On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 18:10 -0500, Mark Misulich wrote:
Hi, I installed opensuse 12.1 on my Toshiba U505-S2950 yesterday with the default KDE 4.7.2 in use. I used it yesterday and today and have been thinking it is a great new version, EXCEPT for the kde NetworkManager-plasmoid when I try to connect to wlan.
I looked through the mailing list archive, and found one thread called "kde network manager plasmoid pain" that parallels my issues. I have to put in the root password sometimes, and the wpa password always after booting. Besides that, it doesn't always see my wireless network when I am in the other room, but it always sees my neighbor's network somewhere in another county. I can't always connect when it does finally agree that my network really only lives one room away.
Me too. I see so many other access points. But the one I am using (also in the next room) works for a bit, then just goes away. When that happens, it will not be in the list for a while. However, it seems that if I click on Manage connections and in the wireless part select it, a connection happens. Of course, it asks for the kwallet password again. I thought the idea with the kwallet was once I told a program about it, it can access the wallet as long as it runs. So I guess the program is dying and restarting. Which is why the connection goes away.
I see that Will Stephenson wrote an answer that effectively answered the archived thread, and I paraphrase when I say it read "the check is in the mail, and fixes just came out."
I saw that too. My system is also up-to-date. But the problem remains. FTIW, this works on 11.4, which makes me think the local network setup is not the root cause.
In my case I am all updated, but the fixes haven't worked. So I gave up on NetworkManager and went to ifup. But I am writing to see if someone could respond with current good news on fixes for networkmanager, or instructions on how to get it working right.
Mark
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