wifi/widows lan issue

[arturius]

Hi,
I am impressed with fedora - it loads quick and I have tried few linux programs over the last couple of days and I think I will stick with fedora.
However, I get a setroubleshoot browser error when attempting to connect to my wireless router, this is part of the error:

Detailed DescriptionSELinux denied access requested by consoletype. It is not expected that this access is required by consoletype and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access. Allowing AccessSometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-wlan0.leases, restorecon -v '/var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-wlan0.leases' If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a bug report against this package.

The wifi card is being picked up by netconfig and is active.

Also I cannot connect to my windows machines. i do not have samba loaded or configured, I guess that could be part of that problem.

Any suggestions to either of my issues will be appreciated.

Tim

[sideways]

set selinux to "Permissive" mode, you'll still get the error messages but it won't disallow the functionality.

If it works after doing that then you can try fixing the selinux context as suggested and re-enabling selinux.

[arturius]

Originally Posted by sideways

set selinux to "Permissive" mode, you'll still get the error messages but it won't disallow the functionality.

If it works after doing that then you can try fixing the selinux context as suggested and re-enabling selinux.

Forgive me as I am sort-of new to linux, but how do set permissive mode?

Thanks for the reply,

Tim

[sideways]

If you're using Gnome you can set it from System -> Administration -> SELinux Management.

And reboot

[bee]

Originally Posted by arturius

Forgive me as I am sort-of new to linux, but how do set permissive mode?

Thanks for the reply,

Tim

You could also edit the file "/etc/selinux/config"

bye!!!!!!!

[arturius]

Originally Posted by sideways

If you're using Gnome you can set it from System -> Administration -> SELinux Management.

And reboot

that did not work, I had to reinstall fedora, it knocked out my etho connection and I could not fix it. any other suggestions?
I am a novice so... I did not know any other way to fix the problem.

Tim

[sideways]

Sorry, can you expand on "that did not work", after disabling selinux you get another problem?

[arturius]

setting permissive mode in selinux. I set selinux from "enforcing" to "permissive." when i rebooted the machine, my etho or wired connection no longer functioned and nor did my wireless which has never functioned.

the original intent of my post on this forum was to get wireless enabled.

after setting to permissive mode - i had no internet nor lan connection. i tried to repair the etho connection but to no avail; therefore, my only option was to reinstall fedora. it was not a hassle as i had just installed it prior to making this original post.

i now have etho (wired) working but still do not have wifi which i would like to have.

note: system/admin/network device control does not open when clicked on from the tool bar at the top. is there an option to enable this? could this be part of the problem?

thanks, tim

[sideways]

Post this (as root, "su -")

lspci
lsusb
ifconfig
iwconfig
iwconfig scan

[arturius]

Originally Posted by sideways

Post this (as root, "su -")

lspci
lsusb
ifconfig
iwconfig
iwconfig scan

here is the info -sorry about the length,
Note: in network configuration my wifi card shows as atheros communication device - wlan0

[root@localhost tim]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0a:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
0a:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
0a:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
0a:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
0a:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
[root@localhost tim]# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:c50e Logitech, Inc. MX-1000 Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
[root@localhost tim]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1E:68:39:1C:6F
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:68ff:fe39:1c6f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1536 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1027 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:995556 (972.2 KiB) TX bytes:301655 (294.5 KiB)
Interrupt:18

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:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:9617 (9.3 KiB) TX bytes:9617 (9.3 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:3A:A8:20:0D
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)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1F-3A-A8-20-0D-F4-0F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

[root@localhost tim]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

[root@localhost tim]# iwconfig scan
scan No such device

tim

[sideways]

Are you running F10, that device should be auto detected?

In all versions of fedora when my wifi device wouldn't work I used ndiswrapper. The annoying problem is that you have the *.inf and *sys files on a windows install cd but in Fedora you can't install ndiswrapper because you have no internet connection.

I can baby step you through the whole process if you get lost.

[arturius]

Originally Posted by sideways

Are you running F10, that device should be auto detected?

In all versions of fedora when my wifi device wouldn't work I used ndiswrapper. The annoying problem is that you have the *.inf and *sys files on a windows install cd but in Fedora you can't install ndiswrapper because you have no internet connection.

I can baby step you through the whole process if you get lost.

Yes I installed F10. I burnt the livecd.iso and installed from the live cd.

I am a little lost about your statement, "on a windows install cd."

I do have and internet connection via etho, or wired connection.

I have had problems with ndiswrapper before, so I really do not know where to start with that and may need help.

I previously had suse 11.1 installed and suse picked-up my wifi card, wireless router or network, and everyone elses around. However, their where some issues with suse11.1 and video/codecs, but these issues were solved using fedora. the help and support is much better with fedora. But now I have wireless issues...I guess with linux you can't have your cake and eat it to.

[sideways]

artuis

you're the regular non english as a first languaguage person we get.

seriously, we can't accommodate you, try ubuntu or windows or apple.

sorry

EDIT :IGNORE THIS POST IT WAS CROSS-REFERENCED

[arturius]

Originally Posted by sideways

artuis

you're the regular non english as a first languaguage person we get.

seriously, we can't accommodate you, try ubuntu or windows or apple.

sorry

EDIT :IGNORE THIS POST IT WAS CROSS-REFERENCED

Are you stating that you can not help me through this problem?

Or are you saying ignore this post?

[sideways]

sorry, I misposted from another message.

I have exactly the same wifi chipset in an Acer Aspire One and it works flawlesssly in F10 by default, so I cannot understand why you are having a problem.

I would not recommend ndiswrapper for this, but since you claim windows works much better I suggested it as an option, but it is certainly a poor solution to this.

However, ndiwrapper is straightforward if the driver works with fedora's 4k kernel stack in 32bit, otherwise it's a pain. Are you using 32bit? If so enable rpmfusion then do

su -
yum install kmod-ndiswrapper

Then find the *.inf and *.sys windows drivers on your wifi install disk and do

ndiswrapper -i <path to>/*.inf
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
depmod
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0

If it's working then NetworkManager should pick it up

pitfalls:

probably have to blacklist the current driver