[SOLVED] New to KDE, need help with Wifi

[dmk06]

I'm new to KDE (using backtrack), I think I broke/misconfigured something trying to get a KDE Network Manager installed (could only get WEP to work with previous program)

Anyway, does anyone have any tips on getting WPA2 support working with backtrack with either command line or gui?
(I found a guide to connect using the terminal but I was hoping for a way that doesn't require editing the wpa_supplicant.conf every time I want to connect to a new network....maybe like the network manager in gnome?)

root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart
Reconfiguring network interfaces...There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 9885
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.


Listening on LPF/eth0/my mac
Sending on   LPF/eth0my mac
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.x.x port 67
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.

Listening on LPF/eth0/my mac
Sending on   LPF/eth0/my mac
Sending on   Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on eth0: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPOFFER of 192.168.x.x from 192.168.x.x
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.x.x on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.x.x from 192.168.x.x
bound to 192.168.x.x -- renewal in 871858375 seconds.
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface wlan0 before doing NFS mounts
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.


SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.


SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth2.
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.


SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up ath0.
FATAL: Module p80211 not found.
Failed to load p80211.ko.
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up exited with return code 1
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.

Listening on LPF/wlan0/my mac
Sending on   LPF/wlan0/my mac
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
done.
root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
Starting NetworkManager... failed!

Network configuration could not be run

Failed to execute child process "network-admin" (No such file or directory)

[nujinini]

Hi dmk06,

How's your problem?

If by chance you have not yet found a fix, you might want to paste the outputs of the commands as instructed here. Maybe it can also tell us whats happening "behind the scenes"

Good luck!

[MikeTbob]

I'd suggest that you intall WICD, from your system repos. It's similar to network manager

[dmk06]

I'd suggest that you intall WICD, from your system repos. It's similar to network manager

Hi dmk06,

How's your problem?

If by chance you have not yet found a fix, you might want to paste the outputs of the commands as instructed .linuxforums.org/forum/wireless-internet/137532-wireless-setup-start-here.html"]here. Maybe it can also tell us whats happening "behind the scenes"

Good luck!

Thanks for your help, I tried updating the thread last night but I think either the forums were too busy or there were network problems(page wouldn't load)...anyway, I ended up installing the Fedora 13 Security Spin on my Backtrack partition. I think I will get more familiar with BT in a VM before I install it again (I think I needed a fresh start with it anyway...lol)

I'd suggest that you intall WICD, from your system repos. It's similar to network manager

Thank you MikeTbob, I'll try that when I install it later, I checked out a WICD screenshot and it looks perfect

Thanks again guys!

[dmk06]

I'd suggest that you intall WICD, from your system repos. It's similar to network manager

Thanks, WICD works great!