[SOLVED]wireless won't connect

[robo1006]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

I seems to have the same exact problem, I as well have followed your instructions for installing and removing the wicd packages. When trying to sign into wifi i have been connected earlier i got the bad password warning.
I have reread your thread but I'm still unable to fix my problem
I'm new and inexperienced with ubuntu. Please help if you can.
I'm posting here some outputs of some commands which might shed more light on my problem.
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administrator@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

wlan1 Ralink STA ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2870STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

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administrator@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep rt
rt2870sta 410104 1
crc_ccitt 12595 1 rt2870sta
parport_pc 32111 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
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administrator@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l | grep network
ii avahi-autoipd 0.6.30-0ubuntu2 Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon
ii glib-networking 2.28.6.1-0ubuntu1 network-related giomodules for GLib
ii gnome-nettool 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1 network information tool for GNOME
ii gwibber 3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3 Open source social networking client for GNOME
ii gwibber-service 3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3 Open source social networking client for GNOME
ii ifupdown 0.6.10ubuntu4 high level tools to configure network interfaces
ii iproute 20100519-3 networking and traffic control tools
ii iputils-ping 3:20100418-3ubuntu1 Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
ii iputils-tracepath 3:20100418-3ubuntu1 Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
ii libnm-glib-vpn1 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 network management framework (GLib VPN shared library)
ii libnm-glib2 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 network management framework (GLib shared library)
ii libnm-util1 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 network management framework (shared library)
ii libqt4-network 4:4.7.2-0ubuntu6.2 Qt 4 network module
ii net-tools 1.60-23ubuntu3 The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii netbase 4.45ubuntu1 Basic TCP/IP networking system
rc network-manager-pptp 0.8.1+git.20110207t142407.7e1d989-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin)
rc network-manager-pptp-gnome 0.8.1+git.20110207t142407.7e1d989-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin, GNOME UI)
ii python-wicd 1.7.0+ds1-6 wired and wireless network manager - Python module
ii tcpdump 4.1.1-1ubuntu3 A powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition
ii wicd 1.7.0+ds1-6 wired and wireless network manager - metapackage
ii wicd-cli 1.7.0+ds1-6 wired and wireless network manager - scriptable cli client
ii wicd-curses 1.7.0+ds1-6 wired and wireless network manager - Curses client
ii wicd-daemon 1.7.0+ds1-6 wired and wireless network manager - daemon
ii wicd-gtk 1.7.0+ds1-6 wired and wireless network manager - GTK+ client
ii wicd-kde 0.2.1-4 Wired and wireless network manager - KDE client

[GreyGeek]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

A "bad password", or showing garbled hex characters, is a classic symptom of KNetworkManager components still hanging around.

[wizard10000]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

A "bad password", or showing garbled hex characters, is a classic symptom of KNetworkManager components still hanging around.

Yup. Mine shows

rc network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 network management framework daemon
rc network-manager-pptp 0.8.1+git.20110207t142407.7e1d989-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin)
rc plasma-widget-networkmanagement 0.9~svngit20110408-0ubuntu2 Network Management widget for KDE4 Plasma

[robo1006]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

so would your advice to me be go back and read the post again or could you recommend some specific steps how to fix this.
thanks.

[wizard10000]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

so would your advice to me be go back and read the post again or could you recommend some specific steps how to fix this.
thanks.

I believe network-manager is still installed. Try

sudo apt-get remove network-manager

Hope this helps -

[robo1006]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

i tried "sudo apt-get remove network-manager" it says Package network-manager is not installed, so not removed etc.
any other suggestions, is there some other way of removing the leftovers?
thanks.

[robo1006]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

or could it be something with the WICD network manager
I run "iwconfig"
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff

wlan1 Ralink STA ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2870STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

It all seems to be ok there, when i want to use my usb wireless adapter I always go to
preferences in wicd and change the wireless interface to wlan1 manually.
otherwise it won't detect it. but this have nothing to do with the bad password warning i guess.
I'll keep, testing and checking.

[robo1006]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

and when i try connect to a wireless network (with my usb adapter wlan1) which is not password protected
after 2 minutes of trying to connect it says: that it can not get ip address.
but when connecting with build in wifi in wlan0 it works fine.
However connecting to an another password protected network(both usb wlan1 and buildin wlan0) seems to be ok.
any ideas

[eflan]

Re: wireless won't connect

do exactly what you did last time. and when your online install wicd if knetworkmanager is giving you a hard time.

This. I use wicd even on wired connections as IMO network-manager is awful.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

After more than a day of wanting to smash my usb dongle with a hammer, I can finally get my kubuntu install online!

So, once again thanks to everyone who contributed in this thread and I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that us kubuntu noobs sure appreciate your time.

Thank you so much,

Erin.

[tshann]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

Grey Goose's reply back in May of this year solved my wireless issues in Kubu Natty. Awesome thanks!

Peace

[GreyGeek]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

Grey Goose?

I haven't met him yet!

[oshunluvr]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

If the webbed-foot fits...

[GreyGeek]

Re: [SOLVED]wireless won't connect

You must have seen my feet!
(13-M They are huge and flat, like flippers, which is why I can swim so easily with only my feet.)