Network Management - probably pebcak needs sorting

[Martin Kho]

> On Monday 08 March 2010 13:37:42 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 08 March 2010 13:14:19 Martin Kho wrote:
> > > > On Monday 08 March 2010 11:21:21 Martin Kho wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Petrus de Calguarium
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > <kwhiskerz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > If I am not mistaken,, you have either
> > > > > > > knetworkmanager or NetworkManager-gnome
> > > > > > > installed, not both.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > You can have both installed without a problem. If you have both
> > > > > > you get a warning (get asked?) from knetworkmanager that another
> > > > > > applet is running and if you want to use it or not in the
> > > > > > future. So, one is always working.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Aren't both knetworkmanager and NetworkManager-gnome more or less
> > > > > front-ends to NetworkManager? So if the network doesn't work, it
> > > > > has to be NetworkManager that didn't detect the network-card, or
> > > > > did set up the interface wrongly. Are there any error messages in
> > > > > /var/log/messages?
> > > > 
> > > > Messages appeared to be saying that the cabled connection was OK, but
> > > > the wireless connection was disabled by 'killswitch'.  Since the
> > > > hardware switch is in a position where it can get knocked off, I
> > > > played around with it until Messages accepted that it is on. 
> > > > However, when I got the authentication dialog there is no entry
> > > > possibility for WPA!  This is definitely a regression.  I've had WPA
> > > > with
> > > > knetworkmanager before, I'm sure.
> > > > 
> > > > Oddly enough, ifconfig says it has an ipv6 address, but no ipv4
> > > > address. Meanwhile, the icon on the systray still tells me that the
> > > > network is disabled.
> > > 
> > > Hi Anne,
> > > 
> > > Just a silly question. You don't - still - have the kde-plasma version
> > > of knetworkmanager installed?
> > 
> > Seems that I do.  I installed it and never got around to sorting it out. 
> > I think that maybe the tray icon I'm complaining about is from that.  OK
> > - so removed the plasma object - the icon remains.  I'll try a reboot in
> > a moment to see whether the network activates properly.  Funny, though,
> > in the past I've always been able to see the cabled connection even if
> > the wireless one wasn't available.
> > 
> > In desperation I installed every tool I could see to help troubleshoot
> > this. wlassistant tells me "Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant -
> > wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory  CONNECTION FAILED".  If things
> > don't work after the reboot I'll see whether it's still getting that
> > message.
> 
> And after a reboot, same icon, same 'Network Management disabled' message
> and same dialog that doesn't allow WPA-PSK.  That dialog looks a lot like
> the one we used to have 2-3 years ago :-(
> 
> wlassistant tells me
> 
> ==>stderr: Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such
> file or directory
> Using wpa_supplicant driver: wext
> WPA client started. Waiting for status...
> ==>stderr: Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such
> file or directory
> CONNECTION FAILED.
> disconnect: /sbin/iwconfig eth0 mode managed key off ap off essid off
> 
> Anne

Another silly question :-) You have wpa_supplicant running?

Martin Kho

btw: old dialog? I have installed:
knetworkmanager-(libs-)0.9-0.12.20100220.fc12.x86_64
NetworkManager-(glib-)0.7.998-2.git20100106.fc12.x86_64