Toshiba AC100

[Flak]

Hi,
I have installed ArchLinux on my ac100, using 2.6.38.3-dc61519 kernel, then I install wicd for wireless network (using my usb flash drive to copy all needed packages from repo and `pacman -U` command) next I wanted connect to my network (wicd-curses) but no networks was found (There is some belive me). When I press iwconfig there is wlan0, iwlist wlan0 scan shows "Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down". So I pressed ifconfig wlan0 up, and shows "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory" and I stuck. I couldnt install more packages without internet connection. Can some one help me?

Regards
Mariusz

Edit:
I've found this in my dmesg:

phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error

but no firmware for this in repo.

[jideel]

The firmware is missing.
Grab this file : http://archlinuxarm.org/armv7h/core/lin ... pkg.tar.xz , transfer it using the sd card or a usb key, and use pacman to install it (pacman -U /path/to/linux-firmware-20110822-1-any.pkg.tar.xz).
It did the trick for me.

[benob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Flak', 'H')i,
I have installed ArchLinux on my ac100, using 2.6.38.3-dc61519 kernel, then I install wicd for wireless network (using my usb flash drive to copy all needed packages from repo and `pacman -U` command) next I wanted connect to my network (wicd-curses) but no networks was found (There is some belive me). When I press iwconfig there is wlan0, iwlist wlan0 scan shows "Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down". So I pressed ifconfig wlan0 up, and shows "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory" and I stuck. I couldnt install more packages without internet connection. Can some one help me?

Regards
Mariusz

Edit:
I've found this in my dmesg:

phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error

but no firmware for this in repo.

[Flak]

Thx for answers, it works!

[macau]

Do we really need the kernel package?
i can try manage PKGBUILD for our ac100

[jideel]

I experience weird behavior using wifi.
The two ways to get it working are either 1/ manually using wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd (i.e. "wpa_supplicant -Dwext -i wlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B") or 2/ using netcfg with net-auto-wireless.
Manually using wpa_supplicant allows to automatically reconnect to any of the networks specified in wpa_supplicant.conf, even (most times) when recovering from suspend (pm-suspend).
Method 2 works, but does not reconnect automatically. When it boots, it well finds the network and connects, but then i call pm-suspend, change location, reactivate, and then it does reconnect to the other location's network.
But anyway, it works, one way or other.
The problems occurs when i try to use either netcfg with any other method than net-auto-wireless, or netcfg with WEP + ad-hoc encryption (reproductible crash), or wicd (i installed all the required dependencies and followed the wiki, stopped any other network manager, and so on).
If i try to use any of these methods, the kernel crash-dump with "unable to handle kernel null pointer dereference" or "unable to handle kernel paging request". Can it be related to the wifi driver/firmware ? any idea ?
Thanks

[macau]

why not nm or wicd? with nm i can manage wifi or 3g modem witout any sex in console

[macau]

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')If i try to use any of these methods, the kernel crash-dump with "unable to handle kernel null pointer dereference" or "unable to handle kernel paging request". Can it be related to the wifi driver/firmware ? any idea ?
Thanks

[jideel]

boot-marvin24s-2.6.38-dc61519.p12.img from http://avolver.ru/ac100/kernels/.
I didn't tried nm because i don't always use X, sometimes i just stay in the console, it's enough for some tasks and use less ressources, but i still need to be connected.
I mainly discovered the issue while trying to use wifi tether from my android phone (no 3G in the AC100). Wifi-tether use ad-hoc mode and wep encryption.

[jideel]

The ad-hoc part is fixed, at least when connecting manually (iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc channel 6 key s:$KEY essid $ESSID), the crda (central regulatory domain agent) package was missing, and i didn't had set the wireless-regdom file to the correct value. So the kernel was preventing the card from switching to ad-hoc mode, looks like by default this behavior is not authorized by regulatory (?).
But kernel crash-dump are still here, sometimes with netcfg, always with wicd...