Wifi not detected

dave13 · 2015-12-03 01:46:36

I recently installed #! on a Toshiba Sattelite C850-B559 laptop.
Wifi is not detected, only wired connection is available.
This might help:
ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 70:54:d2:35:10:8f  
          inet addr:192.168.254.111  Bcast:192.168.254.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::7254:d2ff:fe35:108f/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:15766 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12411 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:17469325 (16.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1502092 (1.4 MiB)
          Interrupt:41 Base address:0xc000 

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:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1892 (1.8 KiB)  TX bytes:1892 (1.8 KiB)

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

lspci -knn | grep -EiA2 ne

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb31]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb30]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb31]
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb31]
--
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb32]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1e14] (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb31]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller [8086:1e59] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb31]
--
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb31]
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8723]
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:0723]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fb37]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169

I assume that Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8723] is the wireless adapter. but when I run rfkill list, wlan is not dtected.

rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

same as sudo modprobe rtl8723

sudo modprobe rtl8723
FATAL: Module rtl8723 not found.

Thanks in advance

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-03 07:39:06

You appear to have an rtl8723ae which should be supported by the firmware-realtek package -- do you have this installed?

If you do, post the output of:

dmesg|egrep 'wl|firmw|dhc'

dave13 · 2015-12-03 10:30:42

Hoast, this is the output of dmesg|egrep 'wl|firmw|dhc'

 
[    2.594618] platform microcode: firmware: agent loaded intel-ucode/06-2a-07 into memory
[   17.644239] r8169 0000:03:00.0: firmware: agent loaded rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw into memory

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-03 19:20:43

Do you have the firmware-realtek package installed?

apt-cache policy firmware-realtek

dave13 · 2015-12-03 23:36:04

This is what I get:

apt-cache policy firmware-realtek
firmware-realtek:
  Installed: 0.36+wheezy.1
  Candidate: 0.36+wheezy.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.36+wheezy.1 0
        500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/non-free i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

is it because mine is i686 and the package installed is i386? I've read that you could install i868 on i386.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-12-04 06:48:09

dave13 wrote:

is it because mine is i686 and the package installed is i386?

No, that's fine, "i386" is the cover-all term for 32-bit systems.

Any blacklists?

grep -R blacklist /etc/modprobe.d

If "rtl8723" doesn't show on that list, all I can think to suggest is to try a newer kernel version from the wheezy-backports repository:
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=36896

dave13 · 2015-12-04 10:30:45

rtl8723 is not blacklisted.

/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:# This file blacklists most old-style PCI framebuffer drivers.
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist arkfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist aty128fb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist atyfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist radeonfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist cirrusfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist cyber2000fb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist gx1fb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist gxfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist kyrofb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist matroxfb_base
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist mb862xxfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist neofb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist nvidiafb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist pm2fb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist pm3fb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist s3fb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist savagefb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist sisfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist tdfxfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist tridentfb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist viafb
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf:blacklist vt8623fb
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist unwanted modem drivers
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf:# blacklist snd-atiixp-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf:# blacklist snd-intel8x0m
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf:# blacklist snd-via82xx-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf:blacklist snd-pcsp

I will try your suggestion.

dave13 · 2015-12-04 11:33:02

This is what I got when I ran the first command:

sudo apt-get update
Err http://packages.crunchbang.org waldorf Release.gpg                                                                                       
  Could not resolve 'packages.crunchbang.org'
Get:1 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg [1,554 B]                                                                        
Get:2 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release [102 kB]
Get:3 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages [325 kB]          
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy Release.gpg                                        
Get:4 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en [184 kB]                 
Get:5 http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports Release.gpg [1,554 B]                                        
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy Release                                                          
Get:6 http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports Release [152 kB]
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy/main i386 Packages                                                       
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy/contrib Translation-en                      
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy/contrib i386 Packages                      
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy/non-free i386 Packages              
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy/main Translation-en
Get:7 http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages [605 kB]
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy/non-free Translation-en                                                                                                                
Get:8 http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports/main Translation-en [376 kB]                                                                                               
Fetched 1,748 kB in 12s (140 kB/s)                                                                                                                                       
Reading package lists... Done
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
9D6D8F6BC857C906
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
7638D0442B90D010
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
7638D0442B90D010
W: Failed to fetch http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf/dists/waldorf/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'packages.crunchbang.org'

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I noticed "failed" more than once so I did not proceed to the next command.

Sector11 · 2015-12-04 15:51:25

First thing I would do: remove tint2

sudo apt-get autoremove --purge tint2

Second thing: ... to stop this:

Err http://packages.crunchbang.org waldorf Release.gpg                                                                                       
  Could not resolve 'packages.crunchbang.org'

... Edit your sources.list and remove the crunchbang repos and change to "wheezy", similar to but not necessarily like this:
EDIT: You have wheezy

## CRUNCHBANG
## Compatible with Debian Wheezy, but use at your own risk.
##deb http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf waldorf main
##deb-src http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf waldorf main

## DEBIAN
# deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

## DEBIAN SECURITY
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

## deb-multimedia
## deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main

Third thing: reinstall a newer tint2

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends tint2

Then do the update/upgrade commands

Last edited by Sector11 (2015-12-04 16:00:06)

damo · 2015-12-04 17:18:14

dave13 wrote:

This is what I got when I ran the first command:

sudo apt-get update
Err http://packages.crunchbang.org waldorf Release.gpg                                                                                       
  Could not resolve 'packages.crunchbang.org'

The Crunchbang package repo has been off-line for a while, so you won't be able to fully install #! from scratch anyway.

Do you have a particular reason for wanting to use a distro which is now 3 years out-of-date? BunsenLabs is the community continuation, and is perfectly functional as a CB replacement.

#1 2015-12-03 01:46:36

Wifi not detected

#2 2015-12-03 07:39:06

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