Linssid doesn't work

Post by Fokke Nauta
Hi all,
Running ZorinOS 14 on an old laptop. Zorin is based on Ubuntu. I
installed Linssid, but when I use it, it does not find anything. No wifi's.
When I open a terminal and type "nmcli dev wifi" I see a lot of networks.
What can I do to make Linssid work?
Another weird thing: On the site I noticed that the latest version of
Linssid is 3.6-6. When I downloaded it, it turned to be version 2.9-1.
After installation it showed version 2.7. This is weird, isn't it?
Beforehand thanks for your replies.

Did you get the prompt for your password? Must run with admin permissions.

Try launching from terminal and see error messages...

sudo linssid

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Fokke Nauta

2021-02-10 17:19:30 UTC

Did you get the prompt for your password?

Yes. The program opens. I start the scan but nothing further happens. It
starts scanning indeed but there are no networks.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
Must run with admin permissions.

How do I do that? Isn't the password enough?

Post by Jonathan N. Little
Try launching from terminal and see error messages...
sudo linssid

I will do that. Thanks.

Fokke

Jonathan N. Little

2021-02-10 19:02:55 UTC

Did you get the prompt for your password?

Yes. The program opens. I start the scan but nothing further happens. It
starts scanning indeed but there are no networks.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
Must run with admin permissions.

How do I do that? Isn't the password enough?

If you are an administrative account, i.e., in the adm and sudo groups,
then if the application prompts with the password then your password
will elevate privileges.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
Try launching from terminal and see error messages...
sudo linssid

I will do that. Thanks.
Fokke

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Jonathan
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Fokke Nauta

2021-02-11 10:48:59 UTC

Did you get the prompt for your password?

Yes. The program opens. I start the scan but nothing further happens. It
starts scanning indeed but there are no networks.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
Must run with admin permissions.

How do I do that? Isn't the password enough?

If you are an administrative account, i.e., in the adm and sudo groups,
then if the application prompts with the password then your password
will elevate privileges.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
Try launching from terminal and see error messages...
sudo linssid

I will do that. Thanks.
Fokke

Hi,

I opened a terminal and typed "sudo linssid". It asked for my password
and after entering that, Linssid started up. Whet I started scanning, it
did not see anything. After closing Linssid I did not see any error
codes or whatever in the terminal.

What to do next?

Fokke

Jonathan N. Little

2021-02-11 14:29:51 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
I opened a terminal and typed "sudo linssid". It asked for my password
and after entering that, Linssid started up. Whet I started scanning, it
did not see anything. After closing Linssid I did not see any error
codes or whatever in the terminal.
What to do next?

Well to ask the obvious, do you have the wifi adapter device selected
for the interface (first highlighted)? Then click button to start scan
(second highlight)?

<http://www.littleworksstudio.com/temp/usenet/linssid>

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Fokke Nauta

2021-02-11 14:40:04 UTC

Well to ask the obvious, do you have the wifi adapter device selected
for the interface (first highlighted)?

Yes, indeed.

Then click button to start scan

Post by Jonathan N. Little
(second highlight)?

Yes, the scan starts and is running, but nothing shows up. No networks.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
<http://www.littleworksstudio.com/temp/usenet/linssid>

Thanks, I recognize this. Exactly the same as my screen of Linssid, but
it looks like there are no networks. Nothing shows up.

Fokke

Jonathan N. Little

2021-02-11 15:01:38 UTC

Well to ask the obvious, do you have the wifi adapter device selected
for the interface (first highlighted)?

Yes, indeed.
Then click button to start scan

Post by Jonathan N. Little
(second highlight)?

Yes, the scan starts and is running, but nothing shows up. No networks.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
<http://www.littleworksstudio.com/temp/usenet/linssid>

Thanks, I recognize this. Exactly the same as my screen of Linssid, but
it looks like there are no networks. Nothing shows up.

On the right frequency 2.4 v 5 GHz? Otherwise not sure what the issue is.

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Jonathan
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-11 18:36:35 UTC

Well to ask the obvious, do you have the wifi adapter device selected
for the interface (first highlighted)?

Yes, indeed.
Then click button to start scan

Post by Jonathan N. Little
(second highlight)?

Yes, the scan starts and is running, but nothing shows up. No networks.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
<http://www.littleworksstudio.com/temp/usenet/linssid>

Thanks, I recognize this. Exactly the same as my screen of Linssid, but
it looks like there are no networks. Nothing shows up.

On the right frequency 2.4 v 5 GHz? Otherwise not sure what the issue is.

No, it's in the lower area, left in the tabs.
Please see my screenshot.
The application seems to work but does not see any networks.
My screenshot: Loading Image...

Fokke

Jonathan N. Little

2021-02-11 19:28:39 UTC

Well to ask the obvious, do you have the wifi adapter device selected
for the interface (first highlighted)?

Yes, indeed.
Then click button to start scan

Post by Jonathan N. Little
(second highlight)?

Yes, the scan starts and is running, but nothing shows up. No networks.

Post by Jonathan N. Little
<http://www.littleworksstudio.com/temp/usenet/linssid>

Thanks, I recognize this. Exactly the same as my screen of Linssid, but
it looks like there are no networks. Nothing shows up.

On the right frequency 2.4 v 5 GHz? Otherwise not sure what the issue is.

No, it's in the lower area, left in the tabs.
Please see my screenshot.
The application seems to work but does not see any networks.
My screenshot: https://www.solfon.nl/usenet/11-02-2021%2019-28-20.jpg

No idea. If no blocks on your device, not sure where to look.

rfkill list

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Mike Easter

2021-02-11 23:04:33 UTC

I think linssid is supposed to report even w/ normal user.

It is a graphical front end for iwlist, so maybe if iwlist can't get the
info, linssid can't either.

You could run the iwlist scan command; I'm not familiar w/ how to set up
the options on iwlist. Check iwlist --help.

Also, I would make sure that your wifi has the correct driver w/ inxi
-n. That will also let us see just what your wifi is.

According to my info, Zorin doesn't have inxi by default, but maybe you
used your laptop's ethernet to get the linssid installed.

--
Mike Easter

Mike Easter

2021-02-11 20:29:00 UTC

Post by Mike Easter
You could run the iwlist scan command; I'm not familiar w/ how to set up
the options on iwlist. Check iwlist --help.

If I run iwlist wlan0 scan when I'm connected, it only shows me the one
it is connected to; but if I disconnect, then iwlist wlan0 scan shows me
the available 'cells'.

I booted a MX 19.2 which has iwlist by default.

Then I used MX's synaptic to see if there was a linssid in the default
repo/s which there was so I installed it.

Running it from the menu required using elevated privileges.

The default screen is empty, but it hasn't scanned yet. Then I clicked
the scan icon and got graphical results of the local SSIDs.

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Mike Easter

Mike Easter

2021-02-12 00:02:07 UTC

Post by Mike Easter
If I run iwlist wlan0 scan when I'm connected, it only shows me the one
it is connected to; but if I disconnect, then iwlist wlan0 scan shows me
the available 'cells'.
I booted a MX 19.2 which has iwlist by default.
Then I used MX's synaptic to see if there was a linssid in the default
repo/s which there was so I installed it.
Running it from the menu required using elevated privileges.
The default screen is empty, but it hasn't scanned yet. Then I clicked
the scan icon and got graphical results of the local SSIDs.

That msg has a faulty tz stamp. Also, the linssid installed is the
'current' 3.6 of 2018.

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Mike Easter

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-12 08:45:50 UTC

Post by Mike Easter
If I run iwlist wlan0 scan when I'm connected, it only shows me the
one it is connected to; but if I disconnect, then iwlist wlan0 scan
shows me the available 'cells'.
I booted a MX 19.2 which has iwlist by default.
Then I used MX's synaptic to see if there was a linssid in the default
repo/s which there was so I installed it.
Running it from the menu required using elevated privileges.
The default screen is empty, but it hasn't scanned yet. Then I
clicked the scan icon and got graphical results of the local SSIDs.

That msg has a faulty tz stamp. Also, the linssid installed is the
'current' 3.6 of 2018.

Where did you get this 3.6 version from?

Fokke

Mike Easter

2021-02-12 10:06:02 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Where did you get this 3.6 version from?

For Zorin, I added the .ppa.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
sudo apt-get update

https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

In the case of MX, 3.6 was in its repo/s.

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Mike Easter

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-12 16:38:57 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Where did you get this 3.6 version from?

For Zorin, I added the .ppa.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
sudo apt-get update
https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
In the case of MX, 3.6 was in its repo/s.

Thanks.
I will do this tomorrow and will come back on this.

Fokke

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-13 10:10:21 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Where did you get this 3.6 version from?

For Zorin, I added the .ppa.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
sudo apt-get update

I entered the above commands in a terminal.
It worked. No errors.

Post by Mike Easter
https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

What to do with this site? Wasn't able to download anything. Read
instructions, but they did not help me any further.

Post by Mike Easter
In the case of MX, 3.6 was in its repo/s.

Fokke

Mike Easter

2021-02-13 10:50:25 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Where did you get this 3.6 version from?

For Zorin, I added the .ppa.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
sudo apt-get update

I entered the above commands in a terminal.
It worked. No errors.

Post by Mike Easter
https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

What to do with this site? Wasn't able to download anything. Read
instructions, but they did not help me any further.

After you add the .ppa, then the 3.6 v. is in your repositories; so you
can install the program using your favorite package manager such as
synaptic or apt.

I don't know if using the 3.6 linssid is going to solve your problem,
because when I used the older 2.7 v. w/ my earlier Zorin 12.4, it worked
just fine. That is, you may have some problem other than linssid v.

--
Mike Easter

Mike Easter

2021-02-13 11:00:39 UTC

Post by Mike Easter
After you add the .ppa, then the 3.6 v. is in your repositories; so you
can install the program using your favorite package manager such as
synaptic or apt.

This is the readme from 3.6 which covers some issues (confusion on my
part) which arose earlier about whether or not one needs elevated
privileges or not.

Post by Mike Easter
This program is released under the terms of the GNU Public License (version 3).
Version 3.6
* Attempts to resolve 802.11s mesh network nodes to their master. If
otherwise not reported, marks SSID field of mesh node APs as
"<mesh-masterSSID>".
Version 3.5
* New vendor database and search scheme that now looks in ieee oui large,
medium, and small block databases. Previously only looked in large
block database because that's where 98% of all devices are found.
* Displays SSID of attach points with no SSID as "<hidden>".
Version 3.4
* Fixes location and owner of ".linssid.prefs" and "LinSSID.datalog".
Instead of placed in /root and owned by root they are now placed
in "$HOME" and owned by "$USER" when launched with linssid-pkexec which
is the normal .desktop launch.
* Fixed some wrongly addressed cosmetic icons.
* Updated vendor data file. (Version 3.3 had some trailing characters that
messed up data logging.)
* Sundry under-the-hood optimizations.
Version 3.3
* Adds selection of table font size in preferences dialog.
Version 3.2
* Now shows mark for control channel on the channel plots. Very useful
for making sure your control channel(s) don't overlap with the neighbors'.
* Fixes potential memory leak with attached plots.
Version 3.1
* Big change - now requires polkit (policykit) authentication. No way
around this as debian/ubuntu/* has emasculated su and sudo.
A step backward IMHO. Now the whole app must run as root. So, all
of the prefs and log files are now in /root and are owned by root. And,
the whole app must run as root instead of just well-tested system parts.
* Major rewrite of the synchronization between the main window and the data getter.
* Install rewrite
* Desktop file fix
* Updated vendor database
Version 3.0
* Fix race condition with large number of SSID
* Updated vendor database
Version 2.9
* Use distro-supplied version of qwt shared library.
Version 2.8
* Conversion from old linux wireless tools to nl80211 tools.
* New information displayed - bandwidth, make and model of router (when available)
* Updated vendor database
Version 2.7
* Hopefully fixes an occassional problem in some configurations where LinSSID hangs during
scan when the wifi interface is connected to an attach point
* Updated vendor database
* Fixes a possible bug in interface detection
* Static link to libboost-regex
* Update vendor database
* Fixes an issue with how the zsh shell interprets command lines. Huge thanks to Alex Stelmachonak.
* Same as 2.3 code but necessary to get a i386 build through Canonical. Long story.
* Fixed issue with RTL8187SE card and driver not providing frequency resulting in LinSSID crash.
* Renamed the column that displays WEP, WPA2, etc., to "Privacy".
* Added column for protocol {a,b,g,n}. (Note that many drivers do not report protocol.)
* Modified data logging format to reflect as above
* Added buttons for immediate clear or set of plotting of all visible attach points
* Improved response to Plot column check boxes
* Cleaned up a few minor bugs
* Updated vendor database
* Fixes several small bugs
* Adds a status display line to top panel
* Now built with QT5 and Qwt 6.1
* Updated wifi vendor database
* Fixes issue with not finding some interfaces when they are 'up'
but not connected to an attach point.
* Updated wifi vendor database
* Hopefully fixes the problem with not finding some wireless interfaces.
* Added data logging to "~/LinSSID.datalog"
* Anti-aliased plots
* Updated wifi vendor database
* Minor ooopps fix in password handling
* Stability improvement build
* - Improved odd character handling in password verification
* - Improved handling of default values on initial install or upgrade
* - Improved wireless port discovery
* Adds horizontal grid to plots
* Adds a Preferences menu item under the File menu.
* - Adjust plot scale
* - Toggle grid lines on/off
* Attempts to fix frequent crashing with some wifi drivers. Also some cosmetic changes.
* - Fixes problem of some drivers reporting attach points (based on MAC address) more than once per scan. (Go figure...)
* - Fixes code problem handling recalcitrant drivers that don't want to do a scan when requested to do so.
* Centers most text alignment in cells
* Saves window layout between sessions. Keeps ".linssid.prefs" in home folder. If things go haywire delete the prefs file.
* Imposes minimum 0.5 second "nap time" between scans so that poorly written drivers crash less.
* Updates the UOI vendor database
* Improves concurrency of wifi scanning and main form updating.
The wireless tools that LinSSID uses require root privilege to access. If your machine has sudo, the best way to run is to launch the program and let it ask you for a password. That way it will only use root privilege to execute a few privileged system commands, but LinSSID itself will not run as a root process. The other way to run LinSSID is to launch it from a root account or with su or sudo. It will run, but in my opinion that's a bit more dangerous. One never knows what nasty bugs may be waiting to damage.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/linssid/

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Mike Easter

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-13 11:15:31 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Where did you get this 3.6 version from?

For Zorin, I added the .ppa.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
sudo apt-get update

I entered the above commands in a terminal.
It worked. No errors.

Post by Mike Easter
https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

What to do with this site? Wasn't able to download anything. Read
instructions, but they did not help me any further.

After you add the .ppa,

Is the .ppa added by the two command lines in the terminal?

Post by Mike Easter
then the 3.6 v. is in your repositories; so you
can install the program using your favorite package manager such as
synaptic or apt.

How would I do that? Can you give me an example?

Post by Mike Easter
I don't know if using the 3.6 linssid is going to solve your problem,
because when I used the older 2.7 v. w/ my earlier Zorin 12.4, it worked
just fine. That is, you may have some problem other than linssid v.

You may be right, but at least I can try. Perhaps it works, perhaps not.

Fokke

Andrei Z.

2021-02-13 12:45:34 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Where did you get this 3.6 version from?

For Zorin, I added the .ppa.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
sudo apt-get update

I entered the above commands in a terminal.
It worked. No errors.

Post by Mike Easter
https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

What to do with this site? Wasn't able to download anything. Read
instructions, but they did not help me any further.

After you add the .ppa, then the 3.6 v. is in your repositories; so you
can install the program using your favorite package manager such as
synaptic or apt.
I don't know if using the 3.6 linssid is going to solve your problem,
because when I used the older 2.7 v. w/ my earlier Zorin 12.4, it worked
just fine. That is, you may have some problem other than linssid v.

OP wrote: "it's Zorin 12.4"

"Zorin OS 12 is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS" Xenial
https://blog.zorin.com/2016/11/18/zorin-os-12-core-and-ultimate-are-here-our-biggest-release-ever-2/

ppa:wseverin/ppa
Xenial: linssid Version 2.9-1
https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=xenial

Mike Easter

2021-02-13 17:13:44 UTC

Post by Andrei Z.
OP wrote: "it's Zorin 12.4"
"Zorin OS 12 is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS" Xenial
https://blog.zorin.com/2016/11/18/zorin-os-12-core-and-ultimate-are-here-our-biggest-release-ever-2/
ppa:wseverin/ppa
Xenial: linssid Version 2.9-1
https://launchpad.net/~wseverin/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=xenial

Oh, yeah. That is why I used 2.9 when I was trying Zorin 12 before I
dl/ed Z15.

I think if I were the OP, I would be booting 'something else' live to
see if it would work -- if installing linssid would work on the live.
The something else would depend on his taste; it could even be the .iso
he used to install the Zorin 12.4 + linssid 2.9.

If he wanted to try linssid 3.6, he could use MX 19.2, live which is
what I used first or he could dl the Zorin 15.3 and boot it live.

That way he could 'evade' whatever funky might possibly be going on in
the install.

--
Mike Easter

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-12 08:45:16 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
I opened a terminal and typed "sudo linssid". It asked for my password
and after entering that, Linssid started up. Whet I started scanning,
it did not see anything. After closing Linssid I did not see any error
codes or whatever in the terminal.

I think linssid is supposed to report even w/ normal user.
It is a graphical front end for iwlist, so maybe if iwlist can't get the
info, linssid can't either.
You could run the iwlist scan command; I'm not familiar w/ how to set up
the options on iwlist. Check iwlist --help.
Also, I would make sure that your wifi has the correct driver w/ inxi
-n. That will also let us see just what your wifi is.
According to my info, Zorin doesn't have inxi by default, but maybe you
used your laptop's ethernet to get the linssid installed.

I downloaded Linssid via the wifi.
I don't use an ethernet cable for the laptop.

Fokke

Mike Easter

2021-02-12 00:55:16 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Running ZorinOS 14 on an old laptop. Zorin is based on Ubuntu. I
installed Linssid, but when I use it, it does not find anything. No wifi's.

I wrote Zorin 12.4 core to USB and booted it live on a laptop w/ wifi
and ethernet. I expected the Ub-based Zorin to fail to use the correct
wl driver for its Broadcom wifi because Ub doesn't, but Zorin showed the
correct wl driver but the default wifi is dormant because it favored the
ethernet.

I installed inxi and synaptic because I don't like the default software
manager. Synaptic showed linssid 2.7-3 in the default universe repo.
It had less dependencies than did the linssid which I installed in MX.

I scanned w/ the linssid in Zorin and it correctly showed the various
SSIDs in the area.

I used zorin 12.4 because I already had that .iso stored from earlier
dl. Zorin 12.4 core is based on kernel 4.15 and Ub Xenial 16.04. Your
alleged Zorin 14 doesn't show up in DW's Zorin page; the newest is 15.3
and the one before that is 12.4. The 15 series started in 2019 and is
based on Ub 18.04 LTS.

Since I don't have a current Zorin .iso, I'll get one.

--
Mike Easter

Mike Easter

2021-02-12 03:54:35 UTC

Post by Mike Easter
Since I don't have a current Zorin .iso, I'll get one.

Well; that was an educational experience. I've been there before; but
this time it was different.

The problem is that Zorin 15.3 is based on Ub 18.04 which doesn't
properly recognize my Broadcom wifi which needs the proprietary bcmwl
module. I had some trouble getting that bcmwl installed, as the error
msg named a missing dependency, but that was just due to ME failing to
properly update.

In any case; I finally got the proper driver installed for my wifi which
of course is necessary to get anything going using the wifi hardware.
It is not necessary to be *CONNECTED* by wifi instead of ethernet, just
to have the proper driver. In fact, the linssid help says that it is
*faster* if the wifi is NOT connected. The wifi can be dormant in favor
of the ethernet which is default if both are present.

The default linssid in the default zorin 15.3 repo/s is 2.9, but the
.ppa system has 3.6 for bionic 18.04 which is zorin 15.3; so I added the
.ppa to get 3.6 and installed it.

Running linssid from the menu and then using its scan icon I got my
local SSIDs displayed.

I like this linssid; it is like some graphical tools I have used in the
past w/ Win. Synaptic describes it as similar to inssider for Win; the
ones I have used are Vistumbler for vista off netstumbler which is like
inssider.

--
Mike Easter

Mike Easter

2021-02-12 04:02:00 UTC

Post by Mike Easter
The problem is that Zorin 15.3 is based on Ub 18.04 which doesn't
properly recognize my Broadcom wifi which needs the proprietary bcmwl
module.

The useful preparatory steps for me after booting Zorin 15.3 were to use
apt to install inxi to look at my wifi and drivers, synaptic because it
is the best way to deal w/ packages instead of that other thing, and
then inxi tells me I don't have a good broadcom driver and then I use
synaptic to get the broadcom kernel source package and later use the
command line to install the linssid .ppa repo and linssid. Oh, yeah;
there was also a dpkg-reconfigure step in there; sudo dpkg-reconfigure
bcmwl-kernel-source

There were some bobbles along the way that were my fault that I tried to
blame on a missing dependency. Silly boy.

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Mike Easter

Jonathan N. Little

2021-02-12 14:02:13 UTC

Post by Mike Easter
Since I don't have a current Zorin .iso, I'll get one.

I had a similar issue with my server upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04
with a Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
Controller; the r8169 - r8168 module issue. Errors noted in dmesg and
syslog. Had to go to Realtek website and download driver source and
compile to fix. Maybe OP has a similar issue with Broadcom

In any case; I finally got the proper driver installed for my wifi which
of course is necessary to get anything going using the wifi hardware. It
is not necessary to be *CONNECTED* by wifi instead of ethernet, just to
have the proper driver. In fact, the linssid help says that it is
*faster* if the wifi is NOT connected. The wifi can be dormant in favor
of the ethernet which is default if both are present.
The default linssid in the default zorin 15.3 repo/s is 2.9, but the
.ppa system has 3.6 for bionic 18.04 which is zorin 15.3; so I added the
.ppa to get 3.6 and installed it.
Running linssid from the menu and then using its scan icon I got my
local SSIDs displayed.
I like this linssid; it is like some graphical tools I have used in the
past w/ Win. Synaptic describes it as similar to inssider for Win; the
ones I have used are Vistumbler for vista off netstumbler which is like
inssider.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-12 16:38:04 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
Running ZorinOS 14 on an old laptop. Zorin is based on Ubuntu. I
installed Linssid, but when I use it, it does not find anything. No wifi's.

I wrote Zorin 12.4 core to USB and booted it live on a laptop w/ wifi
and ethernet. I expected the Ub-based Zorin to fail to use the correct
wl driver for its Broadcom wifi because Ub doesn't, but Zorin showed the
correct wl driver but the default wifi is dormant because it favored the
ethernet.
I installed inxi and synaptic because I don't like the default software
manager. Synaptic showed linssid 2.7-3 in the default universe repo. It
had less dependencies than did the linssid which I installed in MX.
I scanned w/ the linssid in Zorin and it correctly showed the various
SSIDs in the area.
I used zorin 12.4 because I already had that .iso stored from earlier
dl. Zorin 12.4 core is based on kernel 4.15 and Ub Xenial 16.04. Your
alleged Zorin 14 doesn't show up in DW's Zorin page; the newest is 15.3
and the one before that is 12.4. The 15 series started in 2019 and is
based on Ub 18.04 LTS.
Since I don't have a current Zorin .iso, I'll get one.

If you want a Zorin ISO, send me a mail and I will return a download link.
I have version 12.4, 15 and 15.2.

I made a mistake. I said I have version 14 installed, but it is 12.4.

My mail address: ***@solfon.nl

Fokke

Mike Easter

2021-02-12 18:03:13 UTC

Post by Fokke Nauta
If you want a Zorin ISO, send me a mail and I will return a download link.
I have version 12.4, 15 and 15.2.

Thanks for the offer, but I was able to get 15.3 using the torrent I
found using fosstorrents. DW also has torrent archive. I got the Lite
v. instead of Core because Lite is xfce while core is gnome and I don't
like gnome as much, mostly because I find it 'bloated' and using more
resources than it needs, while its old adversary kde is still lean and mean.

The Zorin site's dl function for its iso/s is borken (gives error). I
got my hash from the Zorin dl site. I couldn't find a Zorin sig key,
but I didn't hunt very hard; in the past I never checked sig/s, but now
that I have a 'system' for doing it, I do it pretty regularly.

Post by Fokke Nauta
I made a mistake. I said I have version 14 installed, but it is 12.4.

Ah, so.

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Mike Easter

Mike Easter

2021-02-12 18:35:48 UTC

I couldn't find a Zorin sig key, but I didn't hunt very hard; in the
past I never checked sig/s, but now that I have a 'system' for doing it,
I do it pretty regularly.

Clarification; I was able to find a/the Zorin pub key/s, but I wasn't
able to find a signature of the .iso or a sig of the hash. I prefer for
a distro to sign the .iso's hash as opposed to the .iso because it
authenticates quicker.

Also, the dev can put all of the hashes together in one file for a
release and then sign that, for efficiency.

Presumably some security-oriented person might have the opinion that
that 'isn't the same' as signing each .iso individually, but I would
argue that compared to NO authentication whatsoever, signing a hash
collection is way ahead of nothing.

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Mike Easter

Fokke Nauta

2021-02-12 18:23:07 UTC

Correction!
My mistake.
I mentioned I use Zorin 14, that's what I thought. But it's Zorin 12.4,
and then the ultimate version.

Sorry!

Fokke

Jonathan N. Little

2021-02-13 04:13:45 UTC

Correction!
My mistake.
I mentioned I use Zorin 14, that's what I thought. But it's Zorin 12.4,
and then the ultimate version.
Sorry!

Just to cover all the bases, you do have WiFi enabled in network
manager, right?

Just upgraded wife's system to Ubuntu Unity 20.04 and noted that with
WiFi disabled in network manager (use Ethernet for that system) that
linssid shows the interface, but will not show networks until WiFi
enabled...

rfkill list

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Take care,

Jonathan
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

bilou

2021-02-13 01:38:00 UTC

As a consolation :-)
Here it works but it is a bit deaf and anyway much less
useful than any similar application on a mobile phone.
I have yet to find an application that not only shows the
access points but the real occupation of the channels.

Mike Easter

2021-02-13 02:28:20 UTC

Post by bilou
I have yet to find an application that not only shows the
access points but the real occupation of the channels.

The pay Win-ware Inssider 5 plus compatible hardware can tell you not
only the occupation of the channels but also measure interference.

https://support.metageek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036370214--MetaGeek-Plus-inSSIDer-5-and-live-Client-Traffic-Analytics-video-
MetaGeek Plus, inSSIDer 5, and live Client Traffic Analytics (video)
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The vid shows the hardware used to evaluate interference which is not
described in the text in the article above. Generally I don't like to
watch or recommend vid/s unless there is something I can't find elsewhere.

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Mike Easter

Bobbie Sellers

2021-02-13 02:41:22 UTC

Post by bilou
I have yet to find an application that not only shows the
access points but the real occupation of the channels.

The pay Win-ware Inssider 5 plus compatible hardware can tell you not
only the occupation of the channels but also measure interference.
https://support.metageek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036370214--MetaGeek-Plus-inSSIDer-5-and-live-Client-Traffic-Analytics-video-
MetaGeek Plus, inSSIDer 5, and live Client Traffic Analytics (video)
Print Friendly and PDF
The vid shows the hardware used to evaluate interference which is not
described in the text in the article above. Generally I don't like to
watch or recommend vid/s unless there is something I can't find elsewhere.

I share that video phobia. Text is faster to read and faster to
implement. Having phone problem and did a lot of that today.

bliss

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bilou

2021-02-14 15:51:15 UTC