
Hi again,
I'm still trying to connect an Acer TM636 to a local WLAN. I've got an integrated ORiNOCO Mini PCI Card (802.11b), but when I start grml-network to configure eth1 WPA is not offered as choice.
Then I read that WG511T should work flawlessly. After rebooting I tried to configure ath0 (again with grml-network). The only information I've got is the SSID and the WPA passphrase. But unfortunately dhclient get's no response. :-(
Both cards are fully working under another commercial operating system originally installed on this machine.
I'd prefer to use the built in ORiNOCO, but at least the Netgear card should be working. Has anybody got some pointers?

* Oliver Vecernik ml@vecernik.at [20051216 20:15]:
I'm still trying to connect an Acer TM636 to a local WLAN. I've got an integrated ORiNOCO Mini PCI Card (802.11b), but when I start grml-network to configure eth1 WPA is not offered as choice.
Hm, seems like the orinoco interface does not include the strings 802.11, READY or ESSID, right? What does 'ifconfig eth1' (if eth1 matches your orinoco card) look like?
Then I read that WG511T should work flawlessly. After rebooting I tried to configure ath0 (again with grml-network). The only information I've got is the SSID and the WPA passphrase. But unfortunately dhclient get's no response. :-(
Make sure that /etc/default/wpasupplicant contains the right settings like:
OPTIONS="-Dwext -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
Then check the setup in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. (Re)start wpasupplicant running 'Restart wpasupplicant' and run 'dhclient ath0' afterwards. And of course: Take a look at the syslog (run 'tlog' to watch it).
regards, -mika-

Michael Prokop schrieb:
Hm, seems like the orinoco interface does not include the strings 802.11, READY or ESSID, right? What does 'ifconfig eth1' (if eth1 matches your orinoco card) look like?
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:86:9B:66 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x100
Make sure that /etc/default/wpasupplicant contains the right settings like:
OPTIONS="-Dwext -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
Then check the setup in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. (Re)start wpasupplicant running 'Restart wpasupplicant' and run 'dhclient ath0' afterwards. And of course: Take a look at the syslog (run 'tlog' to watch it).
Restarting wpa_supplicant: Initializing interface 'ath0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant' ctrl_interface_group=0 eapol_version=1 ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1 Priority group 0 id=0 ssid='vds' Initializing interface (2) 'ath0' EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE EAPioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Operation not supported WEXT auth param 7 value 0x1 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported : EAP entering state DISABLED EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0 EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0 SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=18 WE(source)=13 enc_capa=0x0 capabilities: key_mgmt 0x0 enc 0x3 Own MAC address: 00:09:5b:92:ff:be wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa Driver does not support WPA. wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT, trying SIOCSIWENCODE wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0 Driver didioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported done.
Unfortunately wpa_supplicant says that operation is not supported. I attached my syslog for further investigations. I also set in /etc/modutils/options:
options ath_pci countrycode=040
but this didn't help either. Have you got another idea?
BTW: I saved my configuration to an USB stick with save-config and this work quite well, but it's annoying to type `grml video=vesafb:ypan,1400x1050-32@60 lang=at myconfig=/dev/sda' all time. I read about bootparams directory, but I don't want to change my iso. Is it also possible to save the boot options to the stick for an automated start?

* Oliver Vecernik ml@vecernik.at [20051217 23:32]:
Michael Prokop schrieb:
Hm, seems like the orinoco interface does not include the strings 802.11, READY or ESSID, right? What does 'ifconfig eth1' (if eth1 matches your orinoco card) look like?
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:86:9B:66 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x100
Upps, I meant iwconfig of course, sorry.
Make sure that /etc/default/wpasupplicant contains the right settings like:
OPTIONS="-Dwext -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
Then check the setup in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. (Re)start wpasupplicant running 'Restart wpasupplicant' and run 'dhclient ath0' afterwards. And of course: Take a look at the syslog (run 'tlog' to watch it).
Restarting wpa_supplicant: Initializing interface 'ath0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Ok.
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant' ctrl_interface_group=0 eapol_version=1 ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1 Priority group 0 id=0 ssid='vds' Initializing interface (2) 'ath0'
[...]
Driver does not support WPA.
[...]
Ouch.
Unfortunately wpa_supplicant says that operation is not supported. I attached my syslog for further investigations. I also set in /etc/modutils/options:
options ath_pci countrycode=040
but this didn't help either. Have you got another idea?
Are you sure that you provide the right key/passphrase? Take a look at 'wpa_passphrase ssid1 key_foobar'. And some more configuration examples can be found in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa_supplicant.conf.gz Also give it a try with your orinoco card.
BTW: I saved my configuration to an USB stick with save-config and this work quite well, but it's annoying to type `grml video=vesafb:ypan,1400x1050-32@60 lang=at myconfig=/dev/sda' all time. I read about bootparams directory, but I don't want to change my iso. Is it also possible to save the boot options to the stick for an automated start?
As video=... is an option for the kernel and isn't related to any userland tools we could manage inside (a running) grml system you would have to modify the isolinux.cfg file in boot/isolinux/, sorry.
regards, -mika-

Michael Prokop schrieb:
Upps, I meant iwconfig of course, sorry.
eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:"HERMES I" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44 Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=134/153 Noise level=134/153 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
I got this card up and running with WEP, but with WPA no driver works. I tried all of them. As far as I understand it should work with `hostap', but I had no luck. I configured my AP (WGT624) and found only channel 6 to be supported with `Auto 108MBit' (Freq: 2.437 GHz). Is this possibly causing the problem?
Are you sure that you provide the right key/passphrase? Take a look at 'wpa_passphrase ssid1 key_foobar'. And some more configuration examples can be found in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa_supplicant.conf.gz Also give it a try with your orinoco card.
OPTIONS="-i ath0 -D madwifi -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
should work, but doesn't.
BTW: I really like the way how grml works. Thank you for your efforts, it really rocks!
I started grml-x wmii and this is really nice! The display is very decent and fast. Only Vim uses a bold font as standard. Can this be changed to a "normal" font? Where do I put `grml-lang at' for wmii?

* Oliver Vecernik ml@vecernik.at [20051218 12:03]:
Michael Prokop schrieb:
Upps, I meant iwconfig of course, sorry.
eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:"HERMES I" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44 Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=134/153 Noise level=134/153 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Hm, interesting.
This should print all your NICs, right?
# cat /proc/net/dev | awk -F: '/eth.:|tr.:|wlan.:|ath.:|ra.:/{print $1}'
And this should bring your wireless devices, right?
# LANG=C LC_MESSAGES=C iwconfig eth1 2>/dev/null | awk '/802.11|READY|ESSID/{print $1}'
I got this card up and running with WEP, but with WPA no driver works. I tried all of them. As far as I understand it should work with `hostap', but I had no luck. I configured my AP (WGT624) and found only channel 6 to be supported with `Auto 108MBit' (Freq: 2.437 GHz). Is this possibly causing the problem?
And the connection works as soon as you deactivate WPA?
Are you sure that you provide the right key/passphrase? Take a look at 'wpa_passphrase ssid1 key_foobar'. And some more configuration examples can be found in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa_supplicant.conf.gz Also give it a try with your orinoco card.
OPTIONS="-i ath0 -D madwifi -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
JFYI: http://grml.org/faq/#wpa
I'm not really sure whether this applies to madwifi/orinoco drivers as well, so take a closer look at the logs and try different settings. (Or maybe someone else on the list uses a similar setup?)
should work, but doesn't.
And the configuration in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is ok?
BTW: I really like the way how grml works. Thank you for your efforts, it really rocks!
:)
I started grml-x wmii and this is really nice! The display is very decent and fast. Only Vim uses a bold font as standard. Can this be changed to a "normal" font?
Just disable the following two lines in your ~/.vimrc:
hi normal ctermfg=white ctermbg=black guifg=white guibg=black hi nontext ctermfg=blue ctermbg=black guifg=blue guibg=black
I'll deactivate the two lines also for the next develrelease, if no one complains then it will be shipped with grml 0.6. ;)
Where do I put `grml-lang at' for wmii?
Just add the following lines to your ~/.xinitrc:
export LANG="de_AT@euro" export LC_ALL="de_AT@euro" setxkbmap de
That's all.
regards, -mika-

Michael Prokop schrieb:
This should print all your NICs, right?
Maybe there ist another problem with the WG511T hardware, let's put it away and just talk about the integrated ORiNOCO.
After a clean boot the hardware is now up and running with WEP (I just overtyped the key for obvious reasons):
# iwconfig eth1 eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"vds" Nickname:"HERMES I" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:87:B0:F6 Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=23/92 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
# mount /mnt/sda # save-config -all -file /mnt/sda/config.tbz
After booting with the following params:
fb1280x1024 grml lang=at myconfig=/dev/sda
The network is down again. It seems, that eth1 is initialized and dhcp tries to get the values *before* the `config.tbz' is read.
I have to rerun grml-network to get the WLAN working again (configuration of ssid and key is loaded correctly). Can this be automated?
And the connection works as soon as you deactivate WPA?
Trying to use WPA is unsuccessful, because no driver initializes the card. Trying to use grml-network does not offer the choice for WPA.
JFYI: http://grml.org/faq/#wpa
[x] done. :-)
And the configuration in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is ok?
As far as I can see, yes. I run the ORiNOCO card with WPA with exactly this parameters under another OS. But this is not a really grml related issue or is there maybe a prob with a kernel mod?
Just add the following lines to your ~/.xinitrc:
export LANG="de_AT@euro" export LC_ALL="de_AT@euro" setxkbmap de
I appended it to .xinitrc, but this didn't work. After some search, I changed /etc/sysconfig/keyboard to XKEYBOARD="de". Now it's working.

* Oliver Vecernik ml@vecernik.at [20051218 18:38]:
Michael Prokop schrieb:
This should print all your NICs, right?
Maybe there ist another problem with the WG511T hardware, let's put it away and just talk about the integrated ORiNOCO.
Ok.
After a clean boot the hardware is now up and running with WEP (I just overtyped the key for obvious reasons):
# iwconfig eth1 eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"vds" Nickname:"HERMES I" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:87:B0:F6 Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=23/92 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Ok, fine.
# mount /mnt/sda # save-config -all -file /mnt/sda/config.tbz
After booting with the following params:
fb1280x1024 grml lang=at myconfig=/dev/sda
The network is down again. It seems, that eth1 is initialized and dhcp tries to get the values *before* the `config.tbz' is read.
I have to rerun grml-network to get the WLAN working again (configuration of ssid and key is loaded correctly). Can this be automated?
Ah, hmmmm.
After booting your system without touching grml-network: Does 'Restart networking' (run as root) work for you? Or booting with additional bootoption "services=networking"?
And the connection works as soon as you deactivate WPA?
Trying to use WPA is unsuccessful, because no driver initializes the card. Trying to use grml-network does not offer the choice for WPA.
I'll take a closer look at it in the next few days, maybe I can find some more details.
And the configuration in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is ok?
As far as I can see, yes. I run the ORiNOCO card with WPA with exactly this parameters under another OS. But this is not a really grml related issue or is there maybe a prob with a kernel mod?
Well, starting with kernel 2.6.13 some changes took place, yes. But - using the appropriate configuration, driver and hardware - it should work anyway of course. There are definitely guys out there using grml with WLAN cards and WPA. ;-)
*Maybe* using a more recent kernel fixes your problem. grml develrelease 0.5-3 provides 2.6.14-grml and in the next few days another (updated) develrelease will be available. Drop me a note if you want to get access to the ISO and you'll get a mail as soon as it's available. (It's available for grml-beta-testers - http://grml.org/beta-tester/)
Just add the following lines to your ~/.xinitrc:
export LANG="de_AT@euro" export LC_ALL="de_AT@euro" setxkbmap de
I appended it to .xinitrc, but this didn't work. After some search, I changed /etc/sysconfig/keyboard to XKEYBOARD="de". Now it's working.
Attention. :)
Do not append it, because then it would be executed right after running wmii. You have to place it *before* the "exec /usr/bin/wmii" line. (Some more documentation regarding language handling will follow, I'm working on it.)
regards, -mika-

Michael Prokop schrieb:
After booting your system without touching grml-network: Does 'Restart networking' (run as root) work for you? Or booting with additional bootoption "services=networking"?
`Restart networking' works, `services=networking' does not. Actually my idea was to `mkpersistenthome' for user grml with `config.tbz' with option `-etc'. Then it would be possible to boot from cdrom and an usb stick "to give back life to my laptop". But this is only an intermediate step towards replacing the old OS later.
I'll take a closer look at it in the next few days, maybe I can find some more details.
Thank you. I'll be patient. There are plenty of other things to get to know meanwhile. ;-)

* Oliver Vecernik ml@vecernik.at [20051219 00:15]:
Michael Prokop schrieb:
After booting your system without touching grml-network: Does 'Restart networking' (run as root) work for you? Or booting with additional bootoption "services=networking"?
`Restart networking' works, `services=networking' does not. Actually my idea was to `mkpersistenthome' for user grml with `config.tbz' with option `-etc'. Then it would be possible to boot from cdrom and an usb stick "to give back life to my laptop". But this is only an intermediate step towards replacing the old OS later.
Hm ok, so it seems you just don't want to type anything after booting the system, right? I'll take a look at it how this task could be accomplished.
I'll take a closer look at it in the next few days, maybe I can find some more details.
Thank you. I'll be patient. There are plenty of other things to get to know meanwhile. ;-)
Hehe :)
regards, -mika-
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