On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Chuck Anderson <cra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Thank you, this is useful. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
