Cannot connect to ethernet or Wireless

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-09 02:48:02

First off, I'd like to apologize if there is a topic the same as mine, I have searched for it and didn't find anything similar to this.

Now, I installed Crunchbang and I connect my ethernet cable. The little network manager icon turns into the loading/spinning load icon. After about a minute of this a notification pops up telling me I've been disconnected.

So I try to connect to wifi but I have no idea what i'm doing with all the settings. So I pathetically give up. hmm
Any ideas? Thanks in advance. roll
-crunchbang_noob

Ozitraveller · 2012-08-09 05:03:30

Hi crunchbang_noob, I'm just curious how you installed #! if you can't connect to the internet?

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-09 05:31:09

I installed through a LiveUSB.

SabreWolfy · 2012-08-09 19:56:01

Are you connecting via Ethernet to a local router? Are you sure that the router will allocate an IP to your machine? Is the cable fine? Have you previously got an IP from that router on that machine under another OS? Is the router only allocating IPs to known MAC addresses?

CrunchyLinux · 2012-08-09 20:05:36

hmm is it a laptop or a desktop if its a laptop (i know some laptops dont play well with wifi or ethernet if)
then try installing the drivers if its a desktop then i really cant help you there sorry

SabreWolfy · 2012-08-09 20:17:34

I have experienced a situation previously where a particular ethernet card in a desktop did not work with the latest version of Ubuntu, but it did work with #! (Statler backported) however.

Last edited by SabreWolfy (2012-08-09 20:20:12)

pvsage · 2012-08-09 20:26:24

@Crunchy: Desktop or laptop, when it comes to internet/wifi, it's apples & apples - having the right drivers installed (and the wrong drivers blacklisted if necessary) is the answer. The question is, "What drivers are needed?" The output of `lspci` (within [ code ] tags) would help us answer that question.

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CrunchyLinux · 2012-08-09 20:31:14

yeah i guess so but i was trying to say i never had a problem with internet on a desktop so i didnt know if there was something else that one had to do hmm

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-10 00:16:45

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300 Series]
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
7f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
7f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
7f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
7f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
7f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
7f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

This is the output of lspci.
If it helps, I am on a laptop. The HP Dv7 series.
But on crunchbang can you only connect through ethernet, or is wifi possible?
I had a similar problem installing Arch Linux, not being able to connect through ethernet.

Last edited by crunchbang_noob (2012-08-10 00:22:18)

Ozitraveller · 2012-08-10 02:49:53

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … er-hehehe/

Although I'm on sid I used the instructions for squeeze except step 4. and I'm using wicd not network-manager.

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … onnecting/

aptitude update
aptitude install module-assistant wireless-tools
m-a a-i broadcom-sta
# echo blacklist brcm80211 >> /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf (DID NOT DO THIS)
update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r)
# replaced brcm80211 with mac80211 see above
modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb mac80211
modprobe wl
iwconfig

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pvsage · 2012-08-10 04:42:31

Ah yes, the dreaded, troublesome bcm4313.

Ozitraveller wrote:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … er-hehehe/
Although I'm on sid I used the instructions for squeeze except step 4

This should do it.

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-10 23:28:16

All I have to do is install b43?

Oops, I mean bc?
Hold on a second. How do I download it if I can't connect to the internet?

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pvsage · 2012-08-10 23:40:24

Sneakernet

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-10 23:45:05

I had removed Crunchbang until I could figure out how to connect to the internet.
Could I just download it now onto another SD/USB, install Crunchbang, then install the packages I need?

I'm going to have to download all 3 to see how which one works. Else it'll be uninstalling systems all day.

Last edited by crunchbang_noob (2012-08-10 23:45:59)

pidsley · 2012-08-10 23:49:37

Did I miss the post where you told us exactly which version of #! you tried?

pvsage and ozi, does Waldorf work any better with broadcom?

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-10 23:51:02

I can answer that. No.
I tried Waldorf, it was the same exact thing.

That's how it was for me anyway.

Damn Broadcom.

pvsage · 2012-08-10 23:55:28

I think Waldorf would have the same depends-on-chipset issues as Statler; great for BCM4312 lpphy, bad for BCM4313.

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-10 23:56:30

One last question. Would installing all three modules be bad for the system?

Oh my. I just realized how much of a newbie I am at this stuff.

I have no idea what i'm doing.

Shouldn't I be able to connect through my ethernet cable?

Last edited by crunchbang_noob (2012-08-11 00:07:31)

SabreWolfy · 2012-08-11 09:56:58

^ You would typically only want to install the drivers you need, not additional ones. You should be able to connect through
Ethernet more easily than wireless. I asked some questions in post #4 above about this ...

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-11 16:25:53

Oh sorry about that. I just.

Didn't know how to answer all that. I'm kind of new to this.
I've tried countless distros with openbox, and all of them had wireless.

Price to pay for stability I suppose.
On ethernet I have been able to connect on every other distro that wasn't debian based. Except the really smalls ones, like puppy, and slitaz.

SabreWolfy · 2012-08-11 16:39:59

So you are not getting aconnection on Ethernet? Does it try to connect? Does the task-bar icon animate?

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-11 16:46:11

I connect the ethernet cable, and the icon turns into a spinning loading icon. After about a minute of this it says i've been disconnected.

machinebacon · 2012-08-11 16:48:02

We talk of ethernet? What does

ifconfig -a

show?

Last edited by machinebacon (2012-08-11 16:48:16)

crunchbang_noob · 2012-08-11 16:56:40

Output of ifconfig -a:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 78:ac:c0:3f:ea:3f  
          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:42 Base address:0x8000 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr ac:81:12:1e:01:76  
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::ae81:12ff:fe1e:176/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2504 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:323
          TX packets:2146 errors:13 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1698199 (1.6 MB)  TX bytes:335695 (335.6 KB)
          Interrupt:16 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:341 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:341 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:37963 (37.9 KB)  TX bytes:37963 (37.9 KB)

machinebacon · 2012-08-11 17:01:15

right-click on the Network icon, choose "Edit Connections", in "Wired" tab click on Wired Connection 1, then "Edit", and pick the other interface (eth1) in the Device MAC address field. Save.

Try connecting again.

Last edited by machinebacon (2012-08-11 17:01:33)

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