Newbie Question

[Jones, Clarence]

I have just installed Qubes Os R2 Beta 2 on my dell desktop, my problem is that I am having trouble installing my usb wireless dongle not sure on the correct procedure. Any help would be appreciated.

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Clarence Jones

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[Zrubecz Laszlo]

On 18 August 2013 11:56, Clarence Jones <cj...@outlook.com> wrote:
> I followed the instructions as per the documentation but still does not
> work,
> when i look at the connections under netvm wifi displays as never and lsusb
> command only indicates the PCI info it does not indicate that it assigned to
> any dom.

You shold tell me more to be able to help...

- did you find the right USB device in dom0?

- did you assignet one of the USB controller to your netVM?

- did you see the PCI device in your netVM? (netvm# lspci)

- did you see any USB device in your netVM? (netvm# lsusb)

--
Zrubi

[juan...@gmail.com]

Hi Zrubi, I have the same problem as OP.
When I go with lspci, I see this:
00.01.0 Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01).

That's my internal WiFi NIC.
I also want to use (sometimes, when I need extra power), an USB WiFi adapter, which I don't see with lspci.

So, my questions are 2:

1) How can I add the USB device to netVM? I don't see it when typing lsusb in netVM.
2) How can I then install both devices into the netVM? I assume the problem is that the drivers are not installed, is that correct?

Thank you!

[Franz]

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:14 PM, <juan...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:56:34 AM UTC-3, Zrubecz Laszlo wrote:
> On 18 August 2013 11:56, Clarence Jones <cj...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> > I followed the instructions as per the documentation but still does not
>
> > work,
>
> > when i look at the connections under netvm wifi displays as never and lsusb
>
> > command only indicates the PCI info it does not indicate that it assigned to
>
> > any dom.
>
>
>
> You shold tell me more to be able to help...
>
>
>
> - did you find the right USB device in dom0?
>
>
>
> - did you assignet one of the USB controller to your netVM?
>
>
>
> - did you see the PCI device in your netVM? (netvm# lspci)
>
>
>
> - did you see any USB device in your netVM? (netvm# lsusb)
>
>
>
> --
>
> Zrubi

Hi Zrubi, I have the same problem as OP.
When I go with lspci, I see this:
00.01.0 Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01).

That's my internal WiFi NIC.
I also want to use (sometimes, when I need extra power), an USB WiFi adapter, which I don't see with lspci.

So, my questions are 2:

1) How can I add the USB device to netVM?

You need to assign the whole USB controller to netVM  http://qubes-os.org/trac/wiki/AssigningDevices

 

I don't see it when typing lsusb in netVM.

after you assign the controller you'll see it

best

Franz

[juan...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the help, Franz.
I was able to install the USB WiFi with this.
The internal is still no-go. If you or anyone can suggest, that'll be great.
Like I said, I see it with lspci, but not with iwconfig, maybe the driver is missing?

And more urgently, when I try to connect to my wireless network using:
iwconfig wlan0 essid "My Wireless" key s:9482059681
(that's not the actual password of the wifi I'm using at this cafe, but it's the same lenght and its only numbers), I get this eror: SET failed on device wlan0 ; invalid argument.
I also tried converting the ascii key to hex, avoid using the "s:" argument and nothing, same thing.
Any ideas?
I searched over the net and I see people mentioning issues with drivers.