On Thursday 26 Mar 2009 Anne Wilson sent:
> On Thursday 26 March 2009 22:23:22 paulo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Finally I was able to get networkmanger-applet to work.
> > Now all I need is to know how to connect toa network.
> >
> > I was able to add my connection to the list. It says "Never Used".
> > Now, how do I use it?
> >
> > If I press the connection on the widget it just adds the connection to
> > the list again, but still doesn't connects to it.
> > Even setting the connect automatically wont do anything.
> >
> > It doesn't even say what it's doing... So I don't know if it's failing
> > for some reason...
> >
> > Anyone?
>
> It has to find the network first. See what happens if you run, in a root
> konsole,
>
> /sbin/iwlist/ wlan0 scan
You may not find iwlist there, and do not type the trailing slash.
In a root command line try:
whereis iwlist
this should tell you where iwlist is in your system.
>
> (wlan0 may be wrong for you - you can check in 'ifconf -a')
For kernels after 2.0 you may want to use:
ip link show
to find the names of the devices. This can usually be from root or user log
in.
>
> Anne
--
Kind regards,
Peter Lewis
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