squeeze? I'm running a Geforce 570 running a Dell 27 IPS screen that has a res of 2560 x 1440, the res isn't displaying correctly, it has blurry lines over the text like its not doing any anti-aliasing. I followed http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers and everything seemed to go well as far as installing went. The problem protruded its ugly head when i attempted to tell xorg.conf to use the glx driver both by creating my own xorg or nvidia-xconfig. I realize there is a bug reported with nvidia-xconfig so i dont expect any help on that one. I'm not on the machine right now so cant give you an exact error from xorg.log or excerpt from my xorg.conf but that will come, will provide these later tonight. I just wanted to know if anyone has had success with closed source nvidia drivers in Debian 6 squeeze :)
RE: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570, Have not used this model GPU, sorry.
Sorry was suppose to reply all :) RE: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570, Have not used this model GPU, sorry. What model are you using? I also have a 5xxx series and a 8800GTX and 8800GT to swap out and see, i just haven't tried that yet Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:19:49 -0400 From: saqman2...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570, Have not used this model GPU, sorry. On 06/07/2012 08:11 PM, Nathan D'elboux wrote: Hello everyone! I wanted to know has anyone had any issues getting nvidia drivers working for a Geforce 5xx series card under Debian 6 squeeze? I'm running a Geforce 570 running a Dell 27 IPS screen that has a res of 2560 x 1440, the res isn't displaying correctly, it has blurry lines over the text like its not doing any anti-aliasing. I followed http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers and everything seemed to go well as far as installing went. The problem protruded its ugly head when i attempted to tell xorg.conf to use the glx driver both by creating my own xorg or nvidia-xconfig. I realize there is a bug reported with nvidia-xconfig so i dont expect any help on that one. I'm not on the machine right now so cant give you an exact error from xorg.log or excerpt from my xorg.conf but that will come, will provide these later tonight. I just wanted to know if anyone has had success with closed source nvidia drivers in Debian 6 squeeze :)
RE: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570
i have my gtx 580 working ok with the nvidia linux driver. sadly it throws an install error for every install since i ran the nvidia driver. i dont have the machine in front of me right now to list the specific error. but the card itself is working well. i went with the nvidia driver because the linux one at the time did no support the card. your text is clear and colours displayed correctly? When you say it throws an error for every install, what does that mean? Every install of what? Ok good to know thanks for your feedback. I will post my xorg.conf config later to compare to someone else's if thats possible. All i want is to take advantage of my screen real estate in a clear / crisp way :) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:50:17 -0700 Subject: Re: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570 From: jerjoz.for...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Nathan D'elboux naf...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello everyone! I wanted to know has anyone had any issues getting nvidia drivers working for a Geforce 5xx series card under Debian 6 squeeze? I'm running a Geforce 570 running a Dell 27 IPS screen that has a res of 2560 x 1440, the res isn't displaying correctly, it has blurry lines over the text like its not doing any anti-aliasing. I followed http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers and everything seemed to go well as far as installing went. The problem protruded its ugly head when i attempted to tell xorg.conf to use the glx driver both by creating my own xorg or nvidia-xconfig. I realize there is a bug reported with nvidia-xconfig so i dont expect any help on that one. I'm not on the machine right now so cant give you an exact error from xorg.log or excerpt from my xorg.conf but that will come, will provide these later tonight. I just wanted to know if anyone has had success with closed source nvidia drivers in Debian 6 squeeze :) i have my gtx 580 working ok with the nvidia linux driver. sadly it throws an install error for every install since i ran the nvidia driver. i dont have the machine in front of me right now to list the specific error. but the card itself is working well. i went with the nvidia driver because the linux one at the time did no support the card. -- 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/CAN=ioVk1BNZSWXH=e+v+dhmrr-hq+vmddg+m+5eavrpt9ki...@mail.gmail.com
