On 27/08/14 00:08, Neil Rickert wrote:
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:15:58 +1000 Basil Chupin
wrote: For 13.1 I looked at the YouTube video on how to do this and had it working within 30 seconds. But in 13.2 I have now wasted an hour or so trying to figure out the mess which is 'networking'. And what the h*** is "wicked"?! As best I can tell, "wicked" is a daemon that supervises the network service. It seems to replace "ifup", but uses the "ifup" settings files.
I switched my laptop to "wicked" this morning, to see if there were problems.
Thanks for the response, Neil.
Configuring the WiFi network was a breeze. The only problem was that it didn't work.
See my other reply to Graham. I got wi-fi using the Network Manager working - but not after a couple of hassles. As I mention, getting the Network Manager working for wi-fi under 13.1 took less than 30 seconds - which is what happened yesterday while I had the "virgin" 13.1 installed (on the laptop). However, when I upgraded KDE to 4.13.3 wi-fi went belly up. But I finally got it going.
In Yast Network Settings, I clicked "Edit" for the WiFi device. Then I clicked the "General" tab. I switched "Activate Device" from "boot time" (the default) to "on cable connect". Then the "Next" and whatever buttons in Yast, and I had network.
I was going to ask you- did you install 13.2 from the DVD ISO or did you upgrade 13.1 using Factory? What you are showing above I cannot see in Network Settings in YaST but I can see "Network Setup Settings" in Network Settings and the choices here are- * NetworkManager Service * Wicked * Network Services Disabled I seem to remember that the choice of settings you mention above are in 13.1 and KDE 4.11.x but these changed -- but I may be wrong. In any case, are you sure that you switched from "boot time" to "on cable connect" because I thought that I saw that '"cable connect" was the default, and I switched it to "boot time" to get wi-fi working........ This comment is specifically aimed at 13.1, repeat 13.1, and not 13.2. There is a YouTube video which I followed and which had my wi-fi working in under 30 seconds. The video is called "openSUSE 13.1_WIFI for newbies".
I gave a bit more detail in this forum thread: "https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/500337-Wicked-really-is-well-name..."
With Network Manager so easy to configure (once you have worked it all out that is! :-) ) I'll stick with it and not go tippy-toeing thru another minefield :-) .
If there's an open bug report on this, please provide the bug number.
BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.13.3 & kernel 3.16.1-6 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org