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I am trying to run OpenElec on an old laptop (see below). I need help troubleshooting the wifi.
The software seems to have installed fine but does not see the wifi card. I suspect that I need to install a driver.
I have the computer on my local network and am able to SSH to it.
What should I do? (I tried to run "lshw" to list the hardware but the command is not recognized.)
Thanks so much for the help!
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Install: OpenELEC Stable - Generic i386 Version:4.2.1
Intel Core2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz × 2
Intel 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2, 32 bit
Memory: 1GB
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What you haven't said is what the wifi hardware is.
I assume you are sshing over wired ethernet? If you have the wired plugged in, openelec will not use the wireless.
Anyway, while ssh'd in get the output of the following commands:
lspci
ifconfig
lsmod
Perhaps the easiest way to get them off the openelec system and to us is to use the built in paste command, like:
lspci|paste
You will get back a url, which you can copy and paste into your forum reply.
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Thanks for the reply.
Which wifi hardware? Good question! I should have written it down before installed the software.
And, yes, the xbmc computer is on a wired ethernet but the computer doesn't see the wifi card, even when it is unplugged.
I'll try the commands you listed. Thanks.
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Yes that is your network card.
You have put the wrong url for the lsmod, it is a repeat of the ifconfig one.
Support for intel wireless should be pretty good, in fact I think that is the wireless chipset in my laptop at home, I'll take a look tonight.
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Ok wlan0 is definitely there.
Now try turning it on and configuring in the openelec settings addon.
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2014-11-08, 17:13
(This post was last modified: 2014-11-08, 17:13 by CraigH.)
>> Now try turning it on and configuring in the openelec settings addon.
This is where I am stuck.
In the settings >> network >> wireless network screen,
the "wireless network active" button won't turn on when I click it.
(In that same area, I can enable-disable the wired connection, if that helps.)
When I go to the network >> connections screen
I see the ethernet connection listed but not the wifi.
It seems like OpenElec isn't seeing my WiFi card.
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So you are saying that in the second screen, if you highlight "Active" and press "OK" it doesn't turn on?
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It doesn't even get to an "OK" screen.
When I click the wide "Active" button, nothing happens.
(To be very specific, the little dot turns blue for about a 1/4 second while a "working" box pops up in the lower corner of the screen. It then goes back to grey.)
If you are confident that OpenELEC supports my wifi card, then I'm wondering if something is wrong with it.
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Time for some logs I think.
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