https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c1
--- Comment #1 from Marcus Leonard 2007-09-07 19:24:57 MST ---
Tried
dellWirelessCtl --wlan 1
which made things worse - KNetworkManager progress only got to 28%.
/var/log/NetworkManager:
Sep 8 11:16:23 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) started...
Sep 8 11:16:23 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) scheduled...
Sep 8 11:16:23 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) started...
Sep 8 11:16:23 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) scheduled...
Sep 8 11:16:23 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) complete.
Sep 8 11:16:23 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) starting...
Sep 8 11:16:23 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless):
access point 'WLAN' is unencrypted, no key needed.
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command
'INTERFACE_ADD wlan0 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant '
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command
'ADD_NETWORK'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command
'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 574c414e'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command
'SET_NETWORK 0 scan_ssid 1'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command
'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command
'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Sep 8 11:16:24 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) complete.
Sep 8 11:16:29 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating,
won't change.
Sep 8 11:17:25 laptop syslog-ng[2710]: last message repeated 7 times
Sep 8 11:17:25 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless):
association took too long (>60s), failing activation.
Sep 8 11:17:25 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failure
scheduled...
Sep 8 11:17:25 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for
access point (WLAN)
Sep 8 11:17:25 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed.
Sep 8 11:17:25 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0.
The status "Blocker" might be overkill... I set this because it's a serious
problem for me and presumably anyone else with this laptop.
What's the best way for me to work around this? How can I sidestep
NetworkManager and try other methods?
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