On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 18:28, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
There appears to be another bug (#727857) that's caused by that policykit. At the moment, I can't connect via WiFi, because nm is waiting for authorization. The access point is working properly and I can connect to it, if I reboot into Windows 7. Further, when managing connections and root password is needed, the password box is usually hidden.
I came across this during the Beta cycles... it's annoying. It seems to happen mainly when initially setting up the connection.. I had to set up the connection at least 3 times in a row before it would "take" so to speak.. after it worked fine. I just did a clean install on my laptop and it's still there on the final 12.1 release.. it's a pretty significant bug too :-( I pity the poor new user who runs into this one. Basically, WiFi won't work for them. The work around, is to force the network manager to disconenct, then edit the connection - you will see that it has forgotten the WiFi password. Enter it and save then try reconnecting... it might timeout again... if it does disconnect/break the connect attempt, and Edit the connection again.. chances are it's forgotten the WiFi password again... I've had to repeat thsi up to 3 times before the WiFi password was actually stored... Next thing is... I could have sworn I found the bug report on exactly this, but tonight... I can't find it anywhere. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org