No wireless after install of antiX 19.3–Solved

[Member greyowl]

I installed antiX 19.3 (full–32 bit) on my Dell Latitude D610 laptop. It appears to be working fine.
The internet works well with the ethernet cable.
However, I cannot get the wireless to work with neither Connman nor Ceni (it previously automatically worked with antiX 17).
When I do the switch to Connman, I get a message that “no WLAN entries found in etc/network/interfaces”
Connmand gui only show the wired ethernet–no wireless.
rfkill list shows “wireless LAN is hard blocked”

Below is inxi -F:

user@antix2:~
$ inxi -F
System:
Host: antix2 Kernel: 4.9.240-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32
Desktop: IceWM 1.9.2
Distro: antiX-19.3_386-full Manolis Glezos 15 October 2020
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude D610 v: N/A
serial: <root required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D4571 serial: <root required> BIOS: Dell v: A06
date: 10/02/2005
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 53.3 Wh condition: 52.5/53.3 Wh (99%)
CPU:
Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 type: MCP
L2 cache: 2048 KiB
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/1867 MHz Core speed (MHz): 1: 1067
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics driver: i915
v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024×768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.4 Mesa 18.3.6
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW AC97 Audio driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.240-antix.1-486-smp
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
driver: tg3
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:14:22:d8:99:f8
Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network driver: ipw2200
IF: eth1 state: down mac: 00:16:6f:46:d6:28
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 37.26 GiB used: 4.13 GiB (11.1%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MP0402H size: 37.26 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 34.43 GiB used: 4.13 GiB (12.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2387
Info:
Processes: 141 Uptime: 14m Memory: 1.96 GiB used: 315.9 MiB (15.7%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.36
user@antix2:~
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• This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by greyowl.
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Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

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Did you see my last post in your other thread
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/laptop-wont-boot-up/page/3/#post-47051

I remember other members having problems with connman and the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2]
but on the other hand there have been members who didn’t notice any problem at all.

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@ caprea

Yes, I read your post and watched the video.
With antiX 17, both ceni and wicd detected the wireless without any problems.
It is odd how these problems develop with changes in the system.
Thanks for that.

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• This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by greyowl.

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Please, when you have time, also give us the output of
rfkill list wifi
and
dmesg | grep -i "ipw2200\|eth1"

The problem with this device is that its interface is named “eth1” instead of “wlan0”, which makes it a bit difficult to manage.
Probably the wifi-switch program will not work properly, but try again to use the wifi-switch program to switch to connman, and when it tells you “no wlan entries were found. Edit anyway?” say yes, you want to edit /etc/network/interfaces.
In the cmst (connman) interface, try unlocking all wireless or eth1 options, and see if it can scan for networks.

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Below is the results of the terminal commands:

ser@antix2:~
$ rfkill list wifi
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
user@antix2:~
$ dmesg | grep -i “ipw2200\|eth1”
[ 11.966527] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 11.966530] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 11.969037] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 13.142698] i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200(+) libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.145461] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200(+) libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.146151] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200(+) libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.156080] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200(+) libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.283810] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[ 13.289286] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
[ 13.290353] i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.329187] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.331023] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.336857] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.348342] i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.358606] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.359312] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.364587] Modules linked in: i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.487990] joydev input_leds serio_raw i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.541139] Modules linked in: evdev joydev input_leds serio_raw i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.541989] Modules linked in: evdev joydev input_leds serio_raw i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.547331] Modules linked in: evdev joydev input_leds serio_raw i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.554063] evdev joydev input_leds serio_raw i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 13.560356] Modules linked in: evdev joydev input_leds serio_raw i915 drm_kms_helper ipw2200 libipw lib80211 cfg80211 drm i2c_algo_bit fb_sys_fops syscopyarea rfkill sysfillrect sysimgblt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcmcia rng_core snd_intel8x0m yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core button parport_pc shpchp parport snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec battery ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd ac soundcore video acpi_cpufreq btrfs xor raid6_pq hid_generic gpio_ich psmouse lpc_ich tg3 ptp pps_core thermal rtc_cmos
[ 18.784062] ipw2200: Failed to send POWER_MODE: Command timed out.
[ 36.128035] ipw2200: Failed to send POWER_MODE: Command timed out.
user@antix2:~
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Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Member Xecure]

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Thanks. Try to run in terminal:
rfkill unblock wifi
wait for a few seconds, and see if
rfkill list wifi
has changed at all. If it hasn’t, then you need to see (if available) that pressing the wifi hardware button on the laptop (could be a key combination) doesn’t also change the output of rfkill.

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[Member greyowl]

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Xecure wrote:

Please, when you have time, also give us the output of
rfkill list wifi
and
dmesg | grep -i "ipw2200\|eth1"

The problem with this device is that its interface is named “eth1” instead of “wlan0”, which makes it a bit difficult to manage.
Probably the wifi-switch program will not work properly, but try again to use the wifi-switch program to switch to connman, and when it tells you “no wlan entries were found. Edit anyway?” say yes, you want to edit /etc/network/interfaces.
In the cmst (connman) interface, try unlocking all wireless or eth1 options, and see if it can scan for networks.

Is the cmst (connman) interface the same as the connman gui? If so, there are not wireless or eth1 options.

Below is the content of /etc/network/interfaces:

# /etc/network/interfaces
#
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Used by ceni but not by connman
#——————————————————————————

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Member greyowl]

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Success!
I found the blue Fn key and the F2 key (which has a symbol of a blue antenna) and press them both. I did another rfkill list which show no blocks.
Connman now shows the wifi data and scans for local signal. I connected to our signal and disconnected the ethernet cable. The Wifi now works fine.
Will it just work now when I start the computer or do I need to make any changes in the connman settings eg auto start?

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EDIT: ignore this post. I was writing it when you found the solution. I will answer the question in the next reply.

All interfaces of connman (in antiX full cmst, in antiX base, connman-ui) are connumicating with the real connman service conmanctl

If you launch in terminal
connmanctl
You will see that the terminal input has changed. Inside that change, see what
technologies
outputs. It should tell you all detected interfaces and if they are on/off.
For wlanX interfaces, it usually identifies them as “wifi”. We need to know how it identifies your eth1 interface.

Let us imagine that it identifies it as “wifi”

/net/connman/technology/wifi
  Name = Wifi
  Type = wifi
  Powered = False

We need to enable it
enable wifi
and check technologies again

/net/connman/technology/wifi
  Name = Wifi
  Type = wifi
  Powered = True
  Connected = False

To make sure it can scan, you run
scan wifi
If it spits out an error, lets try restarting connman. Exit connmanctl with
quit
and restart connman service
sudo service restart connman

Then again enter connmanctl and scan again

connmanctl
> scan wifi

If everything goes well, you will see that scan was a success, and see your wireless connections with
services

If it is there, exit connmanctl with quit and try to use the connman gui to connect to your wireless AP.

If there is no wifi option, paste the connmanctl technologies output so we may see.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by Xecure. Reason: I was too slow

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It should work out of the box on the next reboot. If it doesn’t, we will have to see if this is related to a setting in the BIOS, but I think that your problems should be solved.

Sorry for my previous long reply

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@Xecure

Thank you so much for the help to get the wifi working.
I really appreciate it.

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Hi all for sake of any other users reading through this thread,

rfkill list shows “wireless LAN is hard blocked”
Hard Blocked usualy means either a switch or a key combination incorporated for
compliance with IATA Regulations is set to off.

The regulations have been relaxed over last years so newer devices now usually soft block.
wifi switched off. RF Kill can unlock that, it can not of course unlock the first variant
a physical switch. On some devices the switch is recessed and not always obvious.
Change came with smartphones which with few exceptions have no hard lock.

IATA International Air Transport Association.

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@ greyowl, a handbook for your device is available at dell website.
Would have informed about the wifi switching.

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@Moddlt
Thank you–a handbook could be very useful.

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