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--- 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...
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