[CentOS] Configuring an Intel 3945 wireless card: partial success

[Rob Townley]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:

> Mogens Kjaer a écrit :
>
>>
>> Take a close look at what gets logged into /var/log/messages
>>
>>
> Sorry couldn't try this out earlier, as my wife went away for a few days
> with the laptop.
>
> Anyway, here goes. To try it out, I stopped the 'network' service and
> started 'NetworkManager' as well as 'NetworkManagerDispatcher'. Laptop was
> not connected to any Ethernet cable. My home access point showed up (essid
> 'zuhause', no encryption). I clicked on it to try to establish a connection:
>
> --8<----------------------------------------------------------------
> [root at nordinou init.d]# tail -f /var/log/messages
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  User Switch:
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / zuhause
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Deactivating device
> eth1.
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found
> under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Device eth1
> activation scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> started...
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation
> (eth1/wireless): access point 'zuhause' is unencrypted, no key needed.
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1                wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant
>   '
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'AP_SCAN 1'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'ADD_NETWORK'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> '0'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 7a756861757365'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'


Enabling something with a value of zero looks suspicious to me....


>
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
> Sep  3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation
> (eth1/wireless): association took too long (>40s), failing activation.
> Sep  3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> failure scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> failed for access point (zuhause)
> Sep  3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth1)
> failed.
> Sep  3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  Deactivating device
> eth1.
> --8<----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Now I was curious about this, so I tried it on another machine, my
> Buildbox, that also has a wireless card. Similar failure:
>
> --8<----------------------------------------------------------------
> [root at buildbox ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages
> Sep  3 16:35:52 buildbox dhcdbd: Started up.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  starting...
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <WARNING>
> nm_system_device_get_system_config (): Network configuration for device
> 'wlan0' was invalid (non-DHCP configuration, but no gateway specified. Will
> use DHCP instead.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  wlan0: Device is
> fully-supported using driver 'rt61'.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  wlan0: driver does
> not support SSID scans (scan_capa 0x00).
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init():
> waiting for device's worker thread to start
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init():
> device's worker thread started, continuing.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Now managing
> wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Deactivating device
> wlan0.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox kernel: eth0: link down
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not
> ready
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  eth0: Device is
> fully-supported using driver '8139too'.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init():
> waiting for device's worker thread to start
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init():
> device's worker thread started, continuing.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Now managing wired
> Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Deactivating device
> eth0.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Updating allowed
> wireless network lists.
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <WARNING> nm_dbus_get_networks_cb
> (): error received: org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks - There
> are no wireless networks stored..
> Sep  3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SWITCH: no current
> connection, found better connection 'eth0'.
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found
> under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.reason
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Will activate wired
> connection 'eth0' because it now has a link.
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found
> under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.reason
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Will activate
> connection 'eth0'.
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Device eth0
> activation scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth0)
> started...
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth0)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth0)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth0)
> failure scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth0)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (eth0)
> failed.
> Sep  3 16:35:54 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Deactivating device
> eth0.
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  User Switch:
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/wlan0 / zuhause
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Deactivating device
> wlan0.
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found
> under /com/redhat/dhcp/wlan0 for sub-path wlan0.dbus.get.reason
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Device wlan0
> activation scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> started...
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation
> (wlan0/wireless): access point 'zuhause' is unencrypted, no key needed.
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'INTERFACE_ADD wlan0               wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant '
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'AP_SCAN 2'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'ADD_NETWORK'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> '0'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 7a756861757365'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending
> command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: response was
> 'OK'
> Sep  3 16:36:48 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
> Sep  3 16:37:08 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation
> (wlan0/wireless): association took too long (>20s), failing activation.
> Sep  3 16:37:08 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> failure scheduled...
> Sep  3 16:37:08 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> failed for access point (zuhause)
> Sep  3 16:37:08 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Activation (wlan0)
> failed.
> Sep  3 16:37:08 buildbox NetworkManager: <information>  Deactivating device
> wlan0.
> --8<----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Any idea why NetworkManager refuses to connect to my network?
>
> Niki
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Sep  3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: <information>  SUP: sending command
'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
 looks like it would disable the network?
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