in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi signals in area.
this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either with network connection icon or with another icon that can reside in task bar.
any ideas or suggestions?
tia.
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi signals in area.
this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either with network connection icon or with another icon that can reside in task bar.
any ideas or suggestions?
yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it is left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always been done with a left-click.
Fred
On 12/22/2016 08:04 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi signals in area.
this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either with network connection icon or with another icon that can reside in task bar.
any ideas or suggestions?
yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it is left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always been done with a left-click.
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is that with gnome or kde dte?
on a tower box; eth0 = onboard wired ethernet eth1 = wired ethernet card connected to a modem/router/wifi eth? = wifi/wireless card
left click only shows the onboard wired ethernet and wired ethernet card connections.
right click shows;
[X] Enable Networking << grayed out [X] Enable Notifications Connection Information << grayed out Edit Connections
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:38:28PM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
On 12/22/2016 08:04 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi signals in area.
this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either with network connection icon or with another icon that can reside in task bar.
any ideas or suggestions?
yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it is left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always been done with a left-click.
}}
is that with gnome or kde dte?
on a tower box; eth0 = onboard wired ethernet eth1 = wired ethernet card connected to a modem/router/wifi eth? = wifi/wireless card
left click only shows the onboard wired ethernet and wired ethernet card connections.
right click shows;
[X] Enable Networking << grayed out [X] Enable Notifications Connection Information << grayed out Edit Connections
Ah. Sorry, I should have said I'm using the Mate desktop. So you may have found a bug.
Fred
On 12/22/2016 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:38:28PM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
On 12/22/2016 08:04 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi signals in area.
this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either with network connection icon or with another icon that can reside in task bar.
any ideas or suggestions?
yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it is left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always been done with a left-click.
}}
is that with gnome or kde dte?
on a tower box; eth0 = onboard wired ethernet eth1 = wired ethernet card connected to a modem/router/wifi eth? = wifi/wireless card
left click only shows the onboard wired ethernet and wired ethernet card connections.
right click shows;
[X] Enable Networking << grayed out [X] Enable Notifications Connection Information << grayed out Edit Connections
Ah. Sorry, I should have said I'm using the Mate desktop. So you may have found a bug.
}}
would not say a bug. believe more like devs left feature out with 6.x.
best bet maybe to pull some 'war drive' progs, which i have been considering for laptop.
thanks for your replying.
Date: Thursday, December 22, 2016 14:57:06 -0600 From: "geo.inbox.ignored" geo.inbox.ignored@gmail.com
On 12/22/2016 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:38:28PM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
On 12/22/2016 08:04 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi signals in area.
this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either with network connection icon or with another icon that can reside in task bar.
any ideas or suggestions?
yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it is left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always been done with a left-click.
}}
is that with gnome or kde dte?
on a tower box; eth0 = onboard wired ethernet eth1 = wired ethernet card connected to a modem/router/wifi eth? = wifi/wireless card
left click only shows the onboard wired ethernet and wired ethernet card connections.
right click shows;
[X] Enable Networking << grayed out [X] Enable Notifications Connection Information << grayed out Edit Connections
Ah. Sorry, I should have said I'm using the Mate desktop. So you may have found a bug.
}}
would not say a bug. believe more like devs left feature out with 6.x.
best bet maybe to pull some 'war drive' progs, which i have been considering for laptop.
thanks for your replying.
It sounds like your wireless card might not be being seen. You might want to check /var/log/dmesg to see what's happening at boot, and go from there depending on what you find.
On 12/22/2016 04:23 PM, Richard wrote:
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It sounds like your wireless card might not be being seen. You might want to check /var/log/dmesg to see what's happening at boot, and go from there depending on what you find.
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this is true.
my bad, failed to mention that when i was able to see other wifi signals, it was via the modem/router/wifi. installed wifi card to see if it would catch any wifi signals.
as for what box is seeing;
]$ pwd /var/log
]$ grep Ethe dmesg eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 5, 00:07:95:18:2b:bb 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004) 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
]$ grep eth dmesg eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 5, 00:07:95:18:2b:bb eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf957cf00, 00:00:b4:be:4a:14, IRQ 5
]$ lspci|grep Eth 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] \ SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90) 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \ RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10) 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 \ Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) ]$
so, card is seen and readable. maybe needs drivers?
also, not mentioned before;
eth0 = xfinity modem eth1 = 2Wire 2701HG-B
On 12/22/2016 6:25 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 \ Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) ]$
so, card is seen and readable. maybe needs drivers?
what do you get from ...
lspci -v -s 00:0c.0
?
On 12/22/2016 08:35 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 12/22/2016 6:25 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 \ Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) ]$
so, card is seen and readable. maybe needs drivers?
what do you get from ...
lspci -v -s 00:0c.0?
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~]$ lspci -v -s 00:0c.0 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation Device ae24 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5 Memory at 9ffb0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: ath5k
On 12/22/2016 6:47 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
~]$ lspci -v -s 00:0c.0 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation Device ae24 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5 Memory at 9ffb0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: ath5k
ok, now... dmesg | grep ath5k
On 12/22/2016 09:06 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 12/22/2016 6:47 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
~]$ lspci -v -s 00:0c.0 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation Device ae24 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5 Memory at 9ffb0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: ath5k
ok, now... dmesg | grep ath5k
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log]$ grep ath5k dmesg ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: registered as 'phy0' ath5k: phy0: POST Failed !!! ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A disabled ath5k: probe of 0000:00:0c.0 failed with error -11 log]$
On 12/22/2016 7:17 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
log]$ grep ath5k dmesg ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: registered as 'phy0' ath5k: phy0: POST Failed !!! ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A disabled ath5k: probe of 0000:00:0c.0 failed with error -11 log]$
k, well, thats what you need to track down. you might dmesg | less, and search for that ath5k to see if there are any other clues around that POST Failed
you might just need a firmware blob or somethign, no idea, I haven't done wireless Linux in years.
On 12/22/2016 09:42 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 12/22/2016 7:17 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
log]$ grep ath5k dmesg ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: registered as 'phy0' ath5k: phy0: POST Failed !!! ath5k 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A disabled ath5k: probe of 0000:00:0c.0 failed with error -11 log]$
k, well, thats what you need to track down. you might dmesg | less, and search for that ath5k to see if there are any other clues around that POST Failed
you might just need a firmware blob or somethign, no idea, I haven't done wireless Linux in years.
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John, i do thank you for all your help. greatly appreciated.
before i digging any further into things here, i believe i will log onto linuxwireless.org to see what i can find in way of drivers for card.
as for scanning for wifi in area, i believe 'war drive' progs will be best bet.
intent is not for hacking, i want to increase protection for when i start using wifi with laptop, which is going to be some more digging because centos does not see wifi chip.
all in all, i am going to have to educate myself on workings of wifi.
thanks again.
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