Connman wifi reScan greyed out.

[Member flyntstone]

See screenshot. I supposedly have a powered wifi, but it does not see anything, and I can’t rescan.

I looked this link:
https://antixlinux.com/forum-archive/solved-intel-wifi-firmware-missing-antix-13-1-t4477.html

I tried some similar things on the command line, but got no luck activating the rescan button:

demo@antix1:~
$ apt-cache policy firmware-ipw2x00
firmware-ipw2x00:
Installed: 20190717-1~mx19+1
Candidate: 20190717-1~mx19+1
Version table:
*** 20190717-1~mx19+1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
20190114-2 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/non-free amd64 Packages
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/non-free i386 Packages
demo@antix1:~
$ lsmod | grep ipw
demo@antix1:~
$ inxi -n
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak]
driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:23:15:36:10:48
Device-2: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 54:42:49:74:42:49
Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb
IF: wmx0 state: down mac: 64:d4:da:04:7a:1c
demo@antix1:~
$ lsmod | grep iwl
iwldvm 164919 0
mac80211 471767 1 iwldvm
iwlwifi 130256 1 iwldvm
cfg80211 242147 4 wl,iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
demo@antix1:~
$ apt-cache policy wireless-tools
wireless-tools:
Installed: 30~pre9-13
Candidate: 30~pre9-13
Version table:
*** 30~pre9-13 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
demo@antix1:~
$ apt-cache policy firmware-iwldvm
N: Unable to locate package firmware-iwldvm
demo@antix1:~
$ apt-cache policy firmware-wl
N: Unable to locate package firmware-wl
demo@antix1:~
$ apt-cache policy firmware-iwlwifi
firmware-iwlwifi:
Installed: 20190717-1~mx19+1
Candidate: 20190717-1~mx19+1
Version table:
*** 20190717-1~mx19+1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
20190114-2 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/non-free amd64 Packages
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/non-free i386 Packages
demo@antix1:~
$ sudo apt-get install firmware-iwldvm
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
demo@antix1:~
$ sudo apt-get install firmware-iwldvm
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
demo@antix1:~
$ sudo apt-get install firmware-iwldvm
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package firmware-iwldvm
demo@antix1:~
$ sudo apt-get install firmware-iwldvm
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package firmware-iwldvm
demo@antix1:~
$ sudo apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
firmware-iwlwifi is already the newest version (20190717-1~mx19+1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libjsoncpp1
Use ‘sudo apt autoremove’ to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
demo@antix1:~
$ sudo modprobe -r ipw2200
[sudo] password for demo:
demo@antix1:~
$ sudo modprobe ipw2200
demo@antix1:~
$ inxi -n
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak]
driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:23:15:36:10:48
Device-2: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 54:42:49:74:42:49
Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb
IF: wmx0 state: down mac: 64:d4:da:04:7a:1c
demo@antix1:~
$ inxi -n
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak]
driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:23:15:36:10:48
Device-2: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 54:42:49:74:42:49
Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb
IF: wmx0 state: down mac: 64:d4:da:04:7a:1c
demo@antix1:~

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[Moderator caprea]

The thread you looked for help is very (too) old. 2013-07-13

Is wifi turned on in connman system tray under “status” in “Technologies” ?

You could also have a look at this helpful video
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/wifi-with-connman-antix-19-2/

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[Member flyntstone]

Yes, the Wifi is turned on. Attached is a shot of the window. I am puzzled.

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[Moderator caprea]

If you tried the tips from the video ( Explanations for cmst start at about 3 minutes playing time ) :
to look if somethimng is soft- or hardblocked with
rfkill list
eventually restarting the connman service
sudo service connman restart

then you could also switch to the software ceni as another resort.
menu > applications > antiX > antix-wifi-switch

Is this a live or installed system ?

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