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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Wifi On Zalarm

« on: June 27, 2017, 05:00:27 am »

Well, at least some progress. You can try a different open AP or try one with WPA2 AES/TKIP.

Do you get the same errors ?

Do you have maybe a MAC filter on the access point  enabled ?

Arch Wiki :
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WiFi
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/netctl

Sorry for the late reply. Meanwhile I've purchased a USB-LAN adapter... and a powered USB HUB.

In next days I'll try different AP settings but I'm pretty sure there is no MAC filter enabled. :-)

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Wifi On Zalarm

« on: May 18, 2017, 07:36:47 am »

Use Ubuntu and hostap-utils package or the attached hostap-utils for Arch Linux ARM.

No guarantee this will work, I just compiled it and did not test it at all.

Your hostap_utils worked on my Z like a charm :-)

Now my firmware is upgraded to 1.8.2 but i still can't connect to an open AP and scan doesn't find any network.

Same behavior as Ubuntu distro. I'm quite sure the card is working well because kismet on Ubuntu was finding networks.

EDIT1:Blacklisted again orinoco drivers and iwlist wlan0 scan now is working...

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Wifi On Zalarm

« on: May 12, 2017, 04:34:53 am »

Use this mirror instead for find an older package from the time the roots was released.
http://tardis.tiny-vps.com/aarm/

Thanks Greg!

Which arm version of package i've to download? "arm" is the right one?

EDIT: "arm" version worked like a charm :-)

I've installed:

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wireless_tools-30.pre9-1-arm.pkg.tar.xz
dhclient-4.3.5-1-arm.pkg.tar.xz
libnl-3.2.28-1-arm.pkg.tar.xz
hostapd-2.6-3-arm.pkg.tar.xz
Wifi card now get recognized

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[ 2964.945368] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[ 2964.949720] pcmcia 0.0: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 (IRQ: 217)
[ 2964.963737] hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
[ 2964.981400] hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
[ 2965.259711] prism2_hw_init: initialized in 200 ms
[ 2965.260491] wifi0: NIC: id=0x800c v1.0.0
[ 2965.260694] wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.0.7
[ 2965.260867] wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.3.6
[ 2965.261950] wifi0: defaulting to host-based encryption as a workaround for firmware bug in Host AP mode WEP
[ 2965.261964] wifi0: defaulting to bogus WDS frame as a workaround for firmware bug in Host AP mode WDS
[ 2965.283956] wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0
but still can't connect to my open wifi AP :-(

Just after booting iwconfig shows:

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wifi0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"  
          Mode:Master  Access Point: Not-Associated   Bit Rate:11 Mb/s  
          Sensitivity=1/3  
          Retry short limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"test"  
          Mode:Master  Access Point: Not-Associated   Bit Rate:11 Mb/s  
          Sensitivity=1/3  
          Retry short limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          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
Then I try the connection:

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iwconfig wlan0 essid "G2miniGG"
iwconfig wlan0 enc off
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
iwconfig wlan0 nick zaurus
iwconfig wlan0 key off
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhclient wlan0
dhclient take long time...

This is iwconfig output

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wifi0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"G2miniGG"  Nickname:"zaurus"
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: None   Bit Rate:2 Mb/s  
          Sensitivity=1/3  
          Retry short limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"G2miniGG"  Nickname:"zaurus"
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: None   Bit Rate:2 Mb/s  
          Sensitivity=1/3  
          Retry short limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/70  Signal level=-73 dBm  Noise level=-73 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:2   Missed beacon:0
This is dmesg:

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[  131.966154] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  131.966203]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  131.966228]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:00:00:16 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  131.983590] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  131.983637]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  131.983662]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  132.103476] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  132.103523]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  132.103547]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:01:00:03 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  132.215964] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  132.216010]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  132.216034]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:00:00:16 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  132.389942] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  132.389987]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  132.390010]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:01:00:03 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  132.639965] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  132.640010]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  132.640034]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:01:00:03 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  135.685982] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  135.686027]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  135.686051]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:00:00:02 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  138.809453] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  138.809501]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  138.809526]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  143.205999] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  143.206043]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  143.206068]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:00:00:02 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  147.566062] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  147.566109]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  147.566133]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  154.114397] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  154.114445]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  154.114469]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  157.926002] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  157.926047]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  157.926070]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:00:00:02 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  161.390702] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  161.390748]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  161.390772]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  174.776802] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  174.776850]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  174.776875]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  186.726034] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  186.726079]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  186.726105]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:00:00:02 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
[  248.805986] wifi0: TXEXC - status=0x0004 ([Discon]) tx_control=000c
[  248.806033]    retry_count=0 tx_rate=0 fc=0x0108 (Data::0 ToDS)
[  248.806056]    A1=00:00:00:00:00:00 A2=00:10:7a:58:32:aa A3=33:33:00:00:00:02 A4=00:00:00:00:00:00
I read that my Wifi Card firmware is quite old... may be related ?

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Wifi On Zalarm

« on: May 11, 2017, 10:27:11 am »

Hi all!

I've recently installed ALARM on my C3000 previously running zUbuntu (and before pdaXrom). Good job!

I'm trying to connect to a wifi open network with my PRISM "AmbiCom WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card".

I think there is no wireless_tools and hostapd installed on alarm-zaurus-c3x00-minimal-rootfs-october2016. Isn't it?

I purchased a ethernet USB dongle but hasn't arrived yet.

Can I manually install required packages and dependencies?

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Zaurus - Other distros support / [zubuntu] Wifi Card Ambicom Wl1100c Not Working Properly

« on: May 11, 2017, 08:26:20 am »

You want to try this card on ArchLinuxARM. I can not guarantee it will work, but it may be worth the try. On Arch you need to blacklist orinico_cs otherwise hostap_cs will not load. Looking at your log you may want to try this too.

I'm giving a try to ALARM  

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Zaurus - Other distros support / [zubuntu] Wifi Card Ambicom Wl1100c Not Working Properly

« on: May 05, 2017, 04:58:39 am »

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pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 1
pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia1.0
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
pcmcia: request for exclusive IRQ could not be fulfilled.
pcmcia: the driver needs updating to supported shared IRQ lines.
hostap_cs: index 0x01: , irq 169, io 0xc4840000-0xc484003f
prism2_hw_init: initialized in 200 ms
wifi0: NIC: id=0x800c v1.0.0
wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.0.7
wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.3.6
wifi0: defaulting to bogus WDS frame as a workaround for firmware bug in Host AP mode WDS
wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0
orinoco 0.15 (David Gibson , Pavel Roskin , et al)
orinoco_cs 0.15 (David Gibson , Pavel Roskin , et al)
The firmware is quite obsolete.. i'll try to upgrade.

EDIT: I'm tryin the upgrade and download the firmware but my zaurus doesn't have hostap-utils as described on omegamoon blog. :-(

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Zaurus - Other distros support / [zubuntu] Wifi Card Ambicom Wl1100c Not Working Properly

« on: May 03, 2017, 11:29:21 am »

Found here http://www.autistici.org/c0de/stuff/Debian-Zaurus.pdf that debian has some trouble with hostap and hostap_cs modules.

I'm trying to blacklist those modules...

now the device is seen as eth0

I'v done:

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iwconfig eth0 essid "mywifi"
iwconfig eth0 enc off
iwconfig eth0 mode managed
iwconfig eth0 nick zaurus
iwconfig eth0 key off
Then dhclient eth0 but returns:

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No support for INET on this system.
Can't create addrlist socket

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Zaurus - Other distros support / [zubuntu] Wifi Card Ambicom Wl1100c Not Working Properly

« on: May 03, 2017, 11:00:47 am »

Try changing the encryption protocol on the AP you're trying to connect to (WPA2, WPA, WEP and/or none) and see if it makes any difference. From what I have read, for some users the AmbiCom WL1100C supported WEP only, for others WPA too, it might depend on the revision of the firmware installed on the card.

Changed encryption to none but without success. WEP is not more available on AP.
Where i can find more info about revision compatibility?

Have you ever managed to successfully connect to a network in the past using that card? On the same AP, with the same, or different ROMs? Have you tried connecting to other APs, too?

As far i can remember network card was working well with my past rom (pdaXii may be?) and WEP connectivity.

Any hints?

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Zaurus - Other distros support / [zubuntu] Wifi Card Ambicom Wl1100c Not Working Properly

« on: May 03, 2017, 08:58:45 am »

Hi all,

i've a C-3000 running Zubuntu (kernel 2.6.26-omegamoon-spitz). I have some problem with WIFI card.

The device is a AmbiCom WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card 2.2

I can run kismet with

source=hostap,wlan0,wlan0

and kismet displays some ESSID including the one i try to connect using wpa_supplicant[i/].

I create wpa_supplicant.conf using wpa_passphrase command.

Then: wpa_supplicant -B -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dhostap

but i recive:

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ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_PRISM2_PARAM]: Invalid argument
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_PRISM2_PARAM]: Operation not supported
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Invalid argument
Failed to set encryption.
Card configuration failed.
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Invalid argument
Failed to set encryption.
Card configuration failed.
ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: Invalid argument
Failed to set encryption.
Card configuration failed.
I've also asked here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/911463/wpa-...11b-cf-card-2-2

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Ubuntu / Installing On A 3200 Microdrive?

« on: March 06, 2009, 06:15:12 pm »

What changes do I need to make to /etc/fstab to account for booting from a microdrive and/or having swap on the microdrive?
Or better yet... does someone have a sample fstab from a 3200 (or similar) that's running Zubuntu from the microdrive?

thanks,
Christopher.

I'm trying to copy the installation on the microdrive.. then i will check the fstab ...

i think only that you have to put /dev/hdaX (where x is the partition number) .. in the /etc/fstab mounted as /

i will update my post when copy will end

This is the fstab actually:

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# don't mount /dev/mtdblock2 since Spitz uses pivot_root
# or 2.6 directly boots from the hdd
# /dev/mtdblock2     /            jffs2   rw,noatime              1  1
rootfs             /            auto    defaults                1  1
proc               /proc        proc    defaults                0  0
# we can use a normal var filesystem with a microdrive
# tmpfs              /var         tmpfs   defaults                0  0
tmpfs              /media/ram   tmpfs   defaults                0  0

# Compact Flash memory cards
/dev/hdc1       /media/cf       auto    defaults,sync,noauto    0  0
# SD/MMC in kernel 2.4
/dev/mmcda1     /media/card     auto    defaults,sync,noauto    0  0
# SD/MMC in kernel 2.6
/dev/mmcblk0p1  /media/card     auto    defaults,sync,noauto    0  0

#
# USB
#
/dev/sda1       /media/usbhdd   vfat            noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=932    0  0
devpts          /dev/pts        devpts          mode=0620,gid=5       0  0
usbfs           /proc/bus/usb   usbfs           noauto                0  0

#
# Harddisk
#
#/dev/hda2           /home           ext3    defaults    0  0
#/dev/hda3           /media/hdd      vfat    defaults    0  0

everything seems to work... just made a copy of the fs from the sd to the microdrive partition

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Ubuntu / Installing On A 3200 Microdrive?

« on: March 06, 2009, 05:26:00 pm »

What changes do I need to make to /etc/fstab to account for booting from a microdrive and/or having swap on the microdrive?
Or better yet... does someone have a sample fstab from a 3200 (or similar) that's running Zubuntu from the microdrive?

thanks,
Christopher.

I'm trying to copy the installation on the microdrive.. then i will check the fstab ...

i think only that you have to put /dev/hdaX (where x is the partition number) .. in the /etc/fstab mounted as /

i will update my post when copy will end

This is the fstab actually:

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# don't mount /dev/mtdblock2 since Spitz uses pivot_root
# or 2.6 directly boots from the hdd
# /dev/mtdblock2     /            jffs2   rw,noatime              1  1
rootfs             /            auto    defaults                1  1
proc               /proc        proc    defaults                0  0
# we can use a normal var filesystem with a microdrive
# tmpfs              /var         tmpfs   defaults                0  0
tmpfs              /media/ram   tmpfs   defaults                0  0

# Compact Flash memory cards
/dev/hdc1       /media/cf       auto    defaults,sync,noauto    0  0
# SD/MMC in kernel 2.4
/dev/mmcda1     /media/card     auto    defaults,sync,noauto    0  0
# SD/MMC in kernel 2.6
/dev/mmcblk0p1  /media/card     auto    defaults,sync,noauto    0  0

#
# USB
#
/dev/sda1       /media/usbhdd   vfat            noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=932    0  0
devpts          /dev/pts        devpts          mode=0620,gid=5       0  0
usbfs           /proc/bus/usb   usbfs           noauto                0  0

#
# Harddisk
#
#/dev/hda2           /home           ext3    defaults    0  0
#/dev/hda3           /media/hdd      vfat    defaults    0  0

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Italy / Debian Su Sl-c3x00

« on: November 25, 2007, 04:29:01 pm »

ok.. il problema l'ho risolto.. leggendo meglio la guida...

ho messo nella blacklist di modprobe.d i moduli hostap e hostap_cs per evitare che vengano caricati quando la scheda wifi è inserita.

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Italy / Debian Su Sl-c3x00

« on: November 24, 2007, 02:36:30 pm »

alla fine tra una cosa e l'altra sono riuscito ad andare avanti...

durante l'installar debian mi segnala che non trova nessun kernel per la versione scelta.... io ho messo stable è giusto  o devo usare testing o sid ?

cmq alla fine ho rebootato ma a quanto pare il kernel era già caricato: uname mi dice 2.6.20 ... ma mentre durante l'installer il wifi funzionava bene..

ora continua a darmi problemi nel senso che non funziona con errori:

"invalid skb->cb magic (0x00000000, expected 0xf08a36a2)"
la scheda è una AMBICOM WL1100C-CF se nn ricordo male il modulo è prism2

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Italy / Debian Su Sl-c3x00

« on: November 23, 2007, 04:31:19 pm »

ok...  nn devo rimettere la batteria

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Italy / Debian Su Sl-c3x00

« on: November 23, 2007, 04:28:41 pm »

grrr... nn riesco ad entrare nel diag menu del mio c3000

nn ho forse capito una cosa..

io da acceso gli tolgo l'alimentazione... poi muovo la linguetta e sblocco lo sportellino della batteria... tolgo la batteria ... conto fino a 5 e la rimetto poi riaggancio lo sportello e attacco l'alimentazione... poi mentre premo D M schiaccio ON!

ma mi parte il sistema operativo e pdaxii13


dove sbaglio !?!?!?