http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 User wstephenson@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c1 Will Stephenson changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |wstephenson@novell.com Info Provider| |ruchir.brahmbhatt@ecosmob.c | |om --- Comment #1 from Will Stephenson 2009-11-02 13:59:26 MST --- Please read http://userbase.kde.org/NetworkManagement and make this bug report useful -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 User bruno.canning@dsl.pipex.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c2 Bruno Canning changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bruno.canning@dsl.pipex.com --- Comment #2 from Bruno Canning 2009-11-05 15:49:33 MST --- Hi There, I've been having the same problem with different hardware. Here are my hardware details: PC: HP Compaq NX6110 CPU: Intel Celeron M 1.4 GHz RAM: 512 MiB Graphics: Intel 915 GM WiFi: Intel PRO 2200BG Lan: Broadcom BCM4401 These are my system details: OS: Linux 2.6.31.5-0.1-default i686 System: openSUSE 11.2 RC2 (i586) 32 bit, Build0339 KDE: 4.3.1 "release 6" Here are my network details: Belkin ASDL Modem/Router F5D7633-4 UK SSID hidden?: No Security?: WPA-PSK TKIP Passphrase? 18 character random combination of mixed case letters, numbers and special characters. These are my symptoms: KDE4 Network Manager will not connect to a wireless network. On booting and logging into KDE4, the connected ethernet connection is picked up and activated. I can surf the web and ping a remote computer on the internet. Upon unplugging the ethernet connection and pressing my laptop's wireless activation button, the wireless LED flashes periodically (means wireless card is active but not connected). I went over to KDE4 network manager and tried to configure the connection. It detected my home router and a few others in the area and I set up the pass phrase/encryption method and all the rest (just filled in all the boxes on screen). However, when clicking on my network straight from a right-click on NetworkManager in the system tray, nothing seems to happen. No acknowledgement of my clicking by the application, no activation of the connection I had just configured. However, disabling NetworkManager and configuring the wireless connection through YaST got me connected to the internet, I was able to ping a remote computer on the internet. Typing "lspci -vv" in a root shell showed my Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG card was detected and using kernel driver "ipw2200" as per previous installations of openSuSE. On re-enabling NetworkManager in YaST, I still could not connect to a wireless network. This all makes me think it is a NetworkManager and or KDE4NetworkManager issue, not a hardware, firmware or driver issue. So I checked the if there was an update available through YaST. No update to NetworkManager (0.7.1_git20090811-4.2) itself was available but there was an update for NetworkManager-kde4 (to 0.9.svn1043876-1.1.1) This is not the version that shipped with openSUSE 11.2 RC2 (i586) 32 bit, Build0339, I don't have that version number anymore as a result of the update. So I tried to connect wirelessly to my home network and still no improvement, even after restarting. Then I deleted the wireless network configuration and started again. However, on completing the configuration, I was asked by KDE4 wallet to supply the password again. Upon doing so, the connection got activated and I now have wireless network handled through KDE4NetworkManager. So this leads me to believe it is an issue with KDE wallet storing the passwords and/or KDE4NetworkManager retriving it. I was not asked by KDE wallet for the password on the first occasion. I remember that this is how wireless in openSUSE 10.3 worked. I found it to be a rather clumsy solution that didn't always work (although this was rare) but was certainly slow to connect. I really welcomed the move to 11.0 (which I'm still using) as KNetworkManager and NetworkManager were vastly improved and KNetworkManager seemed to not to need KDE wallet for password storage. Any chance this could be reinstated? If you want me to run through this again and copy log file outputs/run diagnostics so you can find out exactly where things are going wrong, I'd be happy to do so, just tell me what you need. I'm happy to help out in any way on this issue. I'd also urge you to try the same thing on any hardware you have available (any laptop with a linux-friendly wireless card will do), just to see for yourself as I'd say it's very important to fix this before 11.2 goes to GM. Please also let me know if you need anymore info. All the best... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 User ruchir.brahmbhatt@ecosmob.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c3 Ruchir Brahmbhatt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|ruchir.brahmbhatt@ecosmob.c | |om | --- Comment #3 from Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2009-11-07 07:12:54 MST --- (In reply to comment #1)

Please read http://userbase.kde.org/NetworkManagement and make this bug report useful

Thanks for the hint. I'm sending more details as per that link. Distro: opensuse 11.2 RC2 NetworkManager in use Packages: NetworkManager-kde4-libs-0.9.svn1040608-2.1.x86_64 NetworkManager-0.7.1_git20090811-58.1.x86_64 NetworkManager-kde4-0.9.svn1040608-2.1.x86_64 NetworkManager-kde4-lang-0.9.svn1040608-2.1.noarch NetworkManager-glib-0.7.1_git20090811-58.1.x86_64 ModemManager-0.2_20090810-23.3.x86_64 Hardware: dell inspiron 1420 Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express For wireless networks: Is it using a hidden SSID? Yes Wireless security type: WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA-EAP? WEP Key length: 128 bit Key type (passphrase or hex for WEP) passphrase Ciphers (TKIP/AES): Not sure Auth mechanisms (TLS/TTLS/PEAP/...): Not sure -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c5 Will Stephenson changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |ruchir.brahmbhatt@ecosmob.c | |om --- Comment #5 from Will Stephenson 2009-12-03 16:08:49 UTC --- Please try with today's online update to NetworkManager-kde4. Ruchir, how about attaching the NetworkManager logs from when you connect, and the output of "ip r" from when you are connected? Bruno, can you attach NetworkManager logs from when KNetworkManager is started (kill it and run it from a shell)? More details on how to do that are in the userbase link. Mike, is it working generally now? Is KWallet enabled (run kwalletmanager, Configure..., look at the enabled checkbox)? If not, is KNetworkManager using the config file for storage (look in Manage Connections...->Other->Connection Secrets)? active -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c7 --- Comment #7 from Bruno Canning 2009-12-11 01:54:12 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=332105) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=332105) Extract of NetworkManager log file, with added comments This is file 1 of 2. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c9 --- Comment #9 from Bruno Canning 2009-12-11 01:57:57 UTC --- Hi Will, sorry for taking my time over this. Please find the logs attached to comments #7 and #8. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c11 --- Comment #11 from Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2010-01-13 13:20:54 UTC --- By the way it works without any authentication. I'll test with WEP and WPA2 again and update here. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c13 --- Comment #13 from Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2010-01-14 14:42:46 UTC --- Further testing shows that if access point is hidden(not broadcasting ssid), system is not able to connect to it. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551862#c14 Will Stephenson changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED URL| |https://bugs.kde.org/show_b | |ug.cgi?id=209464 InfoProvider|ruchir.brahmbhatt@ecosmob.c | |om | Resolution| |UPSTREAM Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED URL| |https://bugs.kde.org/show_b | |ug.cgi?id=209464 InfoProvider|ruchir.brahmbhatt@ecosmob.c | |om | Resolution| |UPSTREAM --- Comment #14 from Will Stephenson 2010-11-15 16:19:30 UTC --- I'll handle this one upstream. --- Comment #15 from Will Stephenson 2010-11-15 16:19:31 UTC --- I'll handle this one upstream. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.