On 16/10/10 14:27, Rodney Baker wrote:

Hi all. I have just been trying to set up an ad-hoc wireless network between a couple of WinXP laptops and my oS 11.3/KDE4.5.2 laptop. I can successfully connect to my home wireless network with the 11.3 laptop (using WPA2/PSK encryption) using NetworkManager and the KDE4 NM systray widget, however as soon as I connect to the ad-hoc network (using WEP) the system locks up hard and requires a power down to recover. This happens every time I select the ad- hoc network. It connects, then 10-30 secs later, machine lockup and the only way out is the power button. It doesn't even respond to pings.

Is this a known problem with NM? Has anyone else come across this? Do I need to raise a new bug report?

If its hard-locking as you describe it's unlikely to be a NM problem, more likely a wireless driver kernel problem. See if there is some way to get at the kernel log (ssh in maybe? Ctrl-Alt-F10?) and look for errors there. Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org