I've (successfully) install Kali-mini ISO from DVD but I am experiencing some wireless problems. I hope this is the right spot to post my question. I'll get it out of the way as it is one of those questions I have'nt found fully answered on the forum or/and the solutions posted and researched have either not worked or does not apply to my situation.
Issue: wlan0: error fetching interface information: device not found
Connection used during install of packages: eth0 interface
Other info: wicd is installed and works just fine but no wlan0 devices are detected so it is pretty much useless atm.
//show me my wlan0 interface please..kali
ifconfig wlan0
Code:
root@kali:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
root@kali:~#
//turn on my wlan0 interface...please...kali
ifconfig wlan0 up
Code:
root@kali:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
root@kali:~#
//what's really going on inside there...huh?
ifconfig -a
Code:
root@kali:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 98:4b:e1:9b:14:f7
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:6000 (5.8 KiB) TX bytes:6000 (5.8 KiB)
usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:55:54:07:65:34
inet addr:192.168.42.104 Bcast:192.168.42.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::55:54ff:fe07:6534/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:117487 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:116662 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:129548967 (123.5 MiB) TX bytes:59519271 (56.7 MiB)
root@kali:~#
//show running modules...
lsmod
Code:
root@kali:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
rndis_host 12698 0
cdc_ether 12564 1 rndis_host
usbnet 26836 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
cdc_acm 26225 0
binfmt_misc 16949 1
uinput 17361 1
loop 26602 0
joydev 17108 0
iTCO_wdt 12831 0
iTCO_vendor_support 12649 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hda_codec_realtek 49673 1
arc4 12543 0
snd_hda_intel 39656 3
snd_hda_codec 150611 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13148 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 84029 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 17114 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq 52930 0
snd_seq_device 13132 1 snd_seq
snd_timer 26606 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
lpc_ich 20768 0
hp_wmi 13283 0
sparse_keymap 12760 1 hp_wmi
rfkill 18902 2 hp_wmi
psmouse 86266 0
serio_raw 12849 0
evdev 17489 17
snd 60862 14 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
i915 657112 2
mfd_core 12601 1 lpc_ich
coretemp 12854 0
soundcore 13026 1 snd
drm_kms_helper 35855 1 i915
drm 244416 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_i801 16963 0
i2c_algo_bit 12751 1 i915
i2c_core 24129 5 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit
wmi 17339 1 hp_wmi
battery 13101 0
button 12944 1 i915
video 17799 1 i915
processor 28309 1
ac 12668 0
ext4 477940 1
crc16 12343 1 ext4
mbcache 13082 1 ext4
jbd2 86788 1 ext4
dm_mod 89176 0
sg 30042 0
sd_mod 44254 3
sr_mod 21898 0
crc_t10dif 12431 1 sd_mod
crct10dif_common 12356 1 crc_t10dif
cdrom 39232 1 sr_mod
thermal 17468 0
ahci 25096 2
libahci 27189 1 ahci
thermal_sys 27568 3 video,thermal,processor
r8169 64490 0
libata 169163 2 ahci,libahci
mii 12675 2 r8169,usbnet
ehci_pci 12472 0
uhci_hcd 30868 0
ehci_hcd 48421 1 ehci_pci
scsi_mod 182525 4 sg,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
usbcore 158133 8 uhci_hcd,rndis_host,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbnet,cdc_acm,cdc_ether
usb_common 12440 1 usbcore
root@kali:~#
// check if the wlan0 or any other interfaces are blocked
rfkill list
Code:
root@kali:~# rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
root@kali:~#
// check the log...
dmesg
Code:
[ 19.251292] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
[ 19.260980] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
[ 19.437225] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 19.437260] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 108.832929] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
[ 108.832952] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
[ 196.499018] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
[ 196.499044] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
[ 215.348192] [drm] HPD interrupt storm detected on connector DP-2: switching from hotplug detection to polling
[ 335.610717] [drm] HPD interrupt storm detected on connector DP-2: switching from hotplug detection to polling
[ 495.894712] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
[ 495.894728] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
[ 592.280041] [drm] HPD interrupt storm detected on connector HDMI-A-1: switching from hotplug detection to polling
[ 613.825016] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
[ 613.825034] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
[ 614.405839] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
[ 614.405854] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
[ 712.796043] [drm] HPD interrupt storm detected on connector HDMI-A-1: switching from hotplug detection to polling
[ 986.989212] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 986.989249] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
iwconfig
// see if there are any other interfaces running wireless
Code:
root@kali:~# iwconfig
usb0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
root@kali:~#
Any other suggestions ? My experience level with the CLi is [moderate].