Netcfg 2.5 PRE_UP problem

Hi,
I'm recently observing a problem for connecting in ad-hoc mode with netcfg
I was using this configuration to connect
more /etc/network.d/hero
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
PRE_UP="ifconfig wlan0 down; iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc"
#QUIRKS=(prescan predown)
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="none"
ESSID="hero"
IP="dhcp"
TIMEOUT=20
With new netcfg version, it fails to connect.
I though can connect manually to the unencrypted connection doing this:
ifconfig wlan0 down
iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
iwconfig wlan0 essid hero
dhcpcd wlan0
ANy solution for that?

I have the same problem right now connecting to my android phone(i suggested essid hero comes from the hero phone ), did you find any solution on how to connect with netcfg?
my profiles for connecting to the phone looks the same, but still no result, getting
> WPA Authentication/Association Failed
error..
though connect with ifconfig/iwconfig works without problems.. reading the wiki and searching the forum didnt help much.
regards
Last edited by ichbinesderelch (2010-03-27 12:38:38)

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I know that was a long winded explanation, and i"m not really posting any real info, but I have no idea where to start with this one. So, anyone have any idea what happened?
Last edited by LazarusHC (2008-03-19 08:16:48)

Ahah! I figured it out. Unfortunately this error occurred because of a chronic condition that I have. It's called I-can-do-it-without-the-manual syndrome. If I had actually read the wiki completely, and followed it's carefully and clearly laid out directions, none of this would have happened.
As it turned out this is what happened: I set up a profile with archassistant, then proceeded to set the profile to startup at boot. The problem is that the netcfg 2.0.6-1 package comes with both v1 and v2. So, being the dunce I am, I actually set up a v1 profile, (which did work at first), and up it went. I then attempted to run archassistant, which was using v2; this somehow broke v1 (I'm still not sure how, not that it matters), and then when I tried to use archassistant (in another stroke of genius), I forgot to run it as root or at least sudo. Thus, archassistant wouldn't connect, either.
So, what did we learn? READ THE WIKI! Oh... and run archassistant as root, or it won't connect (they really should do something about that).

Netcfg problem

When I suspend my macbook, is breaks netcfg. When before I had a perfectly good connection, it is now gone. If I run netcfg home, the dhcp output just waits for the carrier. And when I run dhcpcd manually, I get the same results, I then reboot, and it will work until the next suspend.
I am using pm-suspend (not hibernate) and a macbook 2,1
Here is the output of the pm-suspend log:
Initial commandline parameters: --quirk-vbestate-restore
Sun Feb 22 01:47:52 EST 2009: Running hooks for suspend.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00auto-quirk suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend: Linux Ayldorf 2.6.28-ARCH #4 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 2 17:30:16 EST 2009 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Module Size Used by
i915 58372 2
drm 83880 3 i915
usbhid 36640 0
appletouch 12164 0
hid_apple 8064 0
hid 40704 2 usbhid,hid_apple
i2c_i801 10896 0
ohci1394 31280 0
iTCO_wdt 12836 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4996 1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_core 22804 1 i2c_i801
uhci_hcd 24592 0
ieee1394 79940 1 ohci1394
sg 26804 0
snd_pcsp 11048 0
joydev 11712 0
ehci_hcd 36876 0
intel_agp 27836 1
agpgart 31572 3 drm,intel_agp
usbcore 136848 5 usbhid,appletouch,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
video 18704 0
output 4608 1 video
applesmc 22832 0
led_class 5508 1 applesmc
input_polldev 5256 1 applesmc
thermal 17180 0
processor 41388 3 thermal
evdev 11296 3
fan 6276 0
button 7824 0
wlan_scan_sta 15104 1
ath_rate_sample 15872 1
snd_seq_oss 31872 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8192 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49968 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8204 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
battery 12036 0
snd_hda_intel 412980 1
ath_pci 246072 0
snd_pcm_oss 40192 0
ac 6020 0
wlan 222448 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 250976 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
snd_mixer_oss 16512 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70020 3 snd_pcsp,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 21384 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 9092 1 snd_hda_intel
snd 50852 12 snd_pcsp,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
vboxdrv 115368 0
sky2 48132 0
soundcore 8160 1 snd
rtc_cmos 12332 0
rtc_core 17564 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 4480 1 rtc_core
ata_piix 23300 1
ata_generic 6788 0
pata_acpi 6016 0
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2042748 191280 1851468 0 6756 35348
-/+ buffers/cache: 149176 1893572
Swap: 0 0 0
success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/11netcfg suspend suspend: /bin/stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
:: home down [BUSY] [DONE]
success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/55NetworkManager suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90chvt suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98smart-kernel-video suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend: kernel.acpi_video_flags = 0
success.
Sun Feb 22 01:47:54 EST 2009: performing suspend
Sun Feb 22 01:48:26 EST 2009: Awake.
Sun Feb 22 01:48:26 EST 2009: Running hooks for resume
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video resume suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98smart-kernel-video resume suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led resume suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq resume suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock resume suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90chvt resume suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules resume suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/55NetworkManager resume suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth resume suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/11netcfg resume suspend: /bin/stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
:: home up [BUSY] ath0: dhcpcd 4.0.10 starting
ath0: hardware address = 00:1b:63:09:eb:91
ath0: executing `/usr/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason PREINIT
ath0: waiting for carrier
ath0: waiting for carrier
ath0: received SIGTERM, stopping
/usr/lib/pm-utils/functions: line 39: 2730 Terminated "${hook}" $2

Check in the wiki to setup the suspend options. You may also need to make sure your session saves. Every time I suspend, it quits my session.

My problems with netcfg

I have arch running on a samsung nc10 netbook, usually using xfce.
The last few days I have been trying out openbox as a standalone window manager/ de replacement in a quest to get the computer running even quicker.
For networking ,first of all I tried using netcfg to set up my wireless and ethernet connections. Managed to do this after a good deal of searching in the forums and wiki - I am using static ip here at home. Found out you need IFOPTS= ... in your wireless profile if using static ip (but this isn't mentioned in the wiki or the man, or in the example profiles that are provided.) I then wanted the wireless to be disconnected if ethernet was present, did a bit more reading and discovered netcfg is not designed to do this. I installed ifplugd. Didn't have much success and gave up last night after several hours of fiddling. I hadn't even started on trying to set up wpa encryption. Felt quite frustrated
This evening I installed wicd, and within a minute I had everything set up the way I wanted without having to search forums and wikis. It scans for wireless networks, connects automatically (after initial configuration), easy to set up wireless encryption, disconnects the wireless when ethernet is available, and has an icon it the tray.
Lots of people on the forums seem to be happily using netcfg, and heartily recommend it. Is it worth me persevering with netcfg? Is netcfg "better"? Why would you use it instead of some other network manager? Wicd just seems to be so much easier and quicker to set up.
Re-reading this, it sounds like a rant about netcfg. It's not meant to be, it's just my observation. Quite likely I am being incompetent.

Is netcfg "better"?
It's your system. I say do what works for you. I use netcfg on my main laptop, which usually just connects to my home wireless, wicd with my netbook, which travels more, and wicd with my crap laptop that acts as a music server.
Last edited by reed9 (2009-11-20 20:23:41)

Netcfg laptop wireless - "DHCP ip lease attempt failed"??

hey folks. just loaded arch onto a toshiba laptop. in the process of configuring wireless, i followed the netcfg config instructions in the wiki. It worked fine the first time, but when I rebooted every subsequent time i tried to connect I get the "DHCP IP lease attempt failed" error. IN my logs i get absolutely nothing helpful - just "wlan0: rebinding lease of 172.16.0.138" and "wlan0: timed out". Of course, when I had Windows XP on the laptop it had zero problems connecting to the network, and it makes no damn sense why I was able to connect intially but each time after that it times out. My router has no problems.
I did a forum search and someone suggested that this was because of a "bug" and to delete the file "/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.lease" file. I did this, and was able to connect successfully. But this is not a solution; am I really supposed to delete the lease EVERY time I reconnect/reboot the machine? Doesn't make any sense at all.
Can ANYONE please help on this? I can post whatever config file/log info you need. This seems like it should be a simple setup, but I've come to realize nothing's ever simple in the linux world.... btw my network uses WPA2. There wasn't anything in the wiki about WPA2 (must be really really old, huh?); could this be part of the problem?

Alternatively, try adding
PRE_UP=' [ -e /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.lease ] && rm /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.lease '
to the profile with the problem.
Edit: I misspelled "dhcpcd" in the code above.
Last edited by alexandrite (2010-08-15 14:54:33)

WIFI problem on Treo Pro

I have a Treo Pro without the data plan on At&t. I have been able to use the internet fine using wifi connections. I noticed today that At&t has been charging me for data I have been using. I must have accidently been using their data plan also so I put a block on data on the phone. Now I can't access the interent when I am connected to wifi. I am connected to an open network, but when I open the interent I get the message, "The pate cannot be found. Check the name and try again"
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Post relates to: Treo Pro T850U (Unlocked)

R00KIE wrote:You should test the tablet with the OS that came with it, if it doesn't work it that then you have faulty hardware, otherwise I'd say just a problem with drivers.
Thanks, but when I asked the question I didn't setup a dual boot, I only could start on arch.
I've found where the problem is. Fortunately it's not a hardware issue, it's a issue with NetworkManager. Disabling network manager and replacing it with netcfg solved the problem. Now I have to investigate why network manager is faulty in the machine (not only on arch, it randomly failed on ubuntu 14.04; maybe it's a driver problem as you suggest). Nevermind, as this issue is not related with the hardware this post has nosense in this subforum. I'll mark it as 'solved'

Netcfg 2.5 PRE_UP problem

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