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? -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c3 --- Comment #3 from Marcus Leonard 2007-09-08 22:06:26 MST --- Belkin wireless ADSL router. No WEP or WPA, just open - access restriction is by MAC address. (Yes, the laptop MAC is allowed and works.) Even when I can't connect, KNetworkManager shows the fact that wlan has a good level of wireless strength. It "sees" the wireless, but it can't actually talk to it. I've been messing around with this quite a bit. Currently I've uninstalled the iwlwifi stuff and am using ipw3945d and related packages, and I uninstalled KNetworkManager and installed KInternet. It's been very frustrating. It actually worked for a while (with a max donwload speed of around 200 KB/sec, yuck), but, since rebooting, I haven't been able to get wifi working again. With this latest configuration (ipw and kinternet), the WifFi bezel actually lights up, kinternet can still see the wireless levels, and it even has the interface configured as shown by ifconfig but without an actual IP address, but I get no connectivity, just get network unreachable messages. After fiddling some more, I've got wired connection (eth0) working again. It actually seems like wireless will only work if I've already got wired working. It's bizarre. To be honest, the whole networking experience outside of NetworkManager is pretty painful. Selecting connections in KInternet basically has no effect, even though boxes stay checked and confirmations pop up to tell me it's working (yes, it's configured to allow this in YaST). I have to keep going into YaST and messing around hopefully. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c5 Steve Richards changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |steve@aducredit.com --- Comment #5 from Steve Richards 2007-09-18 05:35:44 MST --- I have the same problem with the Intel-4965. I can get it to work on boot with KInternet and then overnight it loses routing and then can't be restarted. It can still see the access point but cant talk. No matter what I then do KInternet won't get it going. I run this script to manually get it working: #!/bin/sh # manually configure iwl4965 for steve modprobe -r iwl4965 modprobe iwl4965 sleep 2 ifconfig wlan0 down ifconfig wlan0 up iwconfig wlan0 essid 04363d iwconfig wlan0 key 1 31323334353637383930414455 sleep 3 dhcpcd wlan0 # -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c7 Michel Morisot changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mmorisot.abonnement@belcenter.com --- Comment #7 from Michel Morisot 2007-10-05 06:04:55 MST --- hello idem for me, with the script it is ok. opensuse 10.3 - Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c9 --- Comment #9 from John Ellis 2007-10-05 19:47:43 MST --- Also, just to resolve the NEEDINFO status, this does work when defined via ifup & YaST2. Only dies when trying to be clever and do HAL. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c11 Joachim Gleissner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |tambet@novell.com, dkukawka@novell.com --- Comment #11 from Joachim Gleissner 2007-10-24 08:00:02 MST --- I don't think the messages about the kill switch are preventing it from working, but nevertheless something's fishy. Danny, Tambet, any ideas? -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c13 Stephan Kulow changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|marcus@marleo.net | --- Comment #13 from Stephan Kulow 2007-11-28 03:40:08 MST --- looks like there is no info left to be provided -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895 Joachim Gleissner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jg@novell.com |hschaa@novell.com -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895 User jtellis@alumni.indiana.edu added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=308895#c16 --- Comment #16 from John Ellis 2008-01-03 00:47:08 MST --- I can confirm this fixed things for me. -- 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.