Can't get wireless to work, help!
Hello,
I recently installed Haiku R1 A2 on my IBM Thinkpad T30 laptop. When I try to get wireless internet working by running install-wifi-firmwares.sh, the entire system freezes and nothing gets installed. I tried this multiple times, including the offline ways you can try. How can I get wireless to work? If I can't get it to work, then I'll probably have to install a different OS, as wireless is very important to me.
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Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I've found acpi or apm to cause difficulties (forget which is enabled by default).
they can be disabled by commenting out the line at /boot/home/config/settings/kernel/driver, or at boot with the spacebar and boot menu.
I believe.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I've found acpi or apm to cause difficulties (forget which is enabled by default).
they can be disabled by commenting out the line at /boot/home/config/settings/kernel/driver, or at boot with the spacebar and boot menu.
I believe.
Thanks, but that didn't work. The system still locks up. By commenting out, you mean removing them, right? I removed both. What else should I try?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I had the same problem setting up wifi on my Panasonic CF-29. Everytime I ran the shellscript, the system would hang and I would need to reboot.
I finally got around this by using the shell script that is provided to run on other systems. I ran that shell script in the terminal on Mac OS X. It created a zip file, which I then moved to the CF-29 using a USB stick. I expanded the zip file and then ran the Haiku shell script. The Haiku shellscript ran to completion without hanging the system and when completed, I had access to my network card in the Haiku network preferences.
bill
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I had the same problem setting up wifi on my Panasonic CF-29. Everytime I ran the shellscript, the system would hang and I would need to reboot.
I finally got around this by using the shell script that is provided to run on other systems. I ran that shell script in the terminal on Mac OS X. It created a zip file, which I then moved to the CF-29 using a USB stick. I expanded the zip file and then ran the Haiku shell script. The Haiku shellscript ran to completion without hanging the system and when completed, I had access to my network card in the Haiku network preferences.
bill
I already tried that. The system still froze.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Some users have conflict with wired ethernet driver. Removing wired ethernet driver (and symlink) from Haiku should avoid the conflict (freezing).
Provide your output (from terminal) for:
1) listdev (wired & wireless cards only)
2) ls /dev/net (for loaded network drivers)
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Some users have conflict with wired ethernet driver. Removing wired ethernet driver (and symlink) from Haiku should avoid the conflict (freezing).
Provide your output (from terminal) for:
1) listdev (wired & wireless cards only)
2) ls /dev/net (for loaded network drivers)
1)~> listdev
device Communication controller (Modem, Generic) [7|3|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 2486: 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller
device Multimedia controller (Multimedia audio controller) [4|1|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 2485: 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller
device Serial bus controller (SMBus) [c|5|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 2483: 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller
device Mass storage controller (IDE interface) [1|1|8a]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 248a: 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller
device Bridge (ISA bridge) [6|1|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 248c: 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC)
device Network controller (Ethernet controller) [2|0|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 1031: 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
device Network controller [2|80|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 4220: PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
device Bridge (CardBus bridge) [6|7|0]
vendor 104c: Texas Instruments
device ac55: PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller
device Bridge (CardBus bridge) [6|7|0]
vendor 104c: Texas Instruments
device ac55: PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller
device Bridge (PCI bridge, Normal decode) [6|4|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 2448: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
device Serial bus controller (USB Controller, UHCI) [c|3|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 2487: 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3
device Serial bus controller (USB Controller, UHCI) [c|3|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 2484: 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2
device Serial bus controller (USB Controller, UHCI) [c|3|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 2482: 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1
device Display controller (VGA compatible controller, VGA controller) [3|0|0]
vendor 1002: ATI Technologies Inc
device 4c57: Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
device Bridge (PCI bridge, Normal decode) [6|4|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 1a31: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge
device Bridge (Host bridge) [6|0|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 1a30: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge
~>
2)~> ls /dev/net
ipro100
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
All I needed was: :-)
device Network controller (Ethernet controller) [2|0|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 1031: 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
device Network controller [2|80|0]
vendor 8086: Intel Corporation
device 4220: PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
You have ipro100 driver loading. Move this driver to desktop (you'll lose wired networking). Your wireless (2200) is onboard? pcmcia is not supported in Haiku.
Move ipro100 driver, reboot, ls /dev/net to see if empty (no network drivers). Then try to install wireless from zip. Reboot, check ls /dev/net to see if wireless (iprowifi2200) loaded.
Wired driver found here:
/boot/system/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bin/ipro100
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I just finally got alpha2 to boot on my laptop and I absolutely LOVE Haiku!!! Unfortunately, I have an Intel Pro/Wireless 5100 AGN(which is not supported via firmware yet for Haiku) and my USB wireless adapter is not supported.:(
So until the wireless situation improves, I'm stuck on the outside looking in(very, very sadly).
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Replace the Wireless card. I replaced the Wifi card in my EeePC 901 with one out of a 701 so i can use my EeePC with Wifi.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Maybe this works, maybe not:
http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/drivers/network/wifi-driver-...
At any rate, it might be possible to compile the latest iwn driver, how hard it will be, I don't know. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/iwn/
Or someone else can do it and post the result here :)
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I have no idea how to compile a driver. I'm looking up different results on Google, but I was wondering is it possible to compile a driver for Haiku while in Linux?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Sure, if the driver source is already in the Haiku source tree, you can cross-compile a driver from Linux. Instead of building the whole Haiku image, just jam the driver.
The compiled driver will be located then under generated/objects/haiku/release/x86/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network//.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Thank you all for the advise. I'm going to look at the available docs/wikis on this site and combine that with what I find on Google. Hopefully I can get something working soon.
edit:
I just compiled Haiku from source today with no errors. This appeared during the final process:
Having compiled Haiku from source on my laptop, is there a chance that the firmware driver for my Intel Pro/Wireless 5100 AGN was compiled into the image?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I fear it does not.
Did you tried first to install the driver linked by Pieter above, available at:
http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/drivers/network/wifi-driver-... ?
What was/is the result?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I have not tried the wireless driver yet. On the web page it says that it will only work gcc2 builds of Haiku. Unless I'm mistaken, isn't Alpha2 a gcc4 build?
The other problem I have is that I do not know how to configure a bootloader, so I'm kind of sol. I have found instructions on how to add a custom file for GRUB2, but there is still a certain level of knowledge assumed by the writers.
I guess for now I will just wait for support to be added in, unless I find another method. Not sure how I feel about buying a third wireless adapter yet.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
R1 alpha2 is not gcc4, it's gcc2 hybrid. That driver worth a try, really.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Thanks for heads up. I installed the driver, but it did not work when I used "setwep". I spent some time trying to get it up and working. The driver was recognized by Haiku, but I just got an error message when I tried to setwep with a 10-digit Hex key. Unfortunately, that is the only way for me to connect to my network. So it looks like I will just wait for now. Thanks again for everyone's help.
P.S.(Interesting side note...PC-BSD's bootloader can detect and boot Haiku's partition without any problems/manual configuration. Just an FYI.)
Can't get wireless to work, help!
I have a Samsung NC10 that I have Haiku on and a locked wifi network. In the network preferences there is no "Key" or "Password" option for my to input my network password. Is this because Haiku does not yet support wireless networks with passwords?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Haiku has a temporary fix for connecting to encrypted wireless networks. On your desktop there should be a "Welcome" link. Click on that link and scroll about half way down. You should see "Wifi" highlighted in orange near the end of a paragraph. Click on that and it will take you to a page that explains how to connect to encrypted networks. For WEP, it's something like this:
Basically, the command 'setwep', the location of your network device(which can be seen in network preferences), the name of your network and the key/password. If you are using a Hex key instead of a passphrase, you MUST preface it with "0x" before the key. Hope this helps.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
After 'install-wifi-firmwares.sh' and selecting preferences>network> should 2 drivers or apparatus show ie one for wired & one for wirelees/wifi?????
I find only one which may be for my 'wired' connection.
After running 'install-wifi-firmwares.sh' I now get the terminal saying 'Compiling b43-fwcutter for installing Broadcom's firmware......'
but nothing happens!
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Thanks so much! This is great news!
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
@ plumtreed:
Use this link, see if one of the two Broadcom drivers is for your card and follow the instructions. Make sure you copy the folders/drivers to the correct locations. Hope this helps.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Thanks, Anyedge, but I can't see a link...
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
http://haikuware.com/directory/drivers/network/
I apologize about that! I copied the link, but forgot to paste. Try now.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Thanks for the tip but I have BCM4312, device 4315. I do get wired so that is something!
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I can confirm, that after disabling the wired net, the wifi 2200 indeed does work (previously locked the machine). IBM Thinkpad X31, wifi upgraded from 2100 to 2200.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Has anything regressed in the last few nightly builds (latest I tried was 6th August)? Whenever I run setwep, I get errors: something like SIOCS80211 error (from memory). I used:
setwep /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 myssid 0xMy26ByteHexWEPpassword
(obviously with the correct ssid and password :)
I am on an eeepc701 4G - previously no problems. I don't really want to go back to alpha2, as the nightly versions have fixed lots of bugs :)
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I don't know about wireless, m'Lord, but since Axel committed most to his work to the trunk a week back or so, networking is quite broken for me. Using static IP instead of DHCP worked for me once but then no more...
I'm back to r37437 or thereabouts.
Regards,
Humdinger
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Good call Humdinger! Went back to 37437 and it all works again :) I found the 15 July WebPositive version works wih this version, so I now have wireless and web (bezilla is just too slow.....).
Still looking around for software that is compatible, but thats another story :) Its great to be back in the BeOS/haiku world again...
Cheers
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Yeah, the Haiku world is currently a bit in termoil, if you like to try out new stuff. You have the locale stuff moving under you, requireing sometimes updated apps. Axel's networking may force you to downgrade again to get online, which in turn may revert some locale changes... Best to hold on to an older working revision until everything has settled down some more.
Regards,
Humdinger
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Does Axel's wireless stuff have a GUI yet?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
no
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
no
Not only is the thread you're replying to ancient, your information is incorrect.
There is a GUI for selecting networks and entering passwords now.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I've tested recent builds on two different eeepcs. When attempting to connect to any encrypted network, wpa_supplicant crashes. anyone else have this problem?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I've tested recent builds on two different eeepcs. When attempting to connect to any encrypted network, wpa_supplicant crashes. anyone else have this problem?
Yes but I havn't tested it any more than that :)
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
myob said: ...the thread you're replying is to ancient...
...ähmm yes thats the point...
thats what I mean... not only the thread is an old problem...
-- where do I find the GUI? where to enter the passwords...do you have screenshoots?
thx for your attention
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I've tested recent builds on two different eeepcs. When attempting to connect to any encrypted network, wpa_supplicant crashes. anyone else have this problem?
I've just updated the Haiku nightly on my EeePC 901 from r42804 to hrev43592.
Whereas wifi (WPA2) worked perfectly on the earlier nightly, I can't get a wifi connection at all in 43592 as wpa_supplicant keeps crashing just as kvdman described.
Any update on this problem?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I've opened a ticket: https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8268
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
I've opened a ticket: https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8268
Just to confirm your earlier observation, I installed nightly r43152 on the same EeePC 901 and now wpa_supplicant works perfectly.
So, somewhere between r43152 and r43592 wpa_supplicant appears to have become unusable on this machine.
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Where to find the GUI for entering a password?
How to use the it?
Thanks
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
you just click on an encrypted network in the deskbar network applet and the gui should pop-up (or crash as it does now).
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
At least it does not crash here but no GUI will pop up here...
looks still the same as long time ago... nothing to put the password in...
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
this is assuming you've:
installoptionalpackage wpa_supplicant
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
yes I did:
installoptionalpackage -a wpa_supplicant
I use GCC4Hybrid nightly newest one maybe it is working with gcc2 only?
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
not sure I used the GCC2 hybrid.
also, please see:
https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/8268
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Just to add another example. EeePC 701, atheros wifi, installed wpa_supplicant via ethernet.
Running: ifconfig /dev/net/atheroswifi/0
Results in a crash of wpa_supplicant with a seg violation in wireless_config_dialog - 0x00218a5d. A backtrace show the usual stuff, and finishes with the WAPSupplicantApp receiving a message which calls wireless_config_dialog.
Hope this helps - I don't have the source, so I can't probe further sorry.
Cheers,
V
PS. Running GCC 2 Hybrid version 43708
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
http://haiku-files.org/files/optional-packages/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-x86-...
New wpa_supplicant.
http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/commit/?id=dd2116b8ebe908bfa92ef6ecc6bdd7...
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
Thanks Premislaus,
Updated the optional packages, and reinstalled wap_supplicant. All works find now.
Cheers,
V
Re: Can't get wireless to work, help!
With newest gcc4h hrev 43718 I have stll old wpa_suplicant and still dont work with WPA.
What more: I installed wpa_suplicant and restart system and of course I try join to WPA network but wpa_suplicant not work and I dost see this in ProcessController o.O - suplicant dont start(?).
Who have the same?