On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 13:36 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > >> > right click on this [NM] icon to get a list of options. > ... > > Sorry, it was a standard (left) click > > System tray => WLAN interface (widget) > > OK, now I'm left clicking on the icon. > I get a window with 2 halves, entitled Interfaces and Connections. > I'm connected at the moment. > The left half-window says > WLAN Interface Connected to wlan0 > The right half-window says > Connections wlan0 > and down the bottom > Show More Manage Connections > If I click Show More it just changes to Show Less but has no other effect. > If I click on Manage Connections I get the same window that I got > when right-clicking on the icon. > If I left-click on wlan0 the connection is broken for a second, > "Connected to wlan0" in the left half-window changes to > "Configuring interface", then "Setting network address" > and then "Connected to wlan0" again. > > OK, this is fine; but I don't see any of the goodies you mention. > There is no option to scan for APs, nor is there a list of available APs > (as provided by "iwlist scan", which incidentally shows 2 APs, > including the one I am using) > > More to the point, if I am not connected for some reason, > the two window-halves are empty, > and there is no action offered to me to correct the problem > as far as I can see. ---- seems as if your manual configuration attempts are interfering with the GUI since at the point where you left-click on wlan0, it should do the equivalent to a iwlist scan command and list the available wireless networks (whether AP's or Ad-Hoc) - at least it does for me. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
