No Wifi Config Utility Found

[steven111]

Hi everyone,

I'm having difficulty setting up wifi on my Raspberry Pi. Here's the details:
-I bought an Airlink Fully compatible Wireless N 150 Ultra Mini-USB Adapter (AWLL5099), which Amazon reviews seemed to suggest worked fine with RPi
-I just ran

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

to get the latest software

-Linux kernal version:

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uname -a

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Linux raspberrypi 3.6.11+ #371 PREEMPT Thu Feb 7 16:31:35 GMT 2013 armv6l GNU/Linux

-Firmware version:

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/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version

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Feb 7 2013 16:46:17 Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom version 367974 (release)

-The apt sources.list:

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nano /etc/apt/sources.list

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deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rpi

So after upgrading everything and restarting, I still don't get the gui Wifi configuration utility (following this Adafruit tutorial: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-ras ... h-raspbian), and thus, am having difficulty getting connected.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

[FTrevorGowen]

Hi steven,
The adafruit link shows the "desktop link" to the wpa_gui . This is like an icon shortcut in Windows and (I assume) has (accidentally) been deleted in your case. There should be a similar link in the "others" sub-menu of the main utilities button ("swallow-like" on the task bottom left). NB. there are a lot of links/shortcuts there you wil have to scroll down). If it's not there, open a terminal window and on the command line try "/usr/sbin/wpa_gui" (that's what the short cuts link to).
Trev.

[steven111]

Hey,

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked:

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cd /usr/sbin/
ls

But there was no wpa_gui listed. Is it possible to download it separately? Or is there another wifi config utility out there?

[FTrevorGowen]

Hey,

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked:

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cd /usr/sbin/
ls

But there was no wpa_gui listed. Is it possible to download it separately? Or is there another wifi config utility out there?

Hi steven,
Was your original image (before you ran "sudo apt-get update" and "sud apt-get upgrade") a pre-installed one? If so, it probably was of an earlier wheezy image that didn't have the wpa_gui tools etc. Updates and upgrades ONLY affect software that's already installed. To get "completely new" software you need to use "sudo apt-get install foobar" where "foobar" is the "base name" of the software package. I'll check later, when I have more time, what that is for the wpa tools, meanwhile try something like "wpa" or "wpa_gui" or, install the apt-based GUI "synaptic" and use its search facility.
Trev.

[A1i2T3R]

I did all that NO SUCCESS so i just opened up the gui then opened wifi config program and i connect. Although if your wifi dongle requires a driver i am not sure

[steven111]

Hi Trev,
Thanks for the tip, it worked when I used "wpagui"! I entered the following:

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sudo apt-get install wpagui

However, now it's not recognizing my wifi dongle, so I suspect it's a driver issue, but that will be for another message.

Thanks,
Steven

[elanie]

Here are some steps that maybe help you set up wifi Config utility:
Setting up Wifi with the Command Line must follow the above steps
1. Boot the Raspberry Pi without the WiFi adapter plugged in.
2. Open a Terminal session by clicking on the LXTerminal icon, and enter the following command into it.
3. This opens an editor screen of the wifi configuration file you need to change.
4. When you have finished press [ctrl]x.
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