* todd rme [10-19-11 16:29]:

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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KNetworkManager does not offer wireless config for my atheros AR5001 adapter, "AR5BXB63" nic, using module ath5k.

I don't find a bugreport which seems to reflect this condition.

screen capture:  http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/KNetworkManager.png

Are you sure you are using knetworkmanager? It has been deprecated for a while now and shouldn't even work on factory. Currently plasmoid-networkmanager is the default.

you are correct. It *is* plasmoid-networkmanager 0.9.1git20110911-1.1 amended sub to reflect will have another look for a bug report search finds no bugreport reflecting my condition. tks -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

* Sven Burmeister [10-19-11 17:55]:

To me this happens when pnm/nm is not able to change the hardware radio kill switch. You can check that with dmesg.

tks, rfkill list 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no dmesg | grep wlan0 available http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/wlan0.txt tks -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org