I would like to use the connection on my desktop as well as my laptop. So far it works ok but i cant use its private ioctls because everytime i try iwpriv wlan0 it gives me. Late last year the project marked years of nonstop development with the release of slackware 11. Thus, although use of an inappropriate ioctl usually only produces an error, you should not attempt to use devicespecific ioctls on an unknown device. There is another nice and freely available book on slackware, called. Without any argument, iwpriv list the available private commands available on each. I get the same errors buffer too small, no private ioctls using a 2.
I need to manually install the driver for the wifi rtl8191se. The rest of the rooms were easy to drop wires from the attic, so i just went crazy and wired the whole house. This configures optionals private parameters of our wireless interface l inux7tpy. Latest versions of slackware have the netconfig option of networkmanager but i dont like that because the network connection is made at login not at bootup. As you gain experience with slackware linux, we hope you find this book to be a. Ok, so i finally got my wireless working on slackware. Most ioctls are osspecific andor only used in special system utilities, and are thus beyond the scope of this document. The distribution is best known for its nofrills, minimum customizations approach to applications like kde. This book contains many real life examples derived from the authors experience as a linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. Hi, i have a wired internet connection of hathway provider. Configuring your network in slackware this article is intended as a reference guide to network card configuration in slackware. Been trying for, literally, years to get wireless working on slackware using the config files only. Out of the box slackware cant be used to create a wireless access point, but dont panic its got almost everything you need, with just one thing that needs to be gotten from outside the official slackware packages and a bit of configuration you can achieve what most low end ap offer.
Slackware linux may be one of the oldest surviving linux distributions but its still regularly updated and includes the latest releases of many of the most popular free software programs. It addresses people who have little or no gnu linux experience, and covers the slackware linux installation, basic gnulinux commands and the configuration of slackware linux. Notice that the variable ifname4 has a value of wlan0. Find answers to how to enable wifi in slackware linux from the expert community at experts exchange. January 6, 2015 may 25, 2016 nightslacker slackware 14. No one wants to manually setup their internet connection every time the system boots. This website is the home of the revised slackware book project the project.
My desktop pc has windows 7 and yesterday i installed slackware 14. While slackware does aim to maintain its traditional unix roots and values, there is no escaping progress. Work in progress this howto explains how you can use your computer as a wireless accesspoint. Github is home to over 40 million developers working together. However, im not sure it is going to be possible to figure a reproducible solution out at this stage unless the op wants to start selectively changing stuff until wifi breaks again.
On some systems, ioctls used by different devices share the same numbers. No offence but threats closed with solved without containing a reproducible solution for others are not very helpful i thought. One of the big knocks against slackware is that it doesnt have graphical config utilities. Because of this, and keeping in mind the release policy we mentioned above, slackware tends to run the fastest of the linux distributions. Slackware makes it easy to automatically configure ethernet and wireless cards at system startup with etcrc. If you want to be able to read it online, you may want to visit the slackbook website. Be sure that you have kernel support for your network card enabled netconfig can do this for you. After reading this book, you should be prepared to use slackware linux for your daily work, and more than that. If no extra options exist, you will see output like this. Alas, we cant get the information form our wireless interface. I have been experimenting with it, but have not managed to beat it into submission as yet. Openvpn is an open source software application that implements virtual private network vpn techniques for creating secure pointtopoint or sitetosite connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities.
Ive tried iwpriv but it says there are no ioctls for the device. We were rebooting because trying to mount root in webmin broke a bunch of things. Download libdnet packages for alpine, alt linux, arch linux, centos, debian, fedora, freebsd, netbsd, openmandriva, openwrt, pclinuxos, slackware, solus, ubuntu. Im testing in a very tight memory situation with no swap available. Is it possible that this card doesnt have ability to enable monitor or scan mode since ive tried iwlist wlan0 scan with return message.
Moderated by 2manydogs, ewaller, fukawi2, halosghost, r00kie, slithery, v1del, wormzy, xyne yesterday 20. Is it possible that this card doesnt have ability to. Anyway i think it would be useful to translate it in english so it. Choose the linux intel rpm for your language 2nd column. It also should be applicable to any linux distros such as redhat, fedora, ubuntu, mandriva, opensuse, etc running kernel 2. Discussions specifically regarding the arch linux distribution and community. Mayank sharma slackware linux is the oldest surviving linux distribution. How to enable wifi in slackware linux solutions experts. This package contains tools and a library used for configuring wireless networking interfaces.
Not generally a place for technical issues unless systemic in nature. Iwpriv deals with parameters and setting specific to each driver as opposed to. Now supposing that wlan0 is the interface you will be. On slackware, such a line may be included in etcrc. When nf is read by the startup scripts, slackware knows to apply all these options to the wlan0 wifi nic instead of the probably nonexistant eth4 wired nic. This tutorial will show you how to install wifi rtl8191se driver for linux kernel 2. This book aims to provide an introduction to slackware linux.
Networkingwireless issues in slackware 14 im not entirely new to the slackware scene, on a different, but equally old computer i got wireless wpa2 working just fine. Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. Hey everybody, i recently switched to slackware and i really enjoy the benefits of the deeper insight it gives you into the functionality of a linux operating system, but one problem i am now desperately facing is getting wifi configured without the help of nm or like. You may also want to buy a printed copy, in that case please visit the slackware store.
Solvedwireless connection becomes deactivated 3 seconds. When we bought the current residence, i opened the walls in about half the rooms before we moved in. Install wifi driver rtl8191se on slackware linux techonia. If you are using dhcp on the network, you simply can run dhclient to query the dhcp server and get your ip address and other network settings. The distribution is best known for its no frills, minimum customizations approach to applications like kde. Has anyone managed to get the slackware live edition to work from a usb thumb drive. It is common for wireless cards to have an interface name other than ethn and that is reflected here. Command line wireless tools on linux tomasz zackiewicz. Trouble is, i dont really understand what im doing. Darren, thanks for putting out that info for the group.
The official guide to slackware linux, the slackware linux essentials, has been recently revised. Download gnutls packages for alpine, arch linux, centos, fedora, freebsd, kaos, mageia, netbsd, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, slackware, solus. Slackware includes the java jre and it is usable by openoffice. Connecting slackware to wpa2psk wireless network stateless. The network scripts themselves are welldocumented inside the scripts but there is not much other written enduser documentation about what you put into the configuration files. Buffer for request siocgiwpriv too small 128 no private ioctls. Its also notorious for its reluctance to switch to new version of. While slackware does aim to maintain its traditional unix roots and values, there is no. If you run it without any parameters sudo iwpriv wlan0, it lists all available options for the card. Also i tried to go into xchat with bt3 and it says not to go in as root and create a user account, but im unaware of how to do this on linux cli, or in slackware.
I recently moved to a new house in a new town with a new job, my immediate thought was to set up my computers right this time instead of the one overtaxed desktop i had running multiple vms to serve the lan with various services. Obviously you need to retain your encryption settings, too. More importantly, you may not always have physical access to the machine when it boots. Libdnet download apk, deb, eopkg, ipk, rpm, tgz, txz, xz. Im currently root and in order to get wireless, i first have to. No matter what you want to do, you are going to need to use the command line.
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