debian from ethernet to wifiI tried ls /sbin/w* and wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli are in that directory. Thos could be part of those wicd packages I downloaded earlier.

[Jude DaShiell]

So I ran wpa_supplicant and got told it had successfully initialized 
wlan2.  I think I'll try Wilhelm's modifications to my 
/etc/network/interfaces file a<then se that happens.

On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:04:36
> From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: debian from ethernet to wifi
> 
> I can make you a typescript file no problem.  But first, what's inyour 
> /etc/apt/sources.list debian and debian-src lines?  Ours may not match and 
> that could be my problem on this end.On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, Geoff Shang wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 18:25:20
>> From: Geoff Shang <geoff at quitelikely.com>
>> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> Subject: Re: debian from ethernet to wifi
>> 
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> 
>>> Debian is telling me wpa_supplicant doesn't exist and that packages have 
>>> wpa_supplicant in their name and then lists wpagui.
>> 
>> Can you give the commands you're typing and their output?  Your experience 
>> isn't matching mine.
>> 
>> Geoff.
>> 
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