> On Monday 08 March 2010 13:37:42 Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 08 March 2010 13:14:19 Martin Kho wrote: > > > > On Monday 08 March 2010 11:21:21 Martin Kho wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Petrus de Calguarium > > > > > > > > > > > > <kwhiskerz at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > If I am not mistaken,, you have either > > > > > > > knetworkmanager or NetworkManager-gnome > > > > > > > installed, not both. > > > > > > > > > > > > You can have both installed without a problem. If you have both > > > > > > you get a warning (get asked?) from knetworkmanager that another > > > > > > applet is running and if you want to use it or not in the > > > > > > future. So, one is always working. > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Aren't both knetworkmanager and NetworkManager-gnome more or less > > > > > front-ends to NetworkManager? So if the network doesn't work, it > > > > > has to be NetworkManager that didn't detect the network-card, or > > > > > did set up the interface wrongly. Are there any error messages in > > > > > /var/log/messages? > > > > > > > > Messages appeared to be saying that the cabled connection was OK, but > > > > the wireless connection was disabled by 'killswitch'. Since the > > > > hardware switch is in a position where it can get knocked off, I > > > > played around with it until Messages accepted that it is on. > > > > However, when I got the authentication dialog there is no entry > > > > possibility for WPA! This is definitely a regression. I've had WPA > > > > with > > > > knetworkmanager before, I'm sure. > > > > > > > > Oddly enough, ifconfig says it has an ipv6 address, but no ipv4 > > > > address. Meanwhile, the icon on the systray still tells me that the > > > > network is disabled. > > > > > > Hi Anne, > > > > > > Just a silly question. You don't - still - have the kde-plasma version > > > of knetworkmanager installed? > > > > Seems that I do. I installed it and never got around to sorting it out. > > I think that maybe the tray icon I'm complaining about is from that. OK > > - so removed the plasma object - the icon remains. I'll try a reboot in > > a moment to see whether the network activates properly. Funny, though, > > in the past I've always been able to see the cabled connection even if > > the wireless one wasn't available. > > > > In desperation I installed every tool I could see to help troubleshoot > > this. wlassistant tells me "Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - > > wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory CONNECTION FAILED". If things > > don't work after the reboot I'll see whether it's still getting that > > message. > > And after a reboot, same icon, same 'Network Management disabled' message > and same dialog that doesn't allow WPA-PSK. That dialog looks a lot like > the one we used to have 2-3 years ago :-( > > wlassistant tells me > > ==>stderr: Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such > file or directory > Using wpa_supplicant driver: wext > WPA client started. Waiting for status... > ==>stderr: Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such > file or directory > CONNECTION FAILED. > disconnect: /sbin/iwconfig eth0 mode managed key off ap off essid off > > Anne Another silly question :-) You have wpa_supplicant running? Martin Kho btw: old dialog? I have installed: knetworkmanager-(libs-)0.9-0.12.20100220.fc12.x86_64 NetworkManager-(glib-)0.7.998-2.git20100106.fc12.x86_64
