On 12/22/2016 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote:> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:38:28PM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> On 12/22/2016 08:04 AM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >>>> >>>> in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network connection >>>> icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi signals in area. >>>> >>>> this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either with >>>> network connection icon or with another icon that can reside in task >>>> bar. >>>> >>>> any ideas or suggestions? >>> >>> yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it is >>> left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always been >>> done with a left-click. >>> >> }} >> >> is that with gnome or kde dte? >> >> on a tower box; >> eth0 = onboard wired ethernet >> eth1 = wired ethernet card connected to a modem/router/wifi >> eth? = wifi/wireless card >> >> left click only shows the onboard wired ethernet and wired ethernet >> card connections. >> >> right click shows; >> >> [X] Enable Networking << grayed out >> [X] Enable Notifications >> Connection Information << grayed out >> Edit Connections >> > > Ah. Sorry, I should have said I'm using the Mate desktop. So you may > have found a bug. >}} would not say a bug. believe more like devs left feature out with 6.x. best bet maybe to pull some 'war drive' progs, which i have been considering for laptop. thanks for your replying. -- The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 KDE 4.3.4 peace out. tc,hago. g . =+Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! =+in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+=
> Date: Thursday, December 22, 2016 14:57:06 -0600 > From: "geo.inbox.ignored" <geo.inbox.ignored at gmail.com> > > > On 12/22/2016 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:38:28PM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >>> On 12/22/2016 08:04 AM, Fred Smith wrote: >>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network >>>>> connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi >>>>> signals in area. >>>>> >>>>> this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either >>>>> with network connection icon or with another icon that can >>>>> reside in task bar. >>>>> >>>>> any ideas or suggestions? >>>> >>>> yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it >>>> is left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always >>>> been done with a left-click. >>>> >>> }} >>> >>> is that with gnome or kde dte? >>> >>> on a tower box; >>> eth0 = onboard wired ethernet >>> eth1 = wired ethernet card connected to a modem/router/wifi >>> eth? = wifi/wireless card >>> >>> left click only shows the onboard wired ethernet and wired >>> ethernet card connections. >>> >>> right click shows; >>> >>> [X] Enable Networking << grayed out >>> [X] Enable Notifications >>> Connection Information << grayed out >>> Edit Connections >>> >> >> Ah. Sorry, I should have said I'm using the Mate desktop. So you >> may have found a bug. >> > }} > > would not say a bug. believe more like devs left feature out with > 6.x. > > best bet maybe to pull some 'war drive' progs, which i have been > considering for laptop. > > thanks for your replying.It sounds like your wireless card might not be being seen. You might want to check /var/log/dmesg to see what's happening at boot, and go from there depending on what you find.
On 12/22/2016 04:23 PM, Richard wrote: <<>>> It sounds like your wireless card might not be being seen. You might > want to check /var/log/dmesg to see what's happening at boot, and go > from there depending on what you find. >}} this is true. my bad, failed to mention that when i was able to see other wifi signals, it was via the modem/router/wifi. installed wifi card to see if it would catch any wifi signals. as for what box is seeing; ]$ pwd /var/log ]$ grep Ethe dmesg eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 5, 00:07:95:18:2b:bb 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004) 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28 ]$ grep eth dmesg eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 5, 00:07:95:18:2b:bb eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf957cf00, 00:00:b4:be:4a:14, IRQ 5 ]$ lspci|grep Eth 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] \ SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90) 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \ RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10) 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 \ Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) ]$ so, card is seen and readable. maybe needs drivers? also, not mentioned before; eth0 = xfinity modem eth1 = 2Wire 2701HG-B -- The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 KDE 4.3.4 peace out. tc,hago. g . =+Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! =+in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+=