dmesg | grep iwl will be a good start -- Rafał -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 11 Sep 2010 09:56:01 Bruno Friedmann wrote:

On 09/11/2010 09:45 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:

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This laptop has an Intel on-chip (i5) wireless, and I've never succeeded in getting that to work. In desperation I disabled networkManager and tried manual setting of the network. It still didn't work. I then tried a USB dongle - and that worked immediately. At that point I decided that I should try networkManager again - but I can't remember how/where I disabled it. I changed the /etc/sysconfig/network/config line to enable networkManager, but it isn't picking up the dongle, so I assume that more is needed.

I know that to some extent this is self-inflicted, but I'd welcome help to get the dongle (wlan1) working with networkManager.

Replying to you and Alin at the same time - "rcnetwork restart" gave

Shutting down the NetworkManager done Shutting down network interfaces: eth0 device: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06) eth0 done wlan0 device: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35) wlan0 done wlan1 name: DWL-G122 802.11g rev. B1 [ralink] wlan1 done Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . done Starting the NetworkManager done Connecting..... 21s That brought up eth0, and nothing else as far as I can see. I'll investigate the logs before replying to Rafal.

To add what alin said, it should be a drivers trouble.

I'm sure it is.

You didn't precise which intel chipset it is ( lspci can give information about it ) you can check in yast2 sw_single and search for firmware to be sure you have them installed corresponding to your card.

iwl6000-ucode - Intel 6000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters firmware iwl6050-ucode - Intel 6050 Series Wi-Fi Adapters firmware

ipw-firmware - Firmware for Intel PRO/Wireless WLAN Cards

Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35) I have ipw-firmware and iwl6000-ucode installed. iwl6050-ucode is not installed - I have assumed that one or the other of these is needed, and also assumed that the auto-detection chose the correct one. I should also say that I never got it working with Fedora, either. Logs, next Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org

On Saturday 11 Sep 2010 12:24:16 Martin Schlander wrote:

Lørdag den 11. september 2010 09:45:55 skrev Anne Wilson:

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At that point I decided that I should try networkManager again - but I can't remember how/where I disabled it.

Normally you switch between ifup method and NM method in yast -> network devices -> network settings -> global

When I look at that I get the message that network connections are controlled by networkManager and cannot be configured in Yast.

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I changed the /etc/sysconfig/network/config line to enable networkManager, but it isn't picking up the dongle, so I assume that more is needed.

So NetworkManager and applet start and work e.g. with a wired connection?

Yes - for the wired connection, but not for either the Intel wifi (expected) or for the D-Link USB wifi, which worked under Yast control.

What openSUSE version are you using anyway?

11.3

and what KDE version?

4.4.4 - I haven't yet tackled the upgrade to 4.5

and what NM applet (KNetworkManager or the plasmoid?)?

NM applet, I think - 'M' in the system tray when not connected, a plug and socket when connected

Perhaps try installing nm-applet (NetworkManager-gnome package) to check if the problem is with the applet or on a lower level.

Not sure, but I think that's what I'm running. Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org