On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 01:35 +0200, Stan Goodman wrote:
On Tuesday 22 March 2011 at 01:34:59 (GMT+2) Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 00:49 +0200, Stan Goodman wrote:
On Tuesday 22 March 2011 at 00:48:50 (GMT+2) Mark Misulich
<munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 17:47 -0400, Mark Misulich wrote:
On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 23:40 +0200, Stan Goodman wrote:
This is on a laptop running oS v11.4 / kde v4.6
I was using the machine, connected wireless. I wanted to make sure that kmail wouild be isolated temporarily from the network, so I opened the networkmanager icon and unchecked wireless.
Now I want to restore the network to normal operation. I cannot cause the networkmanager icon to reappear. Clicking on the "Show hidden icons" lists "Network Management"; clicking on that shows:
Network management disabled <-- greyed out Enable networking <-- checked Enable wireless. <-- checked
In switching from ifup control to networkmanager control, a dialog box appears informing me that "Applet needed", and informing me that if it is installed, I should start it manually; but running knetworkmanager in konsole does nothing except return to the prompt.
The system's response to any attempt to reach out to the world is "No network running".
A search reports lots of reported problems about networkmanager, but I haven't found this one yet.
How can I
Hi Stan, try this:
Gecko--> Applications Tab --> System --> Desktop Applet --> NetworkManager
that should get it running. Click on the applet in the taskbar, and enable wireless.
Hi, I think that I misread your question in the last post, I thought that you had reenabled connect with networkmanager in yast global settings. If you are still using ifup and can't connect, go back to networkmanager in yast. Sometimes ifup doesn't work in 11.3 and 11.4 for no apparent reason.
I have tried connecting with both ifup and the networkmanager, with equal !results.
Hi, yes, so have I. In fact, ifup is working well on my laptop now in both 11.3 & 4. Sometimes however, it just won't work and persists in doing so. I don't know why.
But I have never had that sort of behavior.
Okay, here are a couple of other things you can try. 1. Go to Yast --> Software --> Software management. See if Network Manager is installed. 2. If you had just done a kernel update, you may have to build your kernel module for the wireless driver again if your driver isn't included in the kernel. On my laptop, it isn't, so I have to go to the source files and make, make install, reboot each time after a kernel upgrade to get the wireless working. Maybe you just have to go through the procedure to reinstall the driver software if it is included with opensuse, like the bcm43xx driver. Maybe you have to check and see if the kernel module for your driver is loaded, and then modprobe it to get it working. 3. Check and see if the wireless switch on the side of your laptop is in the on position. I hope one of these suggestions helps. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org