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wireless not showing correct information on i3status

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:08:04 +0000

For some reason my wireless always shows up as "down" in i3bar. Here's my $HOME/i3status.conf: order += "ipv6" order += "disk /home" order += "run_watch DHCP" order += "run_watch VPN" order += "wireless wlan0" order += "ethernet em1" order += "volume master" order += "battery 0" order += "load" order += "time" wireless wlan0 { format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip" format_down = "W: down" } and ifconfig: wlan0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 Anything else I could try?

Answer by bruno.braga for

For some reason my wireless always shows up as "down" in i3bar. Here's my $HOME/i3status.conf:

order += "ipv6"
order += "disk /home"
order += "run_watch DHCP"
order += "run_watch VPN"
order += "wireless wlan0"
order += "ethernet em1"
order += "volume master"
order += "battery 0"
order += "load"
order += "time"

wireless wlan0 {
        format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip"
        format_down = "W: down"
}

and ifconfig:

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

Anything else I could try?

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:22:42 +0000

Do you need root to access ifconfig stuff? (debian for example). If so, you will need to run it with root privileges.

Answer by bapt for

For some reason my wireless always shows up as "down" in i3bar. Here's my $HOME/i3status.conf:

order += "ipv6"
order += "disk /home"
order += "run_watch DHCP"
order += "run_watch VPN"
order += "wireless wlan0"
order += "ethernet em1"
order += "volume master"
order += "battery 0"
order += "load"
order += "time"

wireless wlan0 {
        format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip"
        format_down = "W: down"
}

and ifconfig:

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

Anything else I could try?

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 10:07:00 +0000

Can you give the whole ifconfig wlan0 output ?

Comment by lzap for
Can you give the whole ifconfig wlan0 output ?

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:27:18 +0000

Hey Og, it works for me. I keep it turned off and when I turn it on, it appears in the i3bar. Can you try to turn it off and on?

Comment by omaciel for
Can you give the whole ifconfig wlan0 output ?

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:27:07 +0000

$ ifconfig wlan0 wlan0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 inet6 fe80::a288:b4ff:fec1:7700 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20 ether ****** txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX pac

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wireless not showing correct information on i3status

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Can you give the whole ifconfig wlan0 output ?

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Can you give the whole ifconfig wlan0 output ?