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Hi there,
I'm absolutely new to this distro and this forum. So far I've used Ubuntu, now I want to try something new with KDE.

I just finished installing Mageia 2 on my HP dv6000 series laptop in a dual-boot system with Windows7. Mageia looks great, promises to be even better, however I can't connect to my home wifi! Therefore I can't even get patches or updates, I'm cut out of the world!
The newtwork applet (right-click on the icon on the down-right corner), recognizes the wifi card: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (wlan0) but still doesn't connect and the icon appears with a red cross over it. Can anyone help me solve this problem please?
See *.txt file attached, containing the answer to the command 'config -a'

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LaCiccia wrote:Some wifi package is missing. How can I install it, if Internet connection is missing?

Well, you have two choices:

- If you have installed from the FreeDVD, then that is by design, as it only contains free software components
(free as in free beer and free speech) as Mageia promotes free open source software. Either you connect
your laptop via wire to a router, and enable nonfree repository and let the firmware package install.
Or you download the firmware via another computer, and install it manually.

- You could use the LiveCD media to install, it already contains the firmware, but less software in general.
So depending on your internet connection (if you have a traffic limit and can't download gigabytes of software)
that can also be not the best option.

For what it's worth, i'm in the same situation. Got accustomed to downloading the needed wireless packages
before installation, and put them on an usb flash drive. But this will change with Mageia 3, as there will
also be a nonfree DVD media for installation.

doktor5000 wrote:- If you have installed from the FreeDVD, then that is by design,[...]
[...]Or you download the firmware via another computer, and install it manually.

Yep, that's me! Since I cannot connect to the Internet through a wired connection (there are other people who need the wifi), I will have to download it from Windows7, on a USB key, then shut down Win7, restart Mageia2 and install it manually.

Where do I download the missing package from? Can't find iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode in http://www.intellinuxwireless.org. Also, once in Mageia and the usb key is plugged in, how do I move around? Can you please, point me to a step by step process? I'm new to KDE and it seems Konsole works a little bit diffrent from Ubuntu's Terminal (su - ... instead of sudo ...), right?

Ok, those packages you need to download:

ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/m ... noarch.rpm
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/m ... noarch.rpm
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/m ... noarch.rpm

Then open a terminal, and get root via su - (sudo can also be used on Mageia, but it needs to be configured first - you might want to check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Configuring_sudo ) and then change to the folder where you downloaded the packages to

The whole thing should look like follows:

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su -
(enter root password here, will not be shown)
cd /media/NAMEOFYOURUSBSTICK
urpmi ./iwlwifi*.rpm

One thing i didn't understand, is why you can't connect via wire - i mean the wireless connection will stay for others, so what's the problem?
I can't use wired because i have cats, andit would be no good idea to leave a cable lying around, which goes through my whole appartment ....

Hi,
I managed to get a wired connection.
I'm currently updating lots of packages (total of 502!).
A lot of errors from the mirror I chose but don't know how to change it.
The method you suggested didn't work as expected, yielded following answer:

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please use --buildrequires or --install-src, defaulting to --buildrequires

It's probably due to many errors in the "update packages" process and is still in progress, still 245 packages left to download. Lost whole day tackling this problem and can't still solve it.
How can I allow non-free repositories for a 32 bit system?

sorry, there was a mistake in previous post -- I forgot I had created a subfolder inside the usb key. Not sure though if system installed those 3 files you generously uploaded for me:

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[root@localhost mageia]# urpmi ./iwlwifi-*.rpm


installing iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.32.2.9-3.mga2.nonfree.noarch.rpm iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24-5.mga2.nonfree.noarch.rpm iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20121030-1.mga2.nonfree.noarch.rpm from .
Preparing...                     #############################################
      1/3: iwlwifi-agn-ucode     #############################################
      2/3: iwlwifi-4965-ucode    #############################################
      3/3: iwlwifi-3945-ucode    #############################################
[root@localhost mageia]#
 

Now?

God bless ya, doktor5000! Finally got the wifi to work! Hope it doesn't disappear on new reboot. Many many thanks for your time!

doktor5000 wrote:Ok, those packages you need to download:
[...]

Don't worry, will be back soon to trouble you on another issue! eh eh eh...

I've not uploaded them, just linked to the packages as they exist on one of the dutch Mageia mirrors
For the nonfree repos, please show the output of

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urpmq --list-media active

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urpmq --list-url

You said you were already updating lots of packages?

BTW: Please don't use fullquotes, those are unnecessary