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No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 4:10 pm
by randy_amendolara
Hi,
got a big problem here..
I've decided to install windows(xp) because i'm not that good with using wine and vbox.. it was just to much work everytime i tried to install something..
I've installed xp next to mint, but then of course the grub was gone.. So i made the stupid mistake to format the (windows) partition again and install ubuntu on it.. this way i had a grub again and could load mint.(i know i could've just installed grub trough live cd but i was just not that smart
)
Now the problem was i did'nt have any wireless networking anymore.. not on mint nor on ubuntu.
I decided to ignore the problem for now because i still had wired networking, and i tried to reinstall xp. Did not work, it kept saying that the partition was not the correct format for xp (again and again i tried to reformat into all kinds of things, yes also ntfs did not work)
anyhow i decided to leave it for now, reinstall ubuntu on the partition i wanted to install xp(just to get the grub)
Now when i started mint, i did not have wireless connection, but i also did not have wired connection! :s
fortunatly on ubuntu the wired connection does work(wireless does not)
Anyone who might be able to fix this?? i need wireless for school so it's important..
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:14 am
by proxima_centauri
Please post the make and model of your wireless card. To do this, type the following in a terminal, and post back the output.
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:28 pm
by randy_amendolara
Network: Card-1 RaLink RT2860 driver rt2860
Card-2 Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver r8169
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:43 am
by randy_amendolara
update: wired internet works again :s did'nt do anything.. it just worked again when rebooted today..
Wireless still not working.
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:26 am
by randy_amendolara
someone please help?? still no wireless internet and its starting to get really annoying..
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:03 am
by JasonLG
randy_amendolara wrote:someone please help?? still no wireless internet and its starting to get really annoying..
PM proxima_centauri he may have gotten tied up or forgot about your post.
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:50 am
by proxima_centauri
Didn't forget, just don't know of any easy answer to the question.
A google search provided some results with 2 ways reported to work on the ubuntu forums, though I do not guarantee success
here ->
http://www.connect-utb.com/index.php?op ... &Itemid=64
and here ->
http://www.ctbarker.info/2010/05/ubuntu ... d-wpa.html
Source thread ->
http://www.art.ubuntuforums.org/showthr ... ?p=9827511
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:30 am
by randy_amendolara
Wow, this does not seem easy.. first of all i never used Gedit, i don't know how to locate those files either (.os/linux/... => can't find this map).
Otherwise let's just start with step 1: because it does not work in mint nor in ubuntu, i'm affraid it might be a hardware problem, because the drivers can't be erased in both os right? i've had my share of bad luck but that would just be riddiculous..?
So how can i check if my hardware is ok?(command in terminal?)
If the hardware is fine i can try this method.. if i ever succeed in figuring out how :p
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:53 am
by DrHu
randy_amendolara wrote:Wow, this does not seem easy.. first of all i never used Gedit, i don't know how to locate those files either (.os/linux/... => can't find this map).
Otherwise let's just start with step 1: because it does not work in mint nor in ubuntu, i'm affraid it might be a hardware problem, because the drivers can't be erased in both os right?
because it does not work in mint nor in ubuntu..can't be erased in both os right?
Now I am confused, I thought you had windows Xp, and probably installed Mint? under mint4win (Ubuntu wubi mode), that is not a real Linux installation
--that is, it is not linux in its own partition, so it would run slower than normal
- Since you know the windows OS ?, perhaps you can fix the networking problem in windows and then check on Linux after that is working
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 11#p324011
--and I thought you had already solved all your windows OS (XP versions) and Ubuntu problems..
Full help with cli (terminal) commands available; just takes reading and looking, same was windows OS
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki ... Networking
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD ... otingGuide
Linux fhs (File Hierarchy System), file structure and contents, if you wish..
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:11 am
by randy_amendolara
No, look:
I had Ubuntu first as my main and only OS, then i've installed Mint, making that my main OS, but keeping ubuntu as kind of a backup in case mint crashes..
Virtualbox was to difficult for me(mainly it worked but everytime i tried to install something it was a disaster), so i've installed Windows XP (lite version) besides the allready existing mint and ubuntu.(so now i had 3 OS)
When i installed xp it erased my grub, so i could not boot mint or ubuntu, also in xp i did not have internet working.
So now i had xp as the only os that would boot, without internet connection, so i could not contact the forum to help me. Thats why i've decided to delete xp, using the ubuntu installation disc.
Still following?.. :p
Finally when i did this, the grub was back, and i could boot my precious mint again, when i did this i noticed that the wireless connection did not work in mint, nor ubuntu.
So now i have 3 partitions=>
1 using Ubuntu(the oldest i had),
1 using Mint,
and 1 using the new Ubuntu(installed when i deleted xp to get grub back, when i manage to get mint grub back i will delete this one, but thats not important right now)
None of these have wireless internet connection working=>
i can't reinstall xp, it gives me a partition error(and yes i've tried to format in all kinds of stuff(ntfs,etc..) nothing worked) => however this is not my main concern now, main concern is getting wireless back in mint/ubuntu/ubuntu.
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:12 am
by randy_amendolara
By the way: i'm no windows expert either.. i've just been using it much longer but i'm just a home user that got sick of all the windows errors and crashes..
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:00 am
by randy_amendolara
Ok so i've done a test with collectNWData.sh , results are:
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collectNWData.sh V0.6.4-6 (Rev: 1.258, Build: 2010/10/14 17:51:54 UTC)
--- Which type of your network connection should be tested?
--- (2) Wireless connection (WLAN)
--- What's the type of networktopology?
--- (1) WLAN access point <---> LinuxClient
--- On which host is the script executed?
--- (1) LinuxClient
--- WLAN SSID to connect to: §§§§§§§§1
--- NWEliza is analyzing the system for common network configuration errors ...
!!! CND0120E: Network card wlan0 has no IP address
!!! CND0490E: No access point with your SSID detected on interface wlan0
!!! CND0380E: No WLANs detected on interface wlan0. Hardware and/or driver not configured properly
!!! CND0320E: WLAN turned off by hardware or software switch
!!! CND0360E: Wireless connection tested with an existing wired connection on interface eth0. Unplug the cable and execute the script again
!!! CND0450W: WLAN key masquerading is not fully tested on this distribution. Please check output file collectNWData.txt for visible WLAN keys and masquerade them manually
--- Go to http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND#English to get more detailed instructions
--- about the error/warning messages and how to fix the problems on your own.
--- If you are unsuccessful then place the contents of file collectNWData.txt in the net
--- (see http://www.linux-tips-and-tricks.de/CND_UPL#English for links)
--- and then paste the nopaste link on your favorite Linux forum.
==================================================================================================================
===== cat /etc/*[-_]release || cat /etc/*[-_]version =============================================================
/etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9
DISTRIB_CODENAME=isadora
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 9 Isadora"
===== uname -a ===================================================================================================
Linux randy-laptop 2.6.32-25-generic-pae #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 21:57:48 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
===== lspci ======================================================================================================
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2860 [1814:0781]
Kernel driver in use: rt2860
Kernel modules: rt2860sta, rt2800pci
===== lsusb | grep -v "root hub" =================================================================================
===== lshw -C network (filtered) =================================================================================
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
product: RT2860
vendor: RaLink
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2860 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=Ralink STA
===== lsmod (filtered) ===========================================================================================
| ahci | binfmt_misc | bitblit | cfg80211 | compat_firmware_class |
| drm | drm_kms_helper | eeprom_93cx6 | fbcon | font |
| i2c_algo_bit | i915 | led_class | lp | mac80211 |
| mii | output | ppdev | r8169 | rt2800lib |
| rt2800pci | rt2860sta | rt2x00lib | rt2x00pci | rt2x00usb |
| serio_raw | softcursor | tileblit | vesafb |
===== ls /lib/firmware/* =========================================================================================
| 2.6.32-21-generic | 2.6.32-21-generic-pae | 2.6.32-22-generic | 2.6.32-22-generic-pae |
| 2.6.32-23-generic | 2.6.32-23-generic-pae | 2.6.32-24-generic | 2.6.32-24-generic-pae |
| 2.6.32-25-generic | 2.6.32-25-generic-pae | 3com | acenic |
| adaptec | advansys | agere_ap_fw.bin | agere_sta_fw.bin |
| aic94xx-seq.fw | ar9170-1.fw | ar9170-2.fw | ar9170.fw |
| ath3k-1.fw | atmel_at76c502_3com.bin | atmel_at76c502.bin | atmel_at76c502d.bin |
| atmel_at76c502e.bin | atmel_at76c504_2958.bin | atmel_at76c504a_2958.bin| atmel_at76c504.bin |
| atmel_at76c506.bin | atmsar11.fw | av7110 | bnx2 |
| bnx2x-e1-4.8.53.0.fw | bnx2x-e1-5.2.7.0.fw | bnx2x-e1h-4.8.53.0.fw | bnx2x-e1h-5.2.7.0.fw |
| cis | cpia2 | cxgb3 | dabusb |
| dsp56k | dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw| dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw | e100 |
| ea | edgeport | emi26 | emi62 |
| ess | i2400m-fw-usb-1.3.sbcf | i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf | intelliport2.bin |
| ipw2100-1.3.fw | ipw2100-1.3-i.fw | ipw2100-1.3-p.fw | ipw2200-bss.fw |
| ipw2200-ibss.fw | ipw2200-sniffer.fw | iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode | iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode |
| iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode | iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode | iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode | iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode |
| iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode | kaweth | keyspan | keyspan_pda |
| korg | libertas | matrox | mts_cdma.fw |
| mts_edge.fw | mts_gsm.fw | mwl8k | myricom |
| NPE-B | NPE-C | ositech | ql2100_fw.bin |
| ql2200_fw.bin | ql2300_fw.bin | ql2322_fw.bin | ql2400_fw.bin |
| ql2500_fw.bin | qlogic | r128 | radeon |
| rt2561.bin | rt2561s.bin | rt2661.bin | rt2860.bin |
| rt2870.bin | rt73.bin | RTL8192SE | sb16 |
| scripts | slicoss | sun | sxg |
| tehuti | ti_3410.fw | ti_5052.fw | tigon |
| tr_smctr.bin | ttusb-budget | updates | usbdux |
| usbduxfast_firmware.bin | usbdux_firmware.bin | v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw| v4l-cx23418-apu.fw |
| v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw | v4l-cx23418-dig.fw | v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw | v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw |
| v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg | v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw| v4l-cx23885-enc.fw | v4l-cx25840.fw |
| v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw | v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw | vicam | whiteheat.fw |
| whiteheat_loader.fw | yam | yamaha | zd1201-ap.fw |
| zd1201.fw | zd1211 |
===== ifconfig (filtered for eth|wlan|ra|ath|dsl) ================================================================
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ##:##:##:##:##:#1
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21f:16ff:fe1e:a1fc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:30787 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24142 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:30947179 (30.9 MB) TX bytes:7076912 (7.0 MB)
Interrupt:27 Base address:0x4000
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ##:##:##:##:##:#2
inet6 addr: fe80::222:43ff:fe97:2b63/64 Scope:Link
UP 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:18
===== iwconfig ===================================================================================================
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 Ralink STA ESSID:"§§§§§§§§2"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
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
===== cat /etc/network/interfaces | grep -v "=''" ================================================================
--- /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
===== iwlist scanning ============================================================================================
No WLANs found
===== ndiswrapper -l =============================================================================================
No ndiswrapper module loaded
===== Active processes ===========================================================================================
wpa_supplicant:YES knetworkmanager:NO nm-applet:YES
===== ping tests =================================================================================================
Ping of 195.135.220.3 OK
Ping of www.suse.de OK
===== cat /etc/resolv | grep -i "nameserver" =====================================================================
nameserver 195.130.130.3
nameserver 195.130.131.3
===== cat /etc/hosts =============================================================================================
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 randy-laptop
===== route -n | egrep "(eth|ath|ra|wlan|dsl)" ===================================================================
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
===== Actual date for bias of following greps ====================================================================
08:06:10 2010-10-15
===== grep -i radio /var/log/messages* | tail -n 5 ===============================================================
/var/log/messages:Oct 14 10:46:37 randy-laptop kernel: [ 3700.449191] rt28xx_close call RT28xxPciAsicRadioOff fail!
===== dmesg | grep -i radio | tail -n 5 ==========================================================================
===== tail -n 300 /var/log/messages* | /bin/grep -i firmware | tail -n 10 ========================================
Oct 15 07:30:44 randy-laptop kernel: [ 12.367094] rt2860 0000:08:00.0: firmware: requesting rt2860.bin
Oct 10 12:26:47 randy-laptop kernel: [ 25.771495] rt2860 0000:08:00.0: firmware: requesting rt2860.bin
===== egrep 'eth|ath|wlan|ra' /etc/udev/rules.d/*net_persistent* /etc/udev/rules.d/*persistent-net* ==============
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="##:##:##:##:##:#1", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
==================================================================================================================
*** NWElizaStates V0.6.4-6
IF:eth0 IM:1 IF:wlan0 IM:2 DI:2 AP:0 FALON:1 NIC:1 cNiC:2:1 NI:2 cNI:2 NIW:wlan0-1 IP6:0 WLW:eth0 1 RTDT:debian
Re: No internet after formatting partition
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:46 am
by randy_amendolara
Hi, guys, done a lot of research and still nothing...
Done a lot of tests and everything seems to be okay(as far as i can tell) except this:
randy@randy-laptop ~ $ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results
=> the no scan results is not good, but i can't find the sollution to this problem :s
please help me this is really pissing me off :p i'm really considering of buying a new laptop because of this(and this one is just 1year old so it's a waiste of money) :s