On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:09:19AM -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > What is the proper method for dealing with wireless issues? Wirless is > pretty popular now, and I find myself having issues with the wireless > stack even when I specifically choose the hardware to be compatible. > Due to the number of pieces in place, I can hardly file a proper bug > report due to my own ignorance on the matter. Is their a single medium > where users can reach people knowledgeable enough at least give me (or > other users) enough information to determine which component is > malfunctioning? > > For example, I have two examples currently with me where wifi worked > once, then never well again (so far) with no obvious logged errors. > (not giving details as I am not looking to use this list to > troubleshoot what is possible an end user problem) > > Or do I just keep thing to the general list and hope for a response? > > Arthur Pemberton In general, I would use these steps: Edit this file: /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service by adding " -ddd" after /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant so it looks something like this: Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -ddd -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log Then reboot. This will add lots of debugging information to the log file (which may grow fairly large). Then when you have a problem connecting to a wireless network, open a bug against NetworkManager and attach these files to the bug: /var/log/messages /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log NOTE: /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log might be zero bytes in length. If that happens, find the latest logrotated copy of the file and attach that one instead: ls -ltr /var/log/wpa_supplicant* e.g. /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log-20080722 Also, paste the output of these into the bug: nm-tool dmesg (the latter can be helpful to see kernel messages from your wireless driver) Also, note what you see in the nm-applet drop-down list, whether there is a security icon or a computer icon, etc. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
